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Re:Renting your music means accepting that it will disappear by everybodyknows on Friday February 09, 2024 @09:32PM (#39322999)
Somewhat to this question, would any audiophiles here care to weigh in on the quality of MP3s bought for download from Amazon? Also, is there any other source with a comparably large catalog?
Re:Renting your music means accepting that it will disappear by secstate on Friday February 09, 2024 @10:39PM (#39323348)
I've found most Amazon downloads to be 320k and, while the audiophile will argue, hard to distinguish from FLAC. Most importantly, it's higher quality than the EP I have on magnetic tape that was a recording of a recording I bought at the Fireside Bowl in 1999. Boy, I enjoyed listening to that, and the 320k MP3s do just fine so long as I don't need to re-encode them anytime soon.
Re:Renting your music means accepting that it will disappear by voltaireodactyl on Friday February 09, 2024 @09:56PM (#39323125)
Bandcamp is the standard go to — if they’re on there you can get lossless quality. Alternately I believe Apple Music is now selling the highest quality digital downloads of all the major providers at the moment.
Re:Renting your music means accepting that it will disappear by jamesear on Friday February 09, 2024 @10:16PM (#39323229)
7digital has a decent FLAC catalog.
Re:Renting your music means accepting that it will disappear by tkgally on Saturday February 10, 2024 @12:59AM (#39323979)
Nonaudiophile here.

For classical music and jazz, I have found Presto Music to be a good place to buy mp3s. The search function works well, and many classical albums come with liner notes in PDF booklets.

Presto also offers FLAC downloads, but I can't hear the difference on the equipment I use so I buy the cheaper mp3s.

I have also bought mp3s from Amazon. I didn't have any problems with the sound quality.

Re:Renting your music means accepting that it will disappear by not_the_fda on Saturday February 10, 2024 @09:40AM (#39326431)
Qobuz sells lossless FLAC files. I use their streaming service and will then buy albums if they are something I want to preserve. They also have excellent human curation.
Re:Renting your music means accepting that it will disappear by rnd0 on Saturday February 10, 2024 @10:00AM (#39326595)
They work for me, but I don't consider myself an audiophile per se.