Are apple itunes download high quality
You might be right about the recording sources here, although as much as I read about this, the recording sources are final mastered unit of the song to be sent to Apple by artists and as they require and encoded specifically for end-devices with supreme audio quality.which is unlike those being sold on amazon and other online stores are almost 100% MP3 ripped straight from CDs. I am not sure what is going on there, but if anyone else out there has some input please share it here with us. I often sample a track, then after downloading it, ask if it is the same song. I will admit that the samples seem to have better sound quality than the downloads. If you cannot hear the difference go with the less expensive and more convenient method. The only thing I suggest is do a listening test and see if you can hear differences between the two types of encoding / compression. This creates the tedious need to re-rip music one track at a time to get the perfect rip which is really impractical for large libraries of music. Now it is very difficult to rip music from a CD via iTunes without finding 10% or more of the tracks with horrible artifacts. This was not always the case with iTunes and if I remember correctly 4 versions ago there were no issues ripping music from a CD to a say 256kbps mp3. What I have noticed with purchased music from iTunes vs ripping music via iTunes is that iTunes tends add artifacts into the music. Whether it is audible will be a test for your ears. Anytime you see a decrease in the bit rate you have loss. I think the recording source is a CD in most cases unless someone knows otherwise so any encoding introduces loss.