Amazon downloads
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I've quit using iTunes due to the audio quality of the files. They sound decent enough on a computer, but when burning a CD the quality is horrible, with a mid to upper highs boost that makes me dive for the treble control in my car stereo. Today I gave Amazon's download a try. The mp3 sounds decent enough, it'll be interesting to see what the quality of the CD is in the car. If it's not up to snuff, then I'm back to buying CDs and converting them myself. Not that I'm opposed to buying in CD format, but downloads give instant gratification, which is always nice. I'll be glad when the year 3000 comes and we have enough bandwidth to download uncompressed file formats. You have no idea how much the pro audio industry bitches (and rightfully so) about killing themselves to mix the perfect record, only to have it sqaushed down to mp3. But until 3000, downloading .wav files is just this side of impractical.
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
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I've quit using iTunes due to the audio quality of the files. They sound decent enough on a computer, but when burning a CD the quality is horrible, with a mid to upper highs boost that makes me dive for the treble control in my car stereo. Today I gave Amazon's download a try. The mp3 sounds decent enough, it'll be interesting to see what the quality of the CD is in the car. If it's not up to snuff, then I'm back to buying CDs and converting them myself. Not that I'm opposed to buying in CD format, but downloads give instant gratification, which is always nice. I'll be glad when the year 3000 comes and we have enough bandwidth to download uncompressed file formats. You have no idea how much the pro audio industry bitches (and rightfully so) about killing themselves to mix the perfect record, only to have it sqaushed down to mp3. But until 3000, downloading .wav files is just this side of impractical.
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
Actually, once the bandwidth gets good enough, there will be no more media. X| Just on-demand audio/video (for a price). That way they can keep control of who is playing what, when. Cue RIAA Imperial March music.
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I've quit using iTunes due to the audio quality of the files. They sound decent enough on a computer, but when burning a CD the quality is horrible, with a mid to upper highs boost that makes me dive for the treble control in my car stereo. Today I gave Amazon's download a try. The mp3 sounds decent enough, it'll be interesting to see what the quality of the CD is in the car. If it's not up to snuff, then I'm back to buying CDs and converting them myself. Not that I'm opposed to buying in CD format, but downloads give instant gratification, which is always nice. I'll be glad when the year 3000 comes and we have enough bandwidth to download uncompressed file formats. You have no idea how much the pro audio industry bitches (and rightfully so) about killing themselves to mix the perfect record, only to have it sqaushed down to mp3. But until 3000, downloading .wav files is just this side of impractical.
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
NiN offered one of their recent albums in high end lossless downloadable formats. IIRC the best was 32bit 96khz.
You know, every time I tried to win a bar-bet about being able to count to 1000 using my fingers I always got punched out when I reached 4.... -- El Corazon