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Re: cd quality downloads
Nick B #292876 02/18/10 04:48 PM
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All remasters are not bad, as I have some bad originals, Styx cds IIRC, with songs that were oddly recorded much lower than the rest and the remaster version corrected it, then again it could have been just my cd from a bad batch.


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Re: cd quality downloads
jakewash #292900 02/18/10 07:55 PM
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http://www.linnrecords.com/

Their catalog is limited; basically just classical, jazz, and some 'world' music. But they care deeply about sound quality and offer many of their albums in super-high quality "Studio Master" 24-bit, 96khz+ (up to 192khz) FLAC or WMA files. That's better than what you get from a CD. It's basically SACD quality.

Be warned though, the "Studio Master" FLAC albums are enormous, > 1GB per album. And a little pricey, ~$24. But if you want to test the upper limit of what's available via downloaded music, that'd be the way to go.


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Re: cd quality downloads
PeterChenoweth #293939 02/26/10 03:28 PM
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I just heard on the latest AVRant podcast (titled "Salk and Boston Acoustics...") that iTunes has 256kbps with almost all of their catalog. But since they use AAC compression it is really equivalent to a 312 kbps mp3. I tried google searching to find out iTunes download compressions and such a couple weeks ago and came up empty handed, so I'm glad that I stumbled upon this. Since amazon has 256kbps mp3's it sounds like iTunes offers better quality.

Re: cd quality downloads
Nick B #293968 02/26/10 05:18 PM
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Hmmm, last I knew iTunes downloads were 128kbps and a quick look into a couple of older 2007 articles, they state EMI products are now 256kbps but the others are 128kbps; so unless they have upgraded the other producers to 256, iTunes is a mix.


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Re: cd quality downloads
jakewash #293972 02/26/10 05:41 PM
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They have upgraded across the board and also don't have DRM any more.


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Re: cd quality downloads
Ken.C #293982 02/26/10 06:12 PM
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Good to know, Thanks \:\) I feel a little better about downloading songs now \:\) but I still like having the cd better \:\)


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Re: cd quality downloads
jakewash #294000 02/26/10 07:05 PM
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The Pirate Bay and look for 320, matey.

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darcman #294005 02/26/10 07:23 PM
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I would just like to add that if you put in the search engine flac; you will see everything available in flac codecs.
I have the c200 Popcorn hour media player, (300.00) and
have used the Western Digital Media Player (120.00) They are both great for playing all known codecs. Both can be connected through HDMI, optical or RCA.
Don't mean to derail the topic but I beleive this a great way to get music for nothing, and being flac codecs the clarity is amazing!



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