Where can I get the highest quality music ????

Not saying that but if the labels aren't being asked for Hi-Res they will just take the path of least resistance. Which means they continue putting out schlock. The problem with Hi-Res is if the artist isn't recorded, produced and mixed properly then Hi-Res will just make the errors sound worse but if the stars align then what you get is the artist playing right in your room in space so real you want to cry ! I suggest trying to break out and try new artist and new sounds. Be a leader and not a follower, open up to music as "it's all good" !

If you like techno in general and willing to buy tracks for an higher price... go here :

Dance Downloads, MP3 & WAV Music Tracks at Juno Download

You can buy WAV tracks and they can convert them automatically to FLAC before your download.

FLAC is the highest possible quality. WAV is great but the files are insane in size at times. MP3s at 128 are the same quality as a CD anything above that is good but generally you will find MP3s at 320 which is the highest quality you are usually going to find for that format.

FLAC is hard to work with. Most players are not going to support playback and if I remember correctly it's not easy to play them back on a PC either though I could be wrong.

Your best bet is to look for MP3s at 320 they are going to be larger in size than other MP3s because of the bit rate but they will sound much better while keeping the size within reason compared to a high quality WAV file.

Mp3 are bad enough with out compressing them anymore. 192k is for the likes of youtube and all. its a terrible sound. all the high and low end is cut from them.

320k is your best bet for mp3 but go for wav if ya wanna get a decent download. the files are not all that big.

Another good site for dance music!

Trackitdown - Dance Music MP3/WAV/Merchandise Distribution Centre

They will never be the same a vinyl tho! Just cant beat that true sound!

LONG LIVE VINYL!!!!

Corpsecrank said:

FLAC is the highest possible quality. WAV is great but the files are insane in size at times. MP3s at 128 are the same quality as a CD anything above that is good but generally you will find MP3s at 320 which is the highest quality you are usually going to find for that format.

FLAC is hard to work with. Most players are not going to support playback and if I remember correctly it's not easy to play them back on a PC either though I could be wrong.

Your best bet is to look for MP3s at 320 they are going to be larger in size than other MP3s because of the bit rate but they will sound much better while keeping the size within reason compared to a high quality WAV file.

MP3 at 128 is not the same quality as a CD....not even with my damaged ears!
And FLAC plays back easily even on my 10 year old XP computer with 512MB RAM, which is now collecting dust in the other room. I do convert it to high-bitrate MP3 for use on portable players however.

I with help from my brother have converted our music collection 378 gig's to MP 3's 192 bit rate, everything from Alternative to Soundtrack's and they sound fantastic. So unless your a music critic and get paid to do it the average person will not be listening for any flaw in the music. Normally we're sitting around haveing a few drinks and it all sounds good.

+1 ignatzatsonic, i'd bet you couldn't get one in four right and the one you got was an accident

1Bowtie said:

I with help from my brother have converted our music collection 378 gig's to MP 3's 192 bit rate, everything from Alternative to Soundtrack's and they sound fantastic. So unless your a music critic and get paid to do it the average person will not be listening for any flaw in the music. Normally we're sitting around haveing a few drinks and it all sounds good.

You only really convert to 192 to upload to the likes of you tube or something to save on the file size. there is a big difference in the sound quality. if you get any of your tunes and get a 320kb version online or even just listin to the cd and then listen to the 192 kb version you will see just how much sound you have cut out of the track by compressing it so much! to make an mp3 so small it cuts out the highest and lowest frequencies, ones which technically older people will not be able to hear because the human ear get worse and worse as we get older. this maybe true but these are all sounds that add to the overall sound and make the track!

it will prob harder to noitice the difference if ya listen to the 192 first but if ya try it both ways you will see!

The file size on 192 bit is 3.5mb to 5.5mb depending on length of song, not sure what it would be on 320bit but probably alot bigger, with that said i doubt you could tell the difference of which one was being played, same song those two bit rates