[dpastern]

Well, there is amarket for pigs that can fly. Apple could bring the sauce (read: source) if they were not daft, but instead they acquired the Beats by Dre brand.

I have Golden Ears, but it is not by any means seamless.

 
Well, I wonder if Apple can see the $$$$ by re-marketing old material in higher res formats.  

 

[trunolimit]

So the only reason why I'm still on an ipod is because it's got 160GB of storage and paired with my fiio e17 and a LOD cable it sounds great. apple has their own lossless format which is better than nothing.
 
 
only problem I have is sometimes i want to listen to podcast and audio books which I end up putting on my ipad because i can just stream it through bluetooth since audio quality is not needed. I'd love to just have everything on my phone. when listening to music I can hook up the e17 and go bluetooth when listening to other stuff.
 
 
So compared to the ipod classic do you guys think the audio on the 6 will compare? With 128GB it's very tempting.
 
I'm going to go ahead and get it anyway. I am eligible for an upgrade and if I don't like it I am sure I will have absolutely no trouble reselling it and probably make a profit.

 

[HiWire]

I can see them offering lossless and high-res (e.g., 24-bit, 192 kHz) files in iTunes... some people aren't satisfied with 256 kb/s AAC and it prevents losses to the other high-res music vendors.
 
They probably won't sell DFF or DSF files, though. Apple and Sony (one of DSD's developers) go together like oil and water.