Memory And Audio Quality; Mp3 Web Sites - Creative NOMAD II MG 64MB User Manual

The amount of loss (of quality) is dependent upon the sampling rate
of the output and the bitrate of the output. The higher the sampling and
bitrates of each of these parameters, the better the quality of the sound.

Memory And Audio Quality

The MP3 memory size and MP3 quality are related. The higher the
quality required, the higher the bitrate needed. This leads to more data
storage and memory requirements. The amount of memory required
for the Creative D.A.P player II MG is proportional to audio playback
time.
Set your encoding bitrate at 128 kbps (see Figure A-1) for
optimal quality when you create MP3 files from audio CDs
using Creative Digital Audio Center.
Figure A-1: Playing time versus encoding rate for 64 MB memory.
A-2 An MP3 Primer

MP3 Web Sites

Through web sites, you can download MP3 files either with or
without charge and get information about the latest software related to
MP3.
Examples of web sites with MP3 content are:
Europe.creative.com
(http://www.europe.creative.com)
Spinrecords.com
(http://www.spinrecords.com)
Epitonic.com
(http://www.epitonic.com)
SoundClick.com
(http://www.soundclick.com)
The Digital Music Co.
(http://www.thedigitalmusicco.com)
Big Heavy World
(http://www.bigheavyworld.com)
AMP3.com
(http://www.amp3.com)
EZCD.com
(http://www.ezcd.com)
ArtistOne.com
(http://www.artistone.com)
EMusic
(http://www.emusic.com)
Soundbuzz.com
(http://www.soundbuzz.com)