[wdh777]

I guess I missed the press release on Apple Music digital masters. How do these compare to tidal, amazon, and qobuz? Is there a way to see apple digital masters in Apple Music? I don’t see the logos? Thanks

 

[stonesfan129]

I guess I missed the press release on Apple Music digital masters. How do these compare to tidal, amazon, and qobuz? Is there a way to see apple digital masters in Apple Music? I don’t see the logos? Thanks

As I understand, it is simply a re-brand of Mastered For iTunes. So it's just a 256kbps AAC file but they request that it be created from a 24-bit master. This is supposed to allow the encoder more headroom to avoid clipping. The nice thing is that they usually contain the same masters as what you can get over on HDtracks and the other high-rez download sites. The only disadvantage is that it's a 256kbps AAC file instead of lossless. I'm also pretty sure that Apple Music uses the exact same files that are sold on the iTunes Store (which have the Apple Digital Masters tag).