What are the best import settings for iTunes - AAC 160 / AAC 192 / MP3??

Hi I originally imported all my treasured CDs to iTunes several years ago, and they've served me well (AAC 128 - default setting) but in recent times hard-drive sizes have trebled and my much loved iTunes Library has not been updated.

I am thinking of re-importing all of my original CDs - as I think now that hard-drive space would allow for a higher quality but at the same time I do not want to fill my hard-drive completely with music - hence my question;

WHAT ARE THE BEST IMPORT SETTINGS CONSIDERING SIZE AND QUALITY?

(I know this has probably been asked a million times, but I did a search and nothing came up that answered my Q - also all the answers that came up in Google search where dated 2003/ 2004 - a little out-dated me thinks!!)

Rachael 🙂

 MacMini 2GHz Intel  MacBook Air 1.6GHz Intel , Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Dec 1, 2010 11:36 AM

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