Sieghard, For me, i do exactly what you do, I have my entire iTunes library stored on a NAS, and I ripped all my music at high bit rates, I cannot seem to think of a good reason to use iTunes Match.
Simply it takes a few minutes to move music back onto the phone and my audio quality is higher than that of iTunes. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - [email protected] Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 19 Oct 2012, at 21:10, Marc Rocheleau <[email protected]> wrote: > Another negative: I know how to tag things properly and for Greatest > Hits compilations (I'll use R.E.M.'s last one as an example) it > matches only the song. By this I mean, in certain cases, it'll > download the original album version of a song that came out in say... > the 80's... and not the remastered greatest hits version. This means > sound quality and volume levels throughout the compilation will then > fluctuate on playback because albums back then were mastered at a > lower volume level. > > -Marc > > On 10/19/12, Scott Howell <[email protected]> wrote: >> I would concur with that as well. I do not sync all my music to my phone and >> for sure that is do to a lack of sufficient space. :) The only other >> advantage is if you had material that was 128Kb and if there was a match >> available from iTunes Match you could swap the 128Kb for 256. So, if you >> ripped your own stuff you would not benefit either. >> >> On Oct 19, 2012, at 2:34 PM, "Damashe Thomas" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> If I were in your position, I don't think I would have subscribed to >>> iTunes match. I chose to use it because I can't put all my music on my >>> iPhone and still have room for the many apps and podcasts that are stored >>> there. It is just an opinion, but the only advantage I think you would >>> gain at this point would be having an extra backup of sorts of all your >>> music. There may be some other reasons for you to subscribe, but I can't >>> think of any at the moment. >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 1:23 PM >>> Subject: iTunes Match - To use it or not to use it, that is the question >>> >>> >>>> Hello List, >>>> >>>> I am normally among the first to adopt new technology and features, but I >>>> am >>>> still on the fence with respect to iTunes Match. I have approx. 280 CD's >>>> and >>>> a bit of other music which I mostly purchased from iTunes, a total of >>>> just >>>> under 3,800 songs. I ripped all my CD's using the FLAC lossless format >>>> and I >>>> keep these files on a network drive so I can access it with my Sonos >>>> system. >>>> I chose to use the lossless system because storage space is cheap and not >>>> an >>>> issue, my entire collection takes up about 100 Gig. I then used the >>>> batch >>>> conversion feature of DB Power Amp to convert everything from the >>>> lossless >>>> format to M4A at 256 Kbps and I have that in my iTunes Media Folder on >>>> my >>>> laptop for syncing to my iPhone. At 256 Kbps my lossless collection >>>> shrunk >>>> to about 23 or so Gb which easily fit on my 64 Gig iPhone 4S with lots >>>> of >>>> room to spare for apps, audio books and the occasional photos and >>>> videos. >>>> >>>> My question is whether I'd actually get anything out of using iTunes >>>> Match. >>>> If I do turn it on and my iTunes library is matched and what is not is >>>> uploaded, will I then manually have to download it to the phone again? I >>>> do >>>> like a local copy of everything on the phone because I can't stream if, >>>> for >>>> example, I am on a plane or on holidays in a country where maybe I don't >>>> have data and in any case, I use very little data hence have only a very >>>> small data plan. I assume I can download all my music again to my phone >>>> and >>>> maybe the one advantage I can see is that if I ever had to reset my phone >>>> or >>>> got a new phone my music would be downloaded from the cloud and I >>>> wouldn't >>>> have to connect to my laptop. Of course it takes a lot longer as well to >>>> download 25 Gig from the cloud than to sync it via iTunes. >>>> >>>> Maybe some of you iCloud experts can tell me if there are other reasons >>>> why >>>> I might want to use it or maybe you can just confirm that in my case >>>> there >>>> really is no benefit to using it since my phone is plenty big enough to >>>> hold >>>> my music collection and I sync the entire collection anyways. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Sieghard >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> >> > > > -- > “There is no shame in being who you are. 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