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Amnesiac1

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Oct 11, 2010
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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

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May 18, 2005
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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

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Dec 7, 2002
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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.
 

Zimmy68

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Jul 23, 2008
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If they are charging more for the WAV, it better be 24bit resolution.
 

justaregularjoe

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Nov 28, 2008
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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

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Feb 20, 2004
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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 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.

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peterja

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Jan 21, 2008
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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

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Oct 14, 2007
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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.
 
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