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Music player samples per second (kHz), and for CD music the sample rate is fixed at 44.1 kHz. Bit rate is expressed as kilobits per second (Kbps). The higher the bitrate, the better the sound quality. The required quality level may depend on your demands, the headphones used, and the surrounding noise. For MP3s a bitrate between 128 and 192 Kbps usually gives results good enough for listening to pop music with your device. WMA or AAC generally gives a similar result as MP3 with one step lower bitrate (96-160 Kbps). Variations of AAC, such as AAC+ and enhanced AAC+ (eAAC+) provide CD quality audio at bitrates as low as 48 Kbps. Classical music and music with nuances usually require a higher bitrate than basic pop music. For speech or other sources where the quality of the sound is less important than saving storage space, you can use bitrates between 8 and 64 Kbps. At low bitrates WMA or AAC generally gives better results than MP3. for complex music sections as with constant bitrate (CBR) encoding. Variable bitrate Your device also supports variable bitrate (VBR). Variable bitrate means that the bit rate of the encoding varies with the complexity of the encoded material. When using VBR, the encoding is optimized to preserve a constant audio quality throughout the track, rather than losing quality 28 Copyright © 2006 Nokia. All rights reserved.

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Copyright © 2006 Nokia. All rights reserved.
samples per second (kHz), and for CD music the sample
rate is fixed at 44.1 kHz. Bit rate is expressed as kilobits
per second (Kbps). The higher the bitrate, the better the
sound quality.
The required quality level may depend on your demands,
the headphones used, and the surrounding noise. For
MP3s a bitrate between 128 and 192 Kbps usually gives
results good enough for listening to pop music with your
device.
WMA or AAC generally gives a similar result as
MP3 with one step lower bitrate (96-160 Kbps). Variations
of AAC, such as AAC+ and enhanced AAC+ (eAAC+)
provide CD quality audio at bitrates as low as 48 Kbps.
Classical music and music with nuances usually require a
higher bitrate than basic pop music.
For speech or other sources where the quality of the sound
is less important than saving storage space, you can use
bitrates between 8 and 64 Kbps. At low bitrates WMA or
AAC generally gives better results than MP3.
Variable bitrate
Your device also supports variable bitrate (VBR). Variable
bitrate means that the bit rate of the encoding varies with
the complexity of the encoded material. When using VBR,
the encoding is optimized to preserve a constant audio
quality throughout the track, rather than losing quality
for complex music sections as with constant bitrate (CBR)
encoding.