Did anyone hear EMI say they there were re-ripping to 256, not just
transcoding from the 128 library and increasing the bit-rate on the
files? ;-)
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Ben Sandee;192077 Wrote:
You get your CD's for $5? You can buy entire albums for $9.99 @ 256Kbps
AAC
-- that's pretty good quality although not suitable for an audiophile
probably. As other's have said, FLAC could conceivably be offered by
someone (but not by Apple of course).
The UK
amcluesent;192160 Wrote:
Did anyone hear EMI say they there were re-ripping to 256, not just
transcoding from the 128 library and increasing the bit-rate on the
files? ;-)
Huh, that's a good question...
They wouldn't be that stupid, would they?
Quite possibly, - they might be afraid that
A dissenting opinion:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38678
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amcluesent;192160 Wrote:
Did anyone hear EMI say they there were re-ripping to 256, not just
transcoding from the 128 library and increasing the bit-rate on the
files? ;-)
A while back I saw a copy of the software that Apple gives out to music
contributers and it actually has the option for
Mark Lanctot;192218 Wrote:
A dissenting opinion:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38678
I have to say, I thought the timing of the announcement was a bit
suspect given the Commission decision to open an enquiry into Itunes
was taken early last week:
Hmm... the big change?
http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press18.htm
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My favorite part of the press release:
Eric Nicoli, CEO of EMI Group, said, Our goal is to give consumers the
best possible digital music experience. By providing DRM-free downloads,
we aim to address the lack of interoperability which is frustrating for
many music fans. We believe that offering
Great: $1.29 vs £0.99, when the exchange rate is 1.97. Probably not
lossless (?). Twice the price of a CD and worse quality - I think I'll
pass :(
Linn seem to be leading the way, but even these cost more than their
SACDs.
Adam
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A move in the right direction. The other labels must follow.
Quite good news for squeezebox owners too. Now you can listen to your
itunes bought music, a lot of people don't mind the lower quality, I
don't.
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http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press18.htm :
... EMI expects that consumers will be able to purchase higher quality
DRM-free downloads from a variety of digital music stores within the
coming weeks, with each retailer choosing whether to sell downloads in
AAC, WMA, MP3 or other unprotected
I think the argument is why create all the bad-will when over 90% of the
music is sold drm free on cds anyway.
I suppose that if they don't release the uncompressed version they
still have something up their sleeve.
Let's hope you get decent tags with it.
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I think the argument is why create all the bad-will when over 90% of the
music is sold drm free on cds anyway.
It isn't (at least not in Switzerland). Most main stream CDs are copy
protected. Although I was under the impression that this, too, was
retrogressive.
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fairyliquidizer;192051 Wrote:
Dude, if it's lossless just fire up dbPoweramp (or similar) and convert
it. Lossless without DRM means that all lossless formats should be
equivalent (all can be converted to your format of choice).
It's not lossless though. 256 kbps.
So close, yet so far.
I
Mark Lanctot;192054 Wrote:
It's not lossless though. 256 kbps.
So close, yet so far.
I agree, on pop 256 kbps is an improvement. But you always have that
lingering doubt - could it be better? Am I missing anything? Just
that little niggle in the back of your mind that's enough to
Complete albums from EMI Music artists purchased on the iTunes Store
will automatically be sold at the higher sound quality and DRM-free,
with no change in the price.
That's tough to resist for people like me who already have a hard time
telling the difference between 128kbps AAC and lossless.
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lossless (?). Twice the price of a CD and worse quality - I think I'll
pass :(
You get your CD's for $5? You can buy entire albums for $9.99 @ 256Kbps AAC
-- that's pretty good quality although not suitable for an audiophile
probably. As
I think this is great news and a big step in the right direction.
Now if they would only sell FLAC or even Apple Lossless.
Kevin
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You get your CD's for $5?
I frequently get album for $10, shipped, on the used market. That's
my preferred method of getting entire CDs since I get a legal,
DRM-free, lossless version of the music with a physical backup.
Still, for singles, the 256 Kbps AAC is going to be tempting. I'm
On 4/2/07, Kevin O. Lepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You get your CD's for $5?
I frequently get album for $10, shipped, on the used market. That's
my preferred method of getting entire CDs since I get a legal,
DRM-free, lossless version of the music with a physical backup.
Sure, when you
You know, a few years ago, American Airlines did a big ad campaign about
how they pulled a bunch of seats out of their planes to give their
passengers more room, because they really care about passenger comfort.
At that point we were supposed to feel really good about AA because
they were
Well I welcome this development because I do have about 2,000 iTunes
songs. I know ouch, and I've see the light. I buy CD and rip them
myself as Apple Lossless. However, if I can upgrade some of those 2,000
songs then I'd be a happy man. So what is it going to take to get those
to run on my
Jazz1;192121 Wrote:
I know ouch, and I've see the light. I buy CD and rip them myself as
Apple Lossless.
Ripping them as apple lossless keeps you locked into proprietary
playback hardware. The bigger your AAC library gets, whether you buy
or rip the files yourself, the more locked-in you
tyler_durden;192113 Wrote:
I guess they figure that if people were dumb enough to buy into the
restrictions and compression in the first place they won't be smart
enough to realize that they are paying 2x what they used to for the
same product (albeit with hardware restrictions due to the
Jazz1;192121 Wrote:
Well I welcome this development because I do have about 2,000 iTunes
songs. I know ouch, and I've see the light. I buy CD and rip them
myself as Apple Lossless. However, if I can upgrade some of those 2,000
songs then I'd be a happy man. So what is it going to take to get
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