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post #31 of 42
10/8/11 at 5:06pm

If I'm not mistaken, Apple does have ALAC file format for sale, which is the Apple Lossles Audio Codec or something like that.  Basically equivalent to FLAC, but Apple has to own everything.
 

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As somebody who has never used a mac or apple software, is the music from iTunes good quality - is it lossless?



 

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post #32 of 42
10/8/11 at 5:09pm

Hm, that's what I expected of Apple really, typical eh.

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post #33 of 42
10/8/11 at 5:34pm

Originally Posted by BenAdamson View Post

Hm, that's what I expected of Apple really, typical eh.


you don't own a physical medium of the music you bought, and your end-user license strictly forbids reselling...what a beautiful business scheme, especially for lossy audio at $1 a song.

 

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post #34 of 42
10/8/11 at 7:42pm



Love me some Coltrane, some Davis too.

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I'm going to put my CD collection up for sale soon.  I've got nearly 2 decades of CD's I'm getting rid of.   Everything except my Jazz collection.  Coltrane stays in the house.



 

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post #35 of 42
10/8/11 at 7:49pm
Typically Second Spin retail store, or Amazon.
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post #36 of 42
10/8/11 at 9:38pm

Mostly iTunes store. Sometimes HDtracks. 

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post #37 of 42
10/8/11 at 10:31pm

Even though I listen mostly on my computer, still buy all of my music on CD then rip it myself to flac. If I know the local music store carries it, Ill go there.  Otherwise I buy off Amazon.

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post #38 of 42
10/9/11 at 12:09am



What he said

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Typically Second Spin retail store, or Amazon.


 

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post #39 of 42
10/9/11 at 6:45am
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What he said


Wow, he's trolled through several of the other thread's as well...

 

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post #40 of 42
10/9/11 at 8:55pm

I purchase CD's, both new and used, locally; but, mostly these days, I download from iTunes and HDtracks. The 24/88 and 24/96 flac files from HDtracks sound to me as good as SACD. I convert them to ALAC using dbPoweramp; and, I then send to my iTunes library where they can be manipulated with great convenience.

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post #41 of 42
10/26/11 at 6:27am

Amazon.co.uk

My local CD and vynil shop, only amazon is cheaper and not always. Go there mostly for rarities. 

Local book/music stores where sometimes there are boxes filled with cheap CDs which used to be expensive

Small but high-quality labels selling CDs from their site.  

Amazon.it (rare) (uk is cheaper)

HDtracks (rare)

 

 

Quite pointless to download anything, if not just for getting some information about it before buying. Hard to find anything over 128kbps and the waste of time makes it completely unworthy when you can find a whole album for less than 4 or 5 GPB on amazon.

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post #42 of 42
10/26/11 at 6:36am

My primary source is a local independent record/cd store.  He doesn't carry too much stock that interests but will usually order in for me.

What he can't I pick up from amazon (cd's only).

For digital downloads I go to HDTracks first.

When all else fails I go to the label for mail purchase.

I'll pick up the odd album off of iTunes but that's really limited.

 

I really miss the old record/cd stores.  As we didn't have any near me, it was a real treat to stop into a Tower or Virgin Records while on vacation.  I could easily spend hours and several hundred dollars on a trip to one of these stores.

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