Posted by Michelle Steiner on 01/01/06 21:13

In article <1h8i6pe.chnsdv1qug2llN%jim@magrathea.plus.com>,
jim@magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote:

> > > That's unfortunate because there are some labels that are on both
> > > eMusic and iTunes, and the eMusic versions are unencumbered and
> > > 1/4 the price.
> >
> > And eMusic files are MP3, which is a lossy encoding; iTunes music
> > store uses lossless encoding, so the files are of better quality.
>
> I was under the impression that AAC was still lossy, otherwise why
> does it have bitrate selectors?

I'm wrong, I thought it was lossless. It is less lossy than MP3 though.
BTW, I was thinking of Apple Lossless encoding.

Oh, here is a list of digital players that are compatible with iTunes:

<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93548>

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