Is there still only 128kbps downloads available on iTunes store?

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Is there still only 128kbps downloads available on iTunes store?

Is there anything higher available like the 192k standard on every other mp3 store?

If not, I hope that Apple recognizes that 128k for $1 is pretty lousy if it cares about any standards out there that have far exceeded this.

Posted on Mar 27, 2007 12:25 PM

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Paul Judd

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Mar 27, 2007 12:27 PM in response to tjock

No. Apple only sells 128KBps music. Pretty much every mainstream store sells at that quality level as well.

If you think that a buck per song is too expensive, talk to the RIAA. Apple works very hard to maintain their .99 rates. The record labels have been wanting to increase the prices to something like 1.25 per song. Apple can do little on this. They can only sell what the studios allow them to.

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tjock Author

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Mar 27, 2007 12:35 PM in response to Paul Judd

It's not that the buck is expensive, it's that 128k is not that great.

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Paul Judd

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Mar 27, 2007 12:41 PM in response to tjock

It's not that the buck is expensive, it's that 128k
is not that great.

shrug I am sorry but the RIAA doesn't allow Apple (or really anybody else) sell high quality tracks. This is not something that Apple has control over.

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varjak paw

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Mar 27, 2007 12:48 PM in response to Paul Judd

the RIAA doesn't allow Apple (or really anybody else) sell high quality tracks.

At least not with the capabilities iTunes has, particularly burning to audio CD. MusicGiants offers high-bit-rate tracks, but you can't burn an audio CD with them.

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