Posted by �|��T?ߪRt?@$t on 10/27/06 15:04

forget Wal-Mart go to www.allofmp3.com and choose your format, .ape is
lossless BTW.



"Poopy Pants" <charvel@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Howdy folks - I've been trying unsuccessfully for a week to get
> Wal-Mart's customer service to answer a simple question for me. (I
> posted this in alt.walmart a few days ago.) I have since received a
> -partial- answer from them:
>
> Walmart: After contacting several people, I have the answer to your
> question. The music that we use to create a custom CD comes in a .wav
> format, which is converted to .cda once the CD is burned.
>
> Of course it -comes- in wav format, but was it -always- a wave?
>
> My original question is this:
>
> Are the custom CD's created from WAV files, or from MP3 files that have
>
> been converted back to WAV files?
>
> I've been referred here, transferred there, nobody knows, pretends to
> know, or cares to know. I'm curious if anyone here has any background
> on this new service, and knows the answer to my question. Assumption
> tells me they are direct rips from the original CD, but based on things
>
> like how well their customer service functions, I wouldn't be the least
>
> bit surprised if they converted 128K MP3's back to wav's for my CD.
>
> If this is indeed true WAV/AIF files, I'd be thrilled, because this is
> the only reason I don't buy from iTunes. I want the original song file,
>
> not a watered-down compressed copy.
>
> Thoughts?
>

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