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Re:I Don't Have Spotify by Night_Thastus on Monday November 11, 2024 @09:32PM (#42112287)
Bandcamp and Qobuz have been my only options for anything in lossless quality. Everything else is shitty compressed MP3s.
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Re:I Don't Have Spotify by Gigachad on Monday November 11, 2024 @09:37PM (#42112310)
Beatport generally has more mainstream stuff and offers it in WAV and AIFF.
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Re:I Don't Have Spotify by Night_Thastus on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @10:40AM (#42116359)
Not FLAC? I mean I guess I can run them through something to convert them, but I'm surprised.
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Re:I Don't Have Spotify by Gigachad on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @01:34AM (#42123447)
It’s because up until very recently, PioneerDJ gear only supports MP3, WAV, and AIFF.
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Re:I Don't Have Spotify by Night_Thastus on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @11:44AM (#42127601)
What is PioneerDJ?
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Re:I Don't Have Spotify by 71bw on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @06:26AM (#42114655)
>Everything else is shitty compressed MP3s.

Check your supposed lossless files in Fakin The Funk or manually in Spek and become horrified at how many of them are complete garbage.

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