Well, not totally digital. I'm still keeping my vinyl no question and will still be adding to that pile. However, I am serious about the possibility of getting rid of all my CDs and going with an iPod and digital storage. But, I have some questions some of you may be able to answer.

First, how much storage do I need. I see things about how many songs an iPod holds, but how many CDs are we talking about and at what bit rate?

And bit rate. I have been an advocate of CD over MP3 for better sound and still believe this to be true. However, at home on my good stereo I basically listen to vinyl 90% of the time anyway so I'm just looking for a decent format to play in the car and through headphones. What kind of bit rate would be a nice compromise between file size and quality? And should I use MP3s or one of the Apple proprietary formats? How important are backup files?

Finally, I want to hook this up to my car. My car stereo is not iPod ready, but I will be buying something to make it work and am not against having something installed if the price isn't too outrageous. Anyone have any good solutions for using the iPod in the car?

Right now, I'm just thinking of picking up a 120GB iPod and starting the process of converting CDs, but any ideas anyone has would be appreciated.