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Speculation On a Lossless iTunes Store

Posted by kdawson on from the filling-up-the-160-gb-ipod dept.

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."

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  1. they make money on the razors by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Speculation On a Lossless iTunes Store

    Lossless? I thought the iTunes store was a loss leader?

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    1. Re:they make money on the razors by flyingsquid · · Score: 4, Funny
      Lossless? I thought the iTunes store was a loss leader?

      No clue. I refused to read the linked article, because I'm a graphics snob, and they used JPEG graphics instead of lossless TIF files.

  2. Re:24/96? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That 48 KHz, even with 24-bit precision, should take care of all sounds possible for the human to hear?
    Human being the key thing here. What makes you think that parent is human?
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  3. I'm sure I'll be modulated for saying this, but by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    As much as it hertz, their loss results in your gain.

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