Recommended Bitrate for good sound quality

[Imyman]

Hi,

I was wondering if any of you guys know whats like the ideal bitrate of a file (especially mp3 files) before putting them onto the phone. I'm using this great software called cdex that allows me to downsize a file majorly by reducing the bitrate. But am I compromising on sound quality for space on my card by doing this? The software turns a 6MB mp3 file into like 3MB. I remember reading somewhere that most handheld devices (phones, MP3 players etc) cant play files of a bitrate higher than 80-90kbps:eek:. Meaning u cant tell the difference in sound quality after 90 kbps. Is that really true? If someone out there knows....please do let me know.

Thanks in advance

[gronostaj]

I remember reading somewhere that most handheld devices (phones, MP3 players etc) cant play files of a bitrate higher than 80-90kbps:eek:
Man, the guy who wrote it probably was from XV century :D

I'm always copying the same files I have on PC, without converting or something. Just copy - paste. Elf supports SD cards up to 16 GB, so I don't think file size is a problem. If you really want to convert files, use 128 kbps, it should sound good and don't take too much space.