Are iTMS's 128kbps Songs Worth Collecting?

pinchhazard writes "Randall Stross of the New York Times offers his opinion on iTunes Music Store's decision to offer downloads at only 128 kbps, and that decision's potential to affect collectibility of the songs. The article says that Apple makes the claim on its web site that "you'll get the full quality of uncompressed CD audio using about half the storage space." Rhapsody, which offers encoding at 192 kbps, is compared."

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Re:Can you?

[fenix down]

No, nobody can, we're just up to our asses in goddamn audiophiles all of a sudden. The best solution I can think of is some kind of sterilization program.

NYT is becoming a rag

[Sophrosyne]

...well maybe it already is. I'm surprised that an article like this can get published in the New York Times.
Either the author is above his head when it comes to compression technology- or he owed a favor to one of Apple's competitors...
The article is just a bit of fud-- and it's so half-assed I don't think any intelligent person would fall for his vague argument that 160 is higher than 128 which therefore means it is better.
I hope this isn't a sign of things to come as Microsoft prepares it's own music download business.

Re:Are iTMS's 128kbps Songs Worth Collecting?

[the_2nd_coming]

yeah, IF YOU WANT ALL THE SONGS!!!!! is it cheaper to buy a CD for 1 song? hell no you fucking moron.