[citation][nom]nurgletheunclean[/nom]And why exactly is MP3 outdated? AAC is great for 5.1 but for stereo MP3 is great. It's supported by every digital music player, no matter how obscure everything will play an mp3 and not complain about it. You would be hard pressed to distinguish the difference between a 192k MP3 and any other format in therms of quality.Also the number of gain, normalization, waveform, ID3, general manipulation tools for MP3s make MP3 currently most desirable format for stereo audio.[/citation]
mp3 is not a very good format from a quality perspective but then, hardly anyone uses a quality player or headset anyway... i still would prefer a format with higher fidelity either way. compression always makes a copy sound worse than the original!