topic Betreff: NWA45, best transfer bit rate? in Portable Audio

NWA45, best transfer bit rate?

databus — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:22:18 GMT

I've imported my CDs to my laptop using Sony Music Centre for PC to FLAC format. I'm interested to know what's the best bit rate for transferring the FLAC files to my NWA45 Walkman. Music Centre for PC defaults to 128 kbps but there is a choice ranging from 80 kbps to 320 kbps.Hoping someone can help answer.

Betreff: NWA45, best transfer bit rate?

IamNic — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:34:15 GMT

Hello @databus,

if space is not an issue, I would always go for the best quality the software offers (in this case 320kbit/s).

The higher the bitrate, the better the quality.

- Nic

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databus — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 15:27:02 GMT

@IamNic wrote:
Hello @databus,

if space is not an issue, I would always go for the best quality the software offers (in this case 320kbit/s).

The higher the bitrate, the better the quality.

- Nic

Hi Betreff, thanks for your reply but I've misunderstood what I was reading in Music Centre for PC, Device Transfer. Having studied Music Centre for PC further, I can now see when looking at "Device Transfer", the bit rate is not simply the bit rate that the files get transferred, it's the bit rate of any "Conversion" that may be required during transfer. Quote from Music Centre for PC, "Files that cannot be played with the device will be converted to AAC format and then transferred".

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Sonyvores — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 22:19:55 GMT

can you ask again more clearly?

if it's about transfer rate then you can't select it depends of your cable and computer but doesn't hurt the sound

if it's music bit rate then if you select FLAC...you shoudln't be able to change anything..and ESPECIALLLY not 128/320kbps... since file should be uncompressed and same quality as your original file.

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uranium235 — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:46:37 GMT

@databus wrote:
@IamNic wrote:
Hello @databus,

if space is not an issue, I would always go for the best quality the software offers (in this case 320kbit/s).

The higher the bitrate, the better the quality.

- Nic
Hi Betreff, thanks for your reply but I've misunderstood what I was reading in Music Centre for PC, Device Transfer. Having studied Music Centre for PC further, I can now see when looking at "Device Transfer", the bit rate is not simply the bit rate that the files get transferred, it's the bit rate of any "Conversion" that may be required during transfer. Quote from Music Centre for PC, "Files that cannot be played with the device will be converted to AAC format and then transferred".

Hi databus, I think the same. It's only when a file has to be converted that you can select the bit rate.