i have stopped downloading from itunes. why pay full retail for compressed music? buy the cd and put it in your computer correctly and don't worry about it again. since you have good gear that plays reproduced music well you won,t regret it.
CD/lossless versus iTunes & Amazon downloads
I've been trying to search Audiogon for information on this, but seems like next to no one downloads songs from iTunes or Amazon.
For the past 5 years, almost all of my music listening has been done in front of the computer while working on other stuff. I've bought a mix or CDs and downloaded albums from iTunes and Amazon. There's tons of albums you can get on Amazon for $5 at an approx 256 VBR bit rate. (I'm just using an iMac with powered M-Audio monitors).
I'm about to upgrade to add a little DAC (HRT audiostreamer), an amp (NAD or MF A5), and running this through my Magnepan MMGs. Will this cause a big difference in sound between the compressed downloads and CDs? Any chance the mp3s will sound worse than they do on my current setup?
For the past 5 years, almost all of my music listening has been done in front of the computer while working on other stuff. I've bought a mix or CDs and downloaded albums from iTunes and Amazon. There's tons of albums you can get on Amazon for $5 at an approx 256 VBR bit rate. (I'm just using an iMac with powered M-Audio monitors).
I'm about to upgrade to add a little DAC (HRT audiostreamer), an amp (NAD or MF A5), and running this through my Magnepan MMGs. Will this cause a big difference in sound between the compressed downloads and CDs? Any chance the mp3s will sound worse than they do on my current setup?
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