Who's gonna try Apple's new music service?
Apr 28, 2003 at 6:20 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 14
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Based on mp4(aac) it delivers... 100% pristine digital quality.
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... and some sound better than CDs.
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Think it's 128 mp4 so probably in quality around 160-192 lame mp3.

Who's gonna check it out?
 
Apr 29, 2003 at 12:53 AM Post #2 of 14
I will check it out, but not until they update the 15" powerbook, which I am hoping will happen soon...until then I will have to be content with my vinyl....which I am more than content with...
I can't imagine that how it could be better than cd unless they are ripping the tracks from the master and encoding them very well...and even then, it will only be better if the cd was inherently poorly recorded (which I am sure happens frequently). Anyway, I am curious to hear it...
 
Apr 29, 2003 at 1:00 AM Post #3 of 14
eh? is Apple going to make the older (current) iPods compatible with mp4?

And is there any way to rip songs into mp4 currently?

I totally feel out of it after reading this thread..
 
Apr 29, 2003 at 2:01 AM Post #4 of 14
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Originally posted by NewSc2
eh? is Apple going to make the older (current) iPods compatible with mp4?

And is there any way to rip songs into mp4 currently?

I totally feel out of it after reading this thread..


Yes. Yes. Yes.
 
Apr 29, 2003 at 6:59 AM Post #5 of 14
We purchased about 15 tracks today. Excellent execution, sound quality is quite good. Click a button and the song is on your hard drive
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Apr 29, 2003 at 8:44 PM Post #6 of 14
Sound quality is quite good, however I don't like the built in copyright stuff with AACs. You can only share an AAC on three computers, that you have to authorize to do so. In other words, it has to connect to the internet every time you play that AAC on another computer, in order for you to authorize it being there. So if for some reason you try playing it on a computer without internet, you're screwed.
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Apr 29, 2003 at 10:55 PM Post #7 of 14
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Originally posted by AdamP88 You can only share an AAC on three computers, that you have to authorize to do so. In other words, it has to connect to the internet every time you play that AAC on another computer, in order for you to authorize it being there. So if for some reason you try playing it on a computer without internet, you're screwed.



That's not accurate. You only have to authorize another computer ONCE -- after that it can play any songs shared by your computer.
 
Apr 30, 2003 at 6:40 AM Post #9 of 14
well the most obvious answer would be that you don't have to buy all the tracks. If you only like one song, you get it for 1 buck instead of 15. That said, I am more of an album person myself, and I don't think most of my music will be on there anyway, but I may forfeit a dollar for some catchy one hit wonder that I hear...maybe at some point they will come out with package deals...after all, what if your album has more than 10-15 tracks? Then it would be cheaper or the same to buy the cd....
 
May 2, 2003 at 8:35 PM Post #10 of 14
Just a lil note, I bought Diana Krall's love scene's from the new service. I burned a copy with Itunes, and toast. The toast copy had better sound quality on my nad 541i. The Itune's copy had more hiss. The toast copy sounded great. No artifacts, nothing. So if you have a apple, thats the way to go.
 
May 2, 2003 at 9:27 PM Post #11 of 14
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Originally posted by orl2222
Just a lil note, I bought Diana Krall's love scene's from the new service. I burned a copy with Itunes, and toast. The toast copy had better sound quality on my nad 541i. The Itune's copy had more hiss. The toast copy sounded great. No artifacts, nothing. So if you have a apple, thats the way to go.


Interesting. Also don't know if it's a fluke, but bought Braggs & Wilco Mermaid Avenue, downloaded then burned using iTunes. To test various qualities I tried using LAME plugin for iTunes to encode back to mp3. Had problems with four of the resulting mp3s not showing up in iTunes. Thought there might be some tag problem. Manully changed using Audion mp3 editor. No dice. So copied, then deleted the tracks and reimported. Still didn't show. Tried copying from CD with Audions lame encoder. It just hangs on one of the four tracks. This may be some problem with the CD (no scratches though) so will reburn tonight (maybe using Toast - which I take handles the mp4-cda conversion fine?) and try again. Was able to encode fine using iTunes native mp3 encoder, though. Weird.
 
May 2, 2003 at 11:30 PM Post #12 of 14
Well burning the CD again, this time with Toast, then trying the iTunes/LAME encoding worked fine.
 
May 4, 2003 at 1:03 AM Post #13 of 14
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Originally posted by stuartr
well the most obvious answer would what if your album has more than 10-15 tracks? Then it would be cheaper or the same to buy the cd....



Most complete albums can be purchased for $9.99, so if you plan on buying more than a few songs of an album, you can just get the whole thing for a few bucks more (and cheaper than the CD).
 
May 4, 2003 at 2:20 AM Post #14 of 14
If you are looking for one hit wondrers it is great. I've bought quite a few sinles and a couple of albums. It's too easy and they're always open.
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