erland;635240 Wrote: 
> Are you using lossless on your portable devices ?
> 
> Apple is probably focused at portable devices and for these lossless
> doesn't make much sense since:
> 1. You probably can't hear much difference on a portable device.
> 2. You probably don't have the network bandwidth to download lossless
> files from iCloud to your portable device.
> 3. You probably don't have enough storage space on your portable device
> for your whole library in lossless format.
> 
> So even though lossless makes sense as original format or streaming on
> a LAN, it doesn't make much sense for portable devices or remotely
> stored music files.

RE: 3

>From my understanding, the music delivered from iCloud is at 256K
regardless of the "original" format, making iCloud a less-than-viable
off-site backup if you have a substantial loss less collection.

P


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