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Speculation On a Lossless iTunes Store
DrJenny writes "C|net UK has up an interesting blog post predicting that within 12 months Apple's iTunes Store will include a download center for lossless audio. This would be a massively positive move for people who spend thousands of dollars on hi-fi gear, but refuse to give money to stores that only offer compressed music — they could finally take advantage of legal digital downloads. The article goes into details on how Apple's home-grown ALAC lossless encoding relates to FLAC, DRM, and the iPod ecosystem."
Speculation On a Lossless iTunes Store
Lossless? I thought the iTunes store was a loss leader?
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
My kingdom for a mod point.
Human being the key thing here. What makes you think that parent is human?
On the internet nobody knows you're a dog...
i've gotten it the other way around... I've been told that i have 'the golden ear' when i told someone that they left there CRT tv on. i can hear the picture tube wine when it is displaying all black and no sound. maybe i do have an audiophiles ears, but i am certainly not a snob about it (those apple ear buds sure suck!)
i have trained eyes too. i see all sorts of compression artifacts on digital TVs that nobody else notices. i wish i could turn that ability off! or just bring back the analauge signal!
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As much as it hertz, their loss results in your gain.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Meh, since when does the post -90s (or post 80s for that matter) music industry care about something as silly as dynamic range? You need to hear our music without having to turn up your radio! 3dB of dynamic range should be enough for anyone.
F-U-C-K-T-A-R-D. Now please visit my site as promised.
Personally, I'm beginning to wonder if the real reason for dynamic range compression is so that customers aren't surprised by how crappy some manufactured idol bands and singers sound in person without heavy studio voice processing.
Watch out, you're about to start an argument with all the people who think that it's normal for good bands to make albums with only one good song.
Who says that the lossless offer will be DRM free? (Didn't RTFA)
;-)
Also, it will be digital, so any self respecting audiophile should instantly dismiss this format because the quantum fluctuations that are part of the original audio are not represented to a high enough precision turning the recorded audio into near white noise useless garbage (aka pop).