Posted by G.T. on 01/01/06 21:59

sbt wrote:
> In article <michelle-F91B1A.13380801012006@news.west.cox.net>, Michelle
> Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>
>
>>In article <11rge55evngjudc@corp.supernews.com>,
>> "G.T." <getnews1@dslextreme.com> 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.
>
>
> Bzzzzt....WRONG. The iTunes Music Store uses AAC encoding (MPEG-4
> audio) and it is definitely a "lossy" format.
>

And 192k average VBR MP3s encoded using LAME v3.92 are noticeably higher
quality than iTMS 128k AACs.

"In practice, the sound quality is comparable to songs encoded at 160
kbit/s using MP3 or 128 kbit/s using Microsoft's Windows Media Audio WMA
format."

Greg
--
"All my time I spent in heaven
Revelries of dance and wine
Waking to the sound of laughter
Up I'd rise and kiss the sky" - The Mekons

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