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Originally Posted by Skybird
And then there is the classics market, which still lacks the widely used distribution via downloads - last but not least due to purists missing that small loss of quality in sound (and old copyright issues of older records considered as exceptionell or benchmarks).
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Maybe true; I can't say. But I can say that just today I finished downloading the Teldec Bach 2000 set - all 153 CDs worth.
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Personally I think that a high-sampled OGG or MP3 on a good player (I use a Sanza Fuze with 16 GB) with good headphones, is satisfying for most music, especially when consuming it as entertainment only. Indeed it sounds very good. And still for some classical music and some other records I still prefer a HiFi and a bigger headphone.
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I agree, but for me it's true even of the classical stuff. My ears are still as good as they were forty years ago, but my brain never let me be a true audiophile. I just can't tell the difference between an MP3 and a full lossless flac file. I guess that's a good thing because even a 1TB hard drive runs out of space sooner or later.
I don't own a portable media player. Listening to Beethoven's 6th as I type this, and having it all at home is good enough for me.