> Yes, but you lose quality by ripping CDs after already downloading > them. I'm a sound-quality freak, so as close to the original sound is > very important to me.
No, you buy the actual CD and rip it. Not burning a CD from downloaded mp3s and then re-ripping it. Or, eMusic offers non-DRM mp3s at 192kbps, as far as I know, and is far cheaper than ITMS. Or you can do allofmp3.com, which has questionable legality and probably sells your credit card number to the Russian mob :) You can download them and drag them to itunes and you're done. No DRM, no stupid vendor-added limitations. My point is, don't buy DRM'ed mp3/aac files and your problem goes away completely. Xbox will likely be able to read non-DRM'ed files, as will your iPod. On a sidenote, burning a cd from mp3s and ripping back to mp3 does not degrade sound quality as much as you would think. But that's a totally unrelated discussion anyway. Greg /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
