iTunes music is actually a 128kbps AAC wrapped in a m4a container - which is roughly equivalent in terms of quality to 192kbps mp3 (supposedly - you'll find opinions on both sides of this issue). At any rate, it's lossy, and quite a bit more lossy than a -V2 LAME encoded mp3.
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iTunes music is actually a 128kbps AAC wrapped in a m4a container - which is roughly equivalent in terms of quality to 192kbps mp3 (supposedly - you'll find opinions on both sides of this issue). At any rate, it's lossy, and quite a bit more lossy than a -V2 LAME encoded mp3.