What's the best iTunes import setting for highest quality and universality?

Highest quality?
Apple Lossless. (But the files are way big)
Universality?
MP3 (choose the bit rate you think sounds best and doesn't take too much space)

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I'm a bit of an audio geek, so I can tell you that YES whatever sounds right is what you want, but NO those settings are not very good. The general setting is "OK" but the values are extremely out of range. Take that setting and reduce the distance between the sliders and you're getting there. Look for example at how the other iTunes presets are made, the don't go that far from the horizontal middle, and for good reason.
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Without knowing your Apple ID user name and password they would not be able to make purchases ergo no downloads you aren't aware of.
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The kids are minors.. if they are under 13 years of age, according to Apple, they can't have their own accounts regardless.
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