Import from cd on aac or mp3 to burn back onto cd?

I've noticed, belatedly, that when I copy a CD onto my Mac it's saving the songs as AAC rather than MP3 as it used to. The Help menu kind of implies that although AAC is a better format, MP3 might be better if you're intending to burn the tracks onto CD. Am I misreading that, or should I revert to importing at MP3 for my for-my-own-amusement compilation CDs?
Thanks,
Iain

The problem with both mp3 an AAC are they don't save the music at the same quality as the original. I know most people don't have the drive space to store the files long-term in the AIFF full-quality format but if you are doing this over the short term I would import as AIFF, burn the compilation, then delete the AIFF files. If you want the music on your computer too then I would import as mp3 or AAC for the long term and AIFF for the short term.

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