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I still and always will be a person who buys the CD, I prefer the CD to downloads.
Use Spotify to check out an album, and if I like it, I buy the CD, if not, I've saved myself money. I'm listening to Kid Cudi's new album at the moment on it, like it enough so far to buy, so it's going on my to buy list. 🙂
The only things I download are out of print(unless can find them second hand at a normal price, but I'm not prepared to pay insane amounts of money just for a CD), trailer music or music that wasn't made avaliable to buy on CD, example: I downloaded the score for the film Australia. For some reason they haven't released it on CD since the film was out.
I'm pretty much finished with buying CD's. I only purchase vinyl, or I grab a digital copy (v0 or FLAC, please). If an artist I like has a show near by I always make my way down and show some support. There might be the rare occasion where I buy an album on compact disc, but that's only if I can't find it on wax, or if there aren't any good rips online.
Originally posted by MildPossession
I'm struggling to understand how ripping streaming music off sites(no matter how you convert it and so on) is better than CD quality...
MP3 is regarded to have better quality in general than CDA.
The best quality is 128kbps, 44100 Hz.
It also depends on the source, the size of the file, the stereo/mono setup, etc.
For example, converting MP3s too small/large in size or set in mono are inferior to CDs.
I'm an audiophile. MP3s bought via iTunes sound better than CDs.
It's a 'hit and miss' to find MP3s that sounds similar to the MP3s in iTunes.
Originally posted by MildPossession
Oh, I've been told the opposite, that there is no MP3 quality better than CD out there at the moment... I'm confused.
FLAC >>>>> CD
CD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 128 kbps
lossless >>> CD
Good bit rates to listen to music: 320 kbps and v0/v2
I rather listen to 320, V0, or FLAC over CD any day.
http://flac.sourceforge.net/index.html
FLAC isn't the future. FLAC is now.
The only setback is that the files are really huge, but if you're an audiophile that doesn't matter.
Okay who sells legal music in flac.
I mean could I get Pinks Album Funhouse on Flac without hassle
how about The Joshua Tree on Flac
Are there legal flac downloads for big Albums in Flac such as Licenced to Ill or Whitney Houston?
because If Flac is only available for Jaheim, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift And Pitbull Its value as a format for people who want to do the right thing and support their favourite Artists is limited. And will remain Limited.
Originally posted by MildPossession
Well I'm happy with my very good quality CD music, it's brilliant enough for me. 🙂 😛
CD sound quality stinks; compared to vinyl anyway. Ever hear of the "loudness war"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war
but most people can't even tell the difference anyway. Bah.
Originally posted by shiv
Okay who sells legal music in flac.I mean could I get Pinks Album Funhouse on Flac without hassle
how about The Joshua Tree on Flac
Are there legal flac downloads for big Albums in Flac such as Licenced to Ill or Whitney Houston?
because If Flac is only available for Jaheim, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift And Pitbull Its value as a format for people who want to do the right thing and support their favourite Artists is limited. And will remain Limited.
I have no idea if FLAC is available for any of those artists, but a lot independant artists are making FLAC available when offerening a digital download. People are barely jumping on the FLAC bandwaggon, but soon it will become widely available.