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Music, HQ , DRM Free, Wide choice?

Hello everyone, I wanted to ask a question, I wanted to buy and music in digital format having maximum quality, I use mp3player and and I have a decent stereo system, now Amazon music allows me to download only in mp3 format bandcamp has many more choices (ACC, FLAC, WAV, etc) but no famus band just indie i like (60s-70s) band or other famous bands. I also spotify premium but it does not allow you to download songs in any format, I'd rather have DRM free, There would be ITunes and Google music but I do not think they offer anything more than Amazon.

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In quite a lot of cases, the best quality you can get is to buy an old-pressing CD from before the loudness war started botching music with brickwalled remasterings ...

Anyway, you can have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_music_stores . It is not entirely accurate, I've purchased lossless music from CDBaby. And there are a few labels who sell their own music too.

That said: For given mastering, you are not likely to hear difference unless e.g. gaplessness is fucked up - or you encounter something with these #¤%&s watermarks: https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,111198.0.html
Universal should be boycotted.

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Reply #2
Thanks a lot


 

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Reply #4
There would be ITunes and Google music but I do not think they offer anything more than Amazon.

I think most companies just resell whatever the original music owners upload, so you will likely get the same content from wherever you buy it. 

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I've purchased lossless music from CDBaby.
They recently dumped FLAC. 320k MP3 is the highest they offer now.

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Reply #6
thank you all

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That said: For given mastering, you are not likely to hear difference
...unless it's watermarked. I don't have time to search for the thread, but somewhere on HA there's a thread that shows the watermarking applied by some record labels themselves before they release content to on-line sellers can be audible on some content. You probably find the same crippled version at every on-line re-seller, and a "clean" version on the pressed CD.

Cheers,
David.


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Reply #9
That was it. Painful.

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Reply #10
That said: For given mastering, you are not likely to hear difference
...unless it's watermarked. I don't have time to search for the thread, but somewhere on HA there's a thread

*whisteling softly* you could have taken the time to read the rest of the sentence you cropped?  O:)

Universal should be boycotted.
I said it. I do it.


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Reply #11
LOL. Sorry Porcus! I promise to hang on every word in future.

Cheers,
David.

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Reply #12
Discogs.com. Biggest selection on the net, CDs are cheap as chips. No downloads of course but if you’re happy to rip yourself it’s the best solution in my opinion