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  1. Eh, whatever. Far as I'm concerned ripping into lossless for your computer isn't worth it for me anyway, who cares if its lossless if I don't have exceptional speakers to play it out of?
  2. ^ That's a good point. If you're only playing it on tinny speakers why bother (specially if you've got the original CD)?
  3. "It's also good to be able to burn CDs for people from lossless files, so that they won't suffer double compression. And of course... it's the way to have good backups if a CD breaks!"

    And I at least think I can hear a difference.
  4. I have never once broken a CD ever in my entire life.

    And I honestly believe that through computer speakers, you're hearing a placebo effect of the sound. But hey, if that's what you wanna do, you technically do have a pretty identical replica if anything ever happened to the CD.

    Though I've owned plenty of albums digitally and still re-bought hard copies. It just feels right.
  5. Subjective though. Although maybe for myself when I get a promo CD and want to pass it onto someone else for them to have a copy too I might do lossless.

    With re-buying albums, I've always waited 'til some deluxe or bonus-track CD comes alongside it. This was what so good about one I bought this year - the standard CD had 12 tracks and the bonus CD had 14 extra demos, B-sides and outtakes. That's what I usually look out for.

    (Although eBay's become pretty good in that respect too).
  6. I'm not using normal computer speakers.

    Drew: On the punchiness thing, maybe it's just that you have normalizing on in iTunes?
  7. Nope. These albums shouldn't have too much power to them given they're digital transfers from 1970 and 1936.
  8. I don't pay more than a few dollars for music that's been out for a year or two. Amazon used, baby. CDs for 2 bucks or under, and 2 bucks for shipping.
  9. I think the most I ever paid was $25 for an Alice Cooper album from 1983.

    If only Amazon shipped cheaper - same with eBay.
  10. Here we go.........its the refreshrefreshrefresh game.

    #lolla
  11. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:I don't pay more than a few dollars for music that's been out for a year or two. Amazon used, baby. CDs for 2 bucks or under, and 2 bucks for shipping.

    I pay a little bit more than you then... But not that much. I'd never pay the insanely steep prices that record stores have for new CDs here. I like 5 pounds new on Amazon UK, and then I order so much that I'll get free shipping (over 25 pounds).

    Drew: Do you have normalizing on in iTunes? I just found out where to turn it off
  12. If I don't know where it is, likely it's not on. (EDIT: Soundcheck on? No. Always off. Made my music way too loud and clippy).

    Again - good luck on Lolla!
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