[Apple iPod] iTunes Plus- All 4 Major Labels


On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 06:47:47AM CST, Otto Nikolaus wrote: > > 2009/1/8 Eugene > > > > Is 256 kbps AAC encoding *better* than audio CD quality? > > No. This is lossy compression, like MP3, of the original CD files, so there > will always be *some* quality loss. The point is that it will be much closer > to the original than the 128k versions could ever be. It could never be > *better* than the CD.
But are AAC files bought from the iTunes Store created from audio CDs? Or are they created from higher-quality master sources, so that the uncompressed output is as good as audio CDs? Not being a troll, I’m just asking, I don’t know.

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