can you download higher quality music from itunes?

xJoexRipx wrote:

Hi, I have recently become an audiophile

What does this mean?

What type of equipment are you using?

and want to get all my library at least 320 kbps.

Why?

Extremely doubtful you can hear any difference between 256 kbps AAC and 320 kbps AAC.

Its ridiculous that a major seller like iTunes wouldn't allow any customer preferences

Suggestions here -> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Most of the self-proclaimed "audiophiles" I've encountered won't touch any "lossy" format - for those who do venture in the digital domain lossless "formats" (more correctly containers for blue-book audio) like FLAC or Apple Lossless are the minimum they will tolerate. Many continue to insist on the superiority of vinyl played through astonishingly expensive valve/tube pre-amps and amps and speakers you need to take out a mortgage for :-)

I very much doubt that its part of Apple's business model to start supplying lossless audio alongside the AAC offerings from the iTunes store ... likewise I don't expect Amazon to start selling FLAC downloads alongside 256 or 320kbps mp3s. No-one is going to offer you an "upgrade" to material you've already purchased, any more than you would expect to get a "free" Blueray disc to replace your old DVDs or VHS tapes.

There are individual artists who offer albums and/or live shows for download as FLAC files as well as mp3 - examples that come to mind are the Grateful Dead, Phish and King Crimson, though not surprisingly the lossless downloads are more expensive than the lossy equivalents. If you have a high-end audio system and - if playing from a computer - an external, high-spec digital-to-analog converter you'll probably find the difference between lossless audio and 256/320 kbps AACs or mp3s negligible.

xJoexRipx wrote:

Hi, I have recently become an audiophile and want to get all my library at least 320 kbps.

Google Play Music has all songs in 320 kbps, and has the same selection and prices as the iTunes Store.

... that should have been "Unless you have a high-end audio system ..."