sometimesuk:
I think you need to mention that having a ALAC option, in itself still isnt good enough.
We dont want just want 16bit 44.4KHz; standard CD resolution available to download, but want high resolution 24bit 96KHz/192KHz downloads.
Hopefully then, if record lables saw an increase in demand for high Rez downloads, then they wouldnt uses loads of compression on the new music being released, and actually spend some time, putting together a decent sounding record.
The problem here goes a little deeper tho, Apple would have to do some pretty impressive work to get hold of the 24 bit recordings, sites like Society of Sound, and Linn's and Naim's site are either involved in the recording or are supporting the artist in other ways.
Fully in support of ALAC on iTunes tho, that would sow up my players from Songbird, JRMC and iTunes to just iTunes, presuming they upped the player to 24/196 at the same time that is!
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