SeanTek
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Hi All,
I am thinking about purchasing the Brave Soundtrack but am not sure if I should go Lossless or not. I don't want to start a flame thread or anything; it's just the first time that I've bought music in awhile and I want it as high quality as possible.
I read this thread: http://www.head-fi.org/t/533181/how-to-purchase-apple-lossless-audio
And it looks like Lossless is not available on iTunes. As this is a Pixar release (and Pixar<->Disney<->Apple in many ways), you can bet that they will never bother to release it on hdtracks.com or whatever.
Should I go with 320KB MP3 (Amazon), 256KB AAC (iTunes), or get the CD and rip to Apple Lossless/FLAC? Size, of course, is not a concern at all. My point is that per the prior thread, the MP3 or AAC versions may be closer to the original masters than the CD version (which could be downsampled from the masters to 44.1KHz/16-bit stereo), especially in light of the source for this particular soundtrack.
I am thinking about purchasing the Brave Soundtrack but am not sure if I should go Lossless or not. I don't want to start a flame thread or anything; it's just the first time that I've bought music in awhile and I want it as high quality as possible.
I read this thread: http://www.head-fi.org/t/533181/how-to-purchase-apple-lossless-audio
And it looks like Lossless is not available on iTunes. As this is a Pixar release (and Pixar<->Disney<->Apple in many ways), you can bet that they will never bother to release it on hdtracks.com or whatever.
Should I go with 320KB MP3 (Amazon), 256KB AAC (iTunes), or get the CD and rip to Apple Lossless/FLAC? Size, of course, is not a concern at all. My point is that per the prior thread, the MP3 or AAC versions may be closer to the original masters than the CD version (which could be downsampled from the masters to 44.1KHz/16-bit stereo), especially in light of the source for this particular soundtrack.