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Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

Carolpa — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:36:59 GMT

out there one can find a lot of lossless music.

It doesn't to be WMA lossless or Apple Lossless; one can easely convert other types (f.e. FLAC)

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

linder — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:48:03 GMT

I would not be surprised if Apple and others have had lossless versions from the beginning. I thought like you that it was only a matter of time before the lossless versions would be available. There are at least 2 reasons Apple lossless and others are not available.......most people don't care and if lossless were available, they would have DRM encryption.

I had thought that I would no longer have to buy CDs but I think for those like me who want high quality music, ripping CDs is still the best way.

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

elephant — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:00:01 GMT

Welcome Mattias to Beoworld

A very well said, second post

B&O used to promote good recordings and interesting artists ... let's have some more of that

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

Ennet — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:28:53 GMT

iTunes & co have focused on ease of use and availability and have made a pretty good job at that. It would be great to see them take it to the next level by offering the same content in multiple versions:

- A reasonable-sized, "compressed mix" for iPod-type listening - sort of what we have today.
- A lossless format, preferably something better than "just" CD quality. This version would not only be lossless, it could also be a different mix with better dynamics for listening on "real" audio systems.

In essense, when purchasing an album multiple versions would be downloaded and stored for various devices to access. This would be automated, and bandwith and storage is quite cheap so it shouldn't be any problems from a technical or ease of use point of view. The labels could probably charge a premium for the service as well, so there should be an incentive even if they don't really care about sound quality..

It should bein B&O's interest to make sure their customers have access to high-quality content. I'm not saying they should enter that line of business, but perhaps use a section in the newsletter and other channels to "evangelize" and also provide links to services that offer high-quality content.

Mattias

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

elephant — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:15:45 GMT

I think we should deduct at least 10 posts off Puncher on account of his keyboard stuttering ;-D

I was going to mention Linn ... I have bought from their site and imported into iTunes

I also get free downloads via my Last.FM account but they are not high quality

Many years ago I used to use a newsreader robot to sample music newsgroups, listen to the random collection the next day, and then go and buy CDs of the artists I liked ... now days I tend to sample 30 second bites of the iTunes catalogue ... and then buy what I like - either a track or a collection

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

Puncher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:54:00 GMT

For a (limited) range of lossless and Studio Master quality (24bit 88KHz etc) downloads you can try -

http://www.linnrecords.com/index.aspx

http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid=3550

There is usually a free track or two or a sampler album you can download to see if your ears are up to it!

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

Puncher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:53:59 GMT

For a (limited) range of lossless and Studio Master quality (24bit 88KHz etc) downloads you can try -

http://www.linnrecords.com/index.aspx

http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid=3550

There is usually a free track or two or a

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

Puncher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:53:58 GMT

For a (limited) range of lossless and Studio Master quality (24bit 88KHz etc) downloads you can try -

http://www.linnrecords.com/index.aspx

http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid=3550

There is usually a free track or two or

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

Puncher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:53:57 GMT

For a (limited) range of lossless and Studio Master quality (24bit 88KHz etc) downloads you can try -

http://www.linnrecords.com/index.aspx

http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid=3550

There is usually a free track or two

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

Puncher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:53:56 GMT

For a (limited) range of lossless and Studio Master quality (24bit 88KHz etc) downloads you can try -

http://www.linnrecords.com/index.aspx

http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid=3550

There is usually a free track or

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

Puncher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:53:56 GMT

For a (limited) range of lossless and Studio Master quality (24bit 88KHz etc) downloads you can try -

http://www.linnrecords.com/index.aspx

http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid=3550

There is usually a free track

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

Puncher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:53:54 GMT

For a (limited) range of lossless and Studio Master quality (24bit 88KHz etc) downloads you can try -

http://www.linnrecords.com/index.aspx

http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid=3550

There is usually a free

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

Puncher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:53:53 GMT

For a (limited) range of lossless and Studio Master quality (24bit 88KHz etc) downloads you can try -

http://www.linnrecords.com/index.aspx

http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid=3550

There is usually a

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

Puncher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:53:53 GMT

For a (limited) range of lossless and Studio Master quality (24bit 88KHz etc) downloads you can try -

http://www.linnrecords.com/index.aspx

http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid=3550

There is usually

Re: Beosound 5 - true lossless download services?

Puncher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:53:50 GMT

For a (limited) range of lossless and Studio Master quality (24bit 88KHz etc) downloads you can try -

http://www.linnrecords.com/index.aspx

http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/display.aspx?infid=3550

There is