TheLastMan wrote: > The problem is that 99% of digital audio available to buy is still > compressed MP3, usually somewhere between 128 and 240 kilobits per > second. When I can buy / download FLAC at 16/44.1 then I will stop > buying CDs, but until then I will continue to buy CDs, rip them and then > store them in a box in the loft. > > There are a few classical labels that do FLAC downloads, and I know that > a lot of pop and rock is available in the US in that format, but over > here in the UK those sites block downloads to UK ip addresses so we have > to make do with MP3 from Amazon. Ho hum.
You are not entirely lost . there is for example Bandcamp and boomcat ,Linn ,Magnatune Zunior etc many smaller sites that actually provides lossles downloads , you can also get ECM recordings in lossles . But there is no big player selling the most popular items . Did not DG started to sell some classic music in lossless ? I think Octavist has tread with many suggestion about download sites , lets revice that one :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
