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Buying digital releases in wav or 320bit mp3 format? (pg. 2)
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| Ted Promo |
320 is fine, but I'm of the opinion of if I'm paying for a piece of music why would I buy one that has been compressed and isn't full quality.
When I buy music I usually buy the tangible copy if I can (be it through a second-hand source or whatever), and if you're worried about money going to the artist, pay them or the label directly. |
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| Glaniskanis |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ted Promo
320 is fine, but I'm of the opinion of if I'm paying for a piece of music why would I buy one that has been compressed and isn't full quality.
When I buy music I usually buy the tangible copy if I can (be it through a second-hand source or whatever), and if you're worried about money going to the artist, pay them or the label directly. |
It's not really the issue of not wanting the best quality available. But more the issue of price/size vs what no one can hear anyway :) |
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| Ted Promo |
On beatport it's only $1 more for a wav.
And hard drives are cheap.
I dunno, it's just me, but I really don't see the point in spending money for compressed audio. |
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| miamitranceman |
| 320 for me. |
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| Lews |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ted Promo
On beatport it's only $1 more for a wav.
And hard drives are cheap.
I dunno, it's just me, but I really don't see the point in spending money for compressed audio. |
Meh. That $1 adds up though. At least for me. A purchase of 15 songs for $30 ends up costing $45, definitely adds up over time.
I try to buy physical copies of stuff anyway. I'm hoping to buy a huge external drive this summer that will enable me to start ripping all my CDs in higher quality than just the 256 I do now. Maybe when I have that + I get some higher quality speakers / headphones I'll start caring more about the quality.
For now, I'm okay with spending $1 on songs that I like on iTunes and $1.5 on Beatport, as well as the $10+ I spend on a Single or Maxi CD of a song that I love or that isn't available for download.
I can't really hear a difference between WAV and 320 or 256 =/ |
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| Chimney |
| .wav son. It's the way to go. But I always compress them to FLAC anyway. |
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| Lews |
Off topic, does anyone know a free FLAC -> Mp3 converter?
I was using some Switch thing but apparently it was just a trial and they want me to pay now. |
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| Chimney |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lews
Off topic, does anyone know a free FLAC -> Mp3 converter?
I was using some Switch thing but apparently it was just a trial and they want me to pay now. |
If you want to do it properly use FLAC Fronted to unpack the .flac to .wav then Razorlame with external LAME 3,98 and settings -b 320 |
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| Glaniskanis |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ted Promo
On beatport it's only $1 more for a wav.
And hard drives are cheap.
I dunno, it's just me, but I really don't see the point in spending money for compressed audio. |
$1 extra is insane since it doesn't actually cost Beatport that much to store and distribute it! Probably about 90 cents of that is pure profit!
For the amount of I buy it would make me go bankrupt in a heartbeat but tons of stuff gets promoted in wav anyway nowadays. So I dont have to buy that:) |
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| Lews |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chimney
If you want to do it properly use FLAC Fronted to unpack the .flac to .wav then Razorlame with external LAME 3,98 and settings -b 320 |
That just went completely over my head.
Got a free program that will just do FLAC -> 320? :P |
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| Glaniskanis |
Listen to the man Lews, he is wise :)
he meant that to preserve the best quality possible you shouldnt go with the one-click-junk-shareware programs, which obviously is true |
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| Ted Promo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Glaniskanis
$1 extra is insane since it doesn't actually cost Beatport that much to store and distribute it! Probably about 90 cents of that is pure profit!
For the amount of I buy it would make me go bankrupt in a heartbeat but tons of stuff gets promoted in wav anyway nowadays. So I dont have to buy that:) |
Which is why I don't buy much from beatport ;)
I love buying things second hand (look at cds from amazon) |
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