iTunes Bitrate
Dan
[60 byte] By [transdogmifier] at [2007-11-9 15:28:50] 
What bitrate are the songs you get from iTunes?
Dan
# 1 Re: iTunes Bitrate
Originally posted by transdogmifier What bitrate are the songs you get from iTunes?
Dan
From the music store? 128kbps I think.
jMc777 at 2007-11-15 16:45:49 >
# 2 Re: iTunes Bitrate
128 indeed, but some users are reporting slightly higher quality compared to if they ripped from the CD due to Apple apparently ripping from a higher quality source, I believe this is simply a placebo effect.Adam at 2007-11-15 16:46:50 >
# 3 Re: iTunes Bitrate
I'd love to see results from someone who downloaded a track from iTMS and ripped the same track in 128k AAC via iTunes.Sam Williams at 2007-11-15 16:47:49 >
# 4 Re: iTunes Bitrate
I ripped a song at 128k AAC myself, then bought the same song from iTunes. The iTunes song does sound better, about equal to the 160k AAC rip that I made of the same song. Most likely due to the fact that a) they have the high quality source recordings and b) they have much higher quality dedicated equipment to compress the files, as opposed to my cheapo CD-ROM and all-purpose home computer.seinman at 2007-11-15 16:48:54 >
# 5 Re: iTunes Bitrate
Originally posted by Adam 128 indeed, but some users are reporting slightly higher quality compared to if they ripped from the CD due to Apple apparently ripping from a higher quality source, I believe this is simply a placebo effect. I think so in most cases. I believe they said somthing like "[we use source material] in some cases", I seriously doubt they've gone back and ripped 500,000 songs from studio source tapes. I think the vast majority come right off the same CDs you or I would use, though they may be using a modified encoder (?).
HiRez at 2007-11-15 16:49:51 >
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