bhaagensen;233589 Wrote: > ... it does make sense to use flac (or any other loseless compression > format). That is the only way you would be able to obtain the same > quality as you started out with ... >
I would contend I do use the most widespread uncompressed format around: I do burn the compressed file to a CD. *Then* I go turn this into an MP3. I do understand your point though: the file on the CD is just an upconverted version of the lossy I-Tunes files, with the same audio characteristics as the I-tunes "original", and thus de facto a compressed file, even though it now resides on a CD as a wav. But doing extensive listening, I truly have not detected a degradation from that Apple original (on the CD) from the end result as a 192k MP3. Obviously I would expect to hear a difference, from both, compared to the audio I'd get if I'd bought the CD. Would the 192k MP3 resulting from ripping the CD sound different from the I-Tunes->CD->MP3 conversion path, though? Anyone else would like to compare notes on this? I am just trying to figuring out the most practical way to live with I-Tunes or any other site that plagues us with clunky DRM implementations. -- pablolie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39123 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
