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On 18/10/05, Tom Fine wrote: > Thanks to everyone who responded to this. > > By the way, the iTunes-only release of these albums doesn't sound as > horrible as it could. That AAC format is not as lossy as > comparable-sized MP3, so, for instance, the songs are not plagued with > digi-swishy in the background. But they're a far cry from CD quality > -- thin, shrill and lacking punch and impact. I imagine the original > LPs sound better, which is sad because it's terrible when audio > quality takes a step back. With these new iPods holding gigabytes of > data, and the typical iTunes consumer, I'd bet, having broadband > access, I can't understand why Universal and Apple don't put the files > out in twice or 3x the resolution. I can understand why they'd choose > copy-restricted AAC, but why crunched-too-small AAC? They could do > these files with 3x bitrates and I bet they'd sound a lot nearer to > good and still be less than half the size of a CD audio file. If they sell them in bad sound now, they can sell them again in less bad sound later. Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]