Radiohead's New Album - Is .Wav Better Than .MP3?

[Amnesiac1]

They offer a choice. The .wav choice is priced higher than the .mp3, so I am guessing it is of higher quality. Is this true?

[bbydon]

Yes wav is better than mp3.
I am a huge fan of radio head but opted for the mp3 version. If I feel like I need better quality I will just buy the CD when it gets released a month or so later.

[Nermal]

WAV should be CD quality. I haven't seen the pricing, but I'd personally probably buy the WAV version and make my own AAC/MP3 versions from that.

[bbydon]

Its out, one day early. Yeah Fridays!

[Zimmy68]

If they are charging more for the WAV, it better be 24bit resolution.

[justaregularjoe]

Can't currently see for my coutry, but in the UK it is 9 pounds versus 6 pounds (not too bad IMO) and folks are reporting that it is full CDDA. Huzzah.
:cool:

[tkermit]

I paid for and downloaded the .WAV-Version. I was kind of annoyed though that they don't offer a version in some lossless codec like ALAC or FLAC that has tagging capabilities. You shouldn't have to enter basic metadata yourself... :cool:

People are even arguing over (http://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead/_/Morning+Mr+Magpie/+shoutbox) whether it's supposed to say Mr Magpie or Mr. Magpie. :rolleyes:

If they are charging more for the WAV, it better be 24bit resolution.

It's not.

http://grab.by/grabs/505969ea1668d12ed2ca92c2621b30fe.png

[peterja]

It would probably be hard to tell the difference because it's 320 kbps MP3. Having said that, most of my music library is still in lossless.

[saving107]

WAV should be CD quality. I haven't seen the pricing, but I'd personally probably buy the WAV version and make my own AAC/MP3 versions from that.

MP3 version is $9 and the WAV version is $14. I would rather pay a few bucks more an own the WAV version, then convert that down to an AAC version.

[r2fa3l]

buy the mp3. download the wav from online :D