Another negative: I know how to tag things properly and for Greatest Hits compilations (I'll use R.E.M.'s last one as an example) it matches only the song. By this I mean, in certain cases, it'll download the original album version of a song that came out in say... the 80's... and not the remastered greatest hits version. This means sound quality and volume levels throughout the compilation will then fluctuate on playback because albums back then were mastered at a lower volume level.
-Marc On 10/19/12, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would concur with that as well. I do not sync all my music to my phone and > for sure that is do to a lack of sufficient space. :) The only other > advantage is if you had material that was 128Kb and if there was a match > available from iTunes Match you could swap the 128Kb for 256. So, if you > ripped your own stuff you would not benefit either. > > On Oct 19, 2012, at 2:34 PM, "Damashe Thomas" <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> If I were in your position, I don't think I would have subscribed to >> iTunes match. I chose to use it because I can't put all my music on my >> iPhone and still have room for the many apps and podcasts that are stored >> there. It is just an opinion, but the only advantage I think you would >> gain at this point would be having an extra backup of sorts of all your >> music. There may be some other reasons for you to subscribe, but I can't >> think of any at the moment. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <siegh...@live.ca> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 1:23 PM >> Subject: iTunes Match - To use it or not to use it, that is the question >> >> >>> Hello List, >>> >>> I am normally among the first to adopt new technology and features, but I >>> am >>> still on the fence with respect to iTunes Match. I have approx. 280 CD's >>> and >>> a bit of other music which I mostly purchased from iTunes, a total of >>> just >>> under 3,800 songs. I ripped all my CD's using the FLAC lossless format >>> and I >>> keep these files on a network drive so I can access it with my Sonos >>> system. >>> I chose to use the lossless system because storage space is cheap and not >>> an >>> issue, my entire collection takes up about 100 Gig. I then used the >>> batch >>> conversion feature of DB Power Amp to convert everything from the >>> lossless >>> format to M4A at 256 Kbps and I have that in my iTunes Media Folder on >>> my >>> laptop for syncing to my iPhone. At 256 Kbps my lossless collection >>> shrunk >>> to about 23 or so Gb which easily fit on my 64 Gig iPhone 4S with lots >>> of >>> room to spare for apps, audio books and the occasional photos and >>> videos. >>> >>> My question is whether I'd actually get anything out of using iTunes >>> Match. >>> If I do turn it on and my iTunes library is matched and what is not is >>> uploaded, will I then manually have to download it to the phone again? I >>> do >>> like a local copy of everything on the phone because I can't stream if, >>> for >>> example, I am on a plane or on holidays in a country where maybe I don't >>> have data and in any case, I use very little data hence have only a very >>> small data plan. I assume I can download all my music again to my phone >>> and >>> maybe the one advantage I can see is that if I ever had to reset my phone >>> or >>> got a new phone my music would be downloaded from the cloud and I >>> wouldn't >>> have to connect to my laptop. Of course it takes a lot longer as well to >>> download 25 Gig from the cloud than to sync it via iTunes. >>> >>> Maybe some of you iCloud experts can tell me if there are other reasons >>> why >>> I might want to use it or maybe you can just confirm that in my case >>> there >>> really is no benefit to using it since my phone is plenty big enough to >>> hold >>> my music collection and I sync the entire collection anyways. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sieghard >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- “There is no shame in being who you are. 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