http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/ Engadget Comments for Apple iTunes LP format gets dissected, explained http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/
Lossless or you won't see a dime out of me.]]>Sep 14th 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/



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isnt that what all of us are doing right now!!! if we didnt have the time to stare at our computers this website would not exist.]]>Sep 15th 2009 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/
for some reason I keep seeing a big "Z" flash in my head.]]>Sep 14th 2009 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/
artist bio check
artist picture check
artist videos check

I just wish there was a device that could let me take these things wherever I go.
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Or wait, how about that design on the ZuneHD? Hey, there's only so many ways to make a touch screen music player with one button. It's not like Microsoft copied Apple or anything. They would have eventually came up with this design on their own. Right, guys? Right?
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i wish Rio still made players. my Rio Carbon was way better than an iPod Mini back in the day]]>Sep 15th 2009 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 15th 2009 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/
Don't get me wrong, I think this LP stuff is crap too.]]>Sep 15th 2009 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/
I blame it on rain....

I'm sorry but those guys could sing (well the ones in the recording studio anyway)]]>Sep 15th 2009 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 15th 2009 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/
iTunes has sold 8.5 BILLION songs... that's at an initially lower bitrate of 128kbps and then later at 256 kpbs aac.

How many more would they have sold if they had gone up to lossless, or to SACD or DVD audio quality? Not many more...

Audiophiles like yourself are an exclusive club... that's great because you get to enjoy your music that much more, but that also means that 99.99% of the music consumers aren't like you, and don't give a hoot about higher quality, especially when they'd mostly be listening to the songs on crappy iPod headphones in a noisy subway.

You're welcome to keep asking for higher quality... it helped push Apple to double the bitrate once before... but higher quality for higher quality's sake is not a panacea.]]>Sep 15th 2009 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/- I think apple want me to buy it again]]>Sep 15th 2009 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/
Of course the real issue is the fact that nowadays, most (not all) artists just fill up an album with crap filler tracks that are no use listening to. For some reason I remember there being more hits on one album a couple of decades ago than we have nowadays, but that might just be that I'm only remembering memorable CDs in comparison.]]>Sep 14th 2009 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 15th 2009 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 15th 2009 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/
Whinny tweener rock sounds just fine at 128Kbps. ]]>Sep 14th 2009 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/
I have a pretty good setup (wharfedale diamond 9 series speakers) and to be honest theres no noticible difference between flac and 320kbps mp3. This is running through the optical line in my macbook too. To me, the size difference isnt worth it, lossless is about 6x the size of a 320kbps mp3 and i cant even tell the difference. Im not an audiophile but im damn fussy about quality]]>Sep 14th 2009 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/Sep 14th 2009 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/
Arguably, in the sense that an Apple apologist will argue it because they can't come up with a better rebuttal?

Use LAME and MP3s can sound really really good. This is irrelevant though, because you still don't get the convenience and flexibility of lossless.]]>Sep 14th 2009 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/14/apple-itunes-lp-format-gets-dissected-explained/
It completely depends on your speaker and amplifier set up. I know a lot of people who have nice equipment, but make mistakes with their set up, ruining sound quality. Having too much equipment too close can cause interference if not properly insulated, or having excess speaker wire can all affect sound quality, I am not insinuating that you did this, however it is something to consider.

@Pwned

Can you show any evidence of this? I have heard people on this website (sadly enough always apple fanboys) insinuate that AAC is much better than MP3, but can you link me to a reputable source (it is subjective, but I want a decent test at least). I am not saying you are wrong or calling you an Apple Fanboy, I am just interested where that comes from.

PS I know that Apple did not create AAC]]>Sep 14th 2009 11:59PM