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Old 2nd May 2003   #18
Paul Turpin
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What would be interesting, is selling records cheaper, nothing justify the present price of an average CD ...
It is cheaper to buy full albums at the Apple site than at the record store.

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but don't you think that this is going backward even more? Instead of setting a new standard of linear uncompressed format that would better suit todays technology, we open the door to something even more crapy.
All I was saying is that AAC improves upon mp3. I personally support DVD-audio and SACD by buying them. But - I've yet to encounter a casual friend who buys either! My favorite local record store stocks neither!

I would support buying uncompressed files from Apple's site - and waiting for the download. BUT - I'm sure the major's forbid any uncompressed material being posted for download. That's not Apple's fault.
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