It works both ways in my case. I still buy both formats.![]()
It's doubtful Apple could start offering ALAC across the board since the record industry would not be fully on board. This could be a complete holdup anyway. The industry is reluctant to offer lossless (especially 96/24 HD) files because it doesn't want Master quality copies (or any lossless) in the wild. Of course there is no way they can put the CD back in the bottle, but.....It depends.
If iTunes started offering their music as Apple Lossless, it would have to be across-the-board. I'm sure they'll do like they did with iTunes Plus and only offer select albums in that format.
Also, the price would likely hit $1.99 per song, just like how now most of the songs on there went from $0.99 to $1.29....
I'd rather buy music with zero compression than just trying to get lossless.
It's doubtful Apple could start offering ALAC across the board since the record industry would not be fully on board. This could be a complete holdup anyway. The industry is reluctant to offer lossless (especially 96/24 HD) files because it doesn't want Master quality copies (or any lossless) in the wild. Of course there is no way they can put the CD back in the bottle, but.....
Most of the 99¢ to $1.29 increase is attributed to the record companies demands. One of there big sticking points (and actually a valid one) is people "cherry pick tracks" and spend much less on average than buying an all inclusive CD.
Why would you prefer to download WAV or AIFF files over ALAC or FLAC?![]()
I'm not talking about file compression as in "lossless." I'm talking about uncompressed music as in ZERO dynamic range compression. That way I would actually get the same sound quality that vinyl buyers are getting.
I'm not talking about file compression as in "lossless." I'm talking about uncompressed music as in ZERO dynamic range compression. That way I would actually get the same sound quality that vinyl buyers are getting.
I'm not talking about file compression as in "lossless." I'm talking about uncompressed music as in ZERO dynamic range compression. That way I would actually get the same sound quality that vinyl buyers are getting.
I would pay up to $50 for a lossless recording of an album I love.
What album and why is it not available on CD?
CD is not lossless.
Sorry but a CD IS lossless. The Redbook CD offers no form of lossy compression in the spec and was even invented (I believe) before lossy compression for music was released, FAR predateing MP1.
CD is lossless, but CD is a downgraded format since masters are recorded using a higher bitrate and sampling, a typical master will use 24bit/48khz or higher while a final CD will be downgraded to 16bit/44.1Khz.
I would only buy it if it was 24/96 at max price of $1.29.
There's no good reason for why Apple doesn't offer lossless.
If memory on mobile devices is an issue, then just convert it to 320 m4a on sync. The lossless versions would stay on the computer where you have plenty of space. Perfect compromise. I don't understand why they can't figure that out.