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

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Hello,
I love my music and am wondering where I could get the highest quality music from??
I am thinking asin downloads such as youtube converter iTunes ect...
 

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Youtube audio is mediocre and compressed.

Best source is high quality rips from your own CDs, probably not what you want to hear. A purist would tell you to use a lossless method like FLAC or WAV. I use mp3s at 192 or higher bitrate and can very rarely tell the difference from a CD.
 

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look for FLAC files. FLAC is a lossless format. You can find lots of Grateful Dead in FLAC format on torrent sites. (they encourage their concerts to be recorded and given out). I dont condone piracy but im not sure where else to get FLAC or other lossless formats such as WAV.




*edit* edited FLACC to FLAC and someone beat me to this post....!@
 

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but from what souce could i get these from?
Which will come after cd's? I have heard that iTunes isint that good quality..
 

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I'm not positive, but I think the online stores like I-Tunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, etc all force you to take an mp3---not a lossless format like WAV or FLAC. I'm not sure about that because I don't use the stores.

If you are forced to take mp3s, all you can do is choose a high bit rate if they give you a choice. 128 kb is pretty good, but try to get 192 kb or higher if you can.
 

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Thank you very much for your help
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My suggestion would be to watch this outfit. They've been producing topflight red label and SACD's along with a rich vinyl history. Now we are about to be wowed finally by digital finally we will hear it's potential with Hi Res Downloads and eventually Hi Res Blu Ray Audio or what ever it's called but we are on the verge of getting back what CD's stole and don't even talk to me about MP3's......there not even music.......not even close!
https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=browse_music&type=label&id=13
 

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hmm.:/
It seems good but not really my style of music
I prefer artists such as Trey songs, jeremih ect...
 

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All in due time, we are on the brink of great sound and one just needs to Google Hi-Res Audio and such to see the growth of this new download. I hope you have many extra TB's of storage and a kicking internet speed because this are HUGE files.
 

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So there is no way of me getting the kind of quality as you have shown from artists such as trey songs, Jeremih??
Is there anywhere you kno of in which i can?
 

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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" !
 

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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.
 

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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!!!! :D:D
 
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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.
 

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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.:huh:
 

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Cemcilfa:

Next time you get a chance, here is something you can do:

Think of 3 or 4 songs that you know very well. Obtain 3 or 4 versions of each of these songs--maybe a WAV version, a FLAC version, an mp3 192 bitrate version, and an mp3 128 bitrate version.

Put on a blindfold and sit in your favorite listening chair.

Let a friend control the player and have him play the various versions of these songs without telling you which versions are playing.

If you can't tell which version is playing with a high degree of accuracy time after time, there is no point in being concerned with whether you are listening to a 128 bitrate mp3 or a WAV.

I've done the test several times. It's quite revealing.
 

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

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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.:huh:

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!
 

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Motherboard
Acer wmcp78m
Memory
3g Ram and 10g Virtual
Graphics Card(s)
Nivida Gforce 9
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
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
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bitIntel Core 2 quad Extreme Q9770 @ 3.2 GHz4x2 GB Muskin 1600 MHz ramNVidia GTX 250
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell XPS 730
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 quad Extreme Q9770 @ 3.2 GHz
Memory
4x2 GB Muskin 1600 MHz ram
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GTX 250
Sound Card
Soundblaster X-Fi Fatality Champion
Monitor(s) Displays
2 Dell 2007WFP Ultrascans
Screen Resolution
3360 x 1050
Hard Drives
WD Black 1TB sata, 2-WD Black 500 sata, 2-Seagate 500 Go external
PSU
1000 Watt
Cooling
air
Keyboard
MS Natrual Keyboard Pro
Mouse
Logitech Wireless Trackball
Internet Speed
DSL Elite
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