I listen to a Sony hard drive system in my car, which rips using a 10-1 lossy compression scheme known as ATRAC (Sony's answer to MP3). Sounds great while tooling down the road.
It sounds like you're trying to unconvince yourself of somthing you're already convinced of -- that AAC will be fun, convenient and good-enough sounding for what you need at the time.
I spoke to the immortal Henry Kloss (of KLH fame) in the 1980's. He was a non-believer in a lot of the audiophile stuff (fancy wire) etc., but never mocked those who found value in them. "it's a personal entertainment medium." I.e., if it feels right for you, it is. Words to groove by. ;<)
It sounds like you're trying to unconvince yourself of somthing you're already convinced of -- that AAC will be fun, convenient and good-enough sounding for what you need at the time.
I spoke to the immortal Henry Kloss (of KLH fame) in the 1980's. He was a non-believer in a lot of the audiophile stuff (fancy wire) etc., but never mocked those who found value in them. "it's a personal entertainment medium." I.e., if it feels right for you, it is. Words to groove by. ;<)