Good points all. Our discussion was a little muddy, so we could use some clarification. I meant to say, lossless or a better encoding version like Ogg. The weird thing is I was actually thinking of flac not Ogg, because They Might Be Giants sell their albums as MP3s or flacs if you want better quality.

I didn't realise iPod couldn't play Ogg. Obviously I've never tried or I'd know that. Thanks for the info.

That's a great explanation of lossless vs. lossy. I think our point was that the iPod just doesn't sounds as good as some other players.

Thanks for listening!!