Ah. Another variable, the headphones. Of course. So, taking all this into
consideration, I used WMA files set to 192k. I swapped in some better
headphones and that made all the difference. Well, most of it. Turns out the
device also has a nice equalizer so I'd say it sounds pretty good now.
Thanks.

"jpas1954" wrote:

> Like a lot of people, Santa brought me an MP3 player this year. When I go
> into Media Player and want to rip files, I notice not only that there are 4
> choices (WMA, variable bit, lossless, MP3) but that each one has a slider
> allowing you to modify size vs. quality. I tried one song using the standard
> WMA setting. It synched at about 5MB. Sound quality was OK but seemed a
> little tinny if you ask me. Has anybody done this math already and figured
> out which of these settings is best to use? I want as many songs as I can get
> on this thing (it's only 512MB) but I'm willing to give up *some* space for
> quality. Thoughts?