Yeah could be, although iTunes is/was protected and they are/were MP4 not MP3

I suspect most people just rip at the lowest quality they can get away with to save space. The quality of playback on most MP3 players/mobiles is piss poor, so no need for anything approaching CD quality. I get significant distortion on my laptop with just about anything less than 192kbps MP3. I did accidentally rip some at 128 MP4 and it was OK, but much better at 192 MP4

I've never fully understood the attraction of using an online service. If I like the music enough, I'd rather have the CD.

Posted By: BerlinCanary on April 2nd 2007 at 19:11:12

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At last Apple and EMI do the right thing. (General Chat) - Army Boy, Apr 2, 17:24:16
- People PAY for 128 kbps? (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Apr 2, 18:11:57
  - Indeed! Found that out the other day (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Apr 2, 18:28:06
    - It explains (General Chat) - Blind Lemon Creosote, Apr 2, 18:55:18
      - Yeah could be, although iTunes is/was protected and they are/were MP4 not MP3 (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Apr 2, 19:11:12
        
        I think it stems from when MP3 first became popular (General Chat) - scruffy, Apr 3, 00:08:13
        
        At the end of the day most people use their iPod where they are out and about ... (General Chat) - bjt, Apr 3, 12:00:37
        
        That's not the worst of it (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Apr 3, 10:15:03
        
        Shouldn't use any encoding that assumes a constant bit-rate.... (General Chat) - bjt, Apr 3, 11:57:58
- does that mean itunes will be mp3 when I download? (General Chat) - pants, Apr 2, 17:53:18
  - I think they're just adding functionality (General Chat) - Iwan Husarmi, Apr 2, 17:57:12

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