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Old 11-24-08   #21 (permalink)
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Heh makes much more sense.
Im just gna download one from archive.org to see if I can tell a difference.
If not im just gna stick with good ol MP3's (if iTunes offer them in 320kbps)
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Rofl, I know what a real cd is lol.
They come from CD shops like that stupidly rebranded Virgin Shop
Ive obviously been misinformed, I was told you have to buy a lossless version of the cd.
Nope, CD's are all lossless, that's what all the flac files are made from.
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hdtracks.com gets my vote. Great site.
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To clear things up...

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The standard audio file format for CDs, for example, is PCM-encoded, containing two channels of 44,100 samples per second, 16 bits per sample. Since PCM uses an uncompressed, lossless storage method, which keeps all the samples of an audio track, professional users or audio experts may use the WAV format for maximum audio quality.
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CDs are and have always been uncompressed 16bit 44100Hz PCM audio >_>
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But the specs are rather unimpressive. And it makes me cringe whenever somebody calls them lossless :/ RAR is lossless, ZIP is lossless, PNG is lossless, FLAC is lossless, but CDs are uncompressed.

Lossless compression means you can decompress the output to get a perfect copy of the input.
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Wait.. if you get the lossless itunes songs they don't have drm...
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