Wow! This was exactly the kind of debate I was hoping for.

BrenR, you mentioned that you were surprised at how little was lost when you compared the differences in the two formats. To me that sounded like a lot, but maybe that's just because I have a hard time imagining what the song would sound like without those bits. When you play the two versions back to back, how noticable is the difference to you?

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