Hi, Does anyone know if itunes or itunes plus offers audiophile quality recordings? [i.e. FLAC, 96/24, etc...]
You can only get music in 2 forms: Fairplay'd 128kbps AAC or iTunes Plus 256kbps.
Generally speaking you need to be Windows-based for 'audiophile' downloads. Most of the ones available are FLAC - which has better support under Windows given the choice of the two platforms - and WMA.
Well, I started thinking about it when the HD video discussion started with iTunes, and apple should consider offering 96/24 recordings at similar price points of other sites...you hear me apple?
ehm, why is wma a better "audiophile" format than apple lossless?
flac and apple lossless should perform pretty much the same, right?
ehm, why is wma a better "audiophile" format than apple lossless?
flac and apple lossless should perform pretty much the same, right?
WMA Lossless is the non-Apple equivalent of Apple Lossless. It can be DRM'd.
And if you aren't an Applezombie and are aware of the market at large it is actually a better audiophile format at the moment, since >16/44.1 sales of WMA are already happening.
WMA Lossless is the non-Apple equivalent of Apple Lossless. It can be DRM'd.
And if you aren't an Applezombie and are aware of the market at large it is actually a better audiophile format at the moment, since >16/44.1 sales of WMA are already happening.
ALAC can be 'DRM'd' as well - it's more to do with the container than the codec.
But is the end result any better? Have the recordings been mastered for 24bit/96kHz, or are they just 'higher quality' versions of the original 16 bit samples (which would yield virtually no improvements)? Usually, any improvement over the 16 bit variants is... small, to say the least.
That's what I said.
A good hint might be 'Files from Studio Masters'. A small bit of easy research before posting would have highlighted this, but perhaps it is beyond even the more mediacentric Applezombie.