Buying music online: MP3 or FLAC

Doing some market research...

Assuming you occasionally purchase music online, which format would you prefer to download? MP3 or FLAC?

Why?

I prefer the mp3 files. I can fit far more of them on my 32Gb Cowon, and I can't really tell an audible difference between a v0/320mp3 and a FLAC file anyway.

i really don't see any reason for buying a lossy copy over lossless for the same price, you can convert it into mp3 quite easily if the need arises.

  On 3/14/2011 at 7:27 PM, eugene said:

i really don't see any reason for buying a lossy copy over lossless for the same price, you can convert it into mp3 quite easily if the need arises.

that and storage space isn't an issue for me either.

FLAC

  On 3/14/2011 at 7:27 PM, eugene said:

i really don't see any reason for buying a lossy copy over lossless for the same price, you can convert it into mp3 quite easily if the need arises.

Basically this. if they try to charge more for the lossless copy though, I would be more inclined to go for the lossy. Just bought the latest Vibert from Bleep as wav files. Hot damn! Easy delivery (not like rephlex with their silly one track at a time download) in a .zip package. Reasonable price. Booya - happy chen.

i'll buy flac to store, then convert to mp3 for portable listening

  On 3/14/2011 at 7:56 PM, Charles Nelson Reilly said:

i'll buy flac to store, then convert to mp3 for portable listening

i buy mp3 because im too lazy to convert FLACs, and i can't tell the diff. @320kbits anyways

I prefer FLAC or WAV.

Buy most of my mp3s at Juno and it really ticks me off that they charge extra for anything above 320 kbps.

I'll just torrent it :sup:

depends.

if i love a song, i buy an mp3. if i love an album, i buy mp3s. if i love an album for a long time, or if i like the way it sounds a great deal, i buy flacs (or vinyl).

  On 3/14/2011 at 7:26 PM, Sprigg said:

I can't really tell an audible difference between a v0/320mp3 and a FLAC file anyway.

i can't either, bit i still like flacs

  On 3/14/2011 at 7:19 PM, chaosmachine said:

Doing some market research...

 

Assuming you occasionally purchase music online, which format would you prefer to download? MP3 or FLAC?

 

Why?

you forgot *.wav

FLAC or any other lossless format. If I am going to buy digital, then I better get the whole damn thing.

  On 3/16/2011 at 8:06 AM, delet... said:

  On 3/14/2011 at 7:19 PM, chaosmachine said:

Doing some market research...

 

Assuming you occasionally purchase music online, which format would you prefer to download? MP3 or FLAC?

 

Why?

 

you forgot *.wav

what for ?

.wav is useless when there is FLAC, unless you have a shitty DAP that can't play FLAC. Then you fail.

  On 3/16/2011 at 8:22 AM, azatoth said:

.wav is useless when there is FLAC, unless you have a shitty DAP that can't play FLAC. Then you fail.

lack of flac support is the bane of my apple products.

I prefer them to be WAVs with the option to also get 320 MP3s whenever I want.

If FLAC and MP3 cost the same (or near enough) then FLAC.

Otherwise 320kbps or V0 is fine for me.

yeah, i'd rather get both at once. that'd be the best option -- some FLACs for when i'm at my computer and mp3s for the 'pod

  On 3/16/2011 at 8:22 AM, azatoth said:

.wav is useless when there is FLAC, unless you have a shitty DAP that can't play FLAC. Then you fail.

I like wav for mixing digitally...I don't think audacity for example has support for flac?

Frequent Beatport customer reporting in: Lossless is the way to go. I'm not wasting money on some lossy product. Even if I can't hear the difference.

  On 3/16/2011 at 8:51 PM, goDel said:

Frequent Beatport customer reporting in: Lossless is the way to go. I'm not wasting money on some lossy product. Even if I can't hear the difference.

You will once we can get bionic ears and then you'll be happy that you got your musics lossless.

  On 3/16/2011 at 7:02 PM, hahathhat said:

yeah, i'd rather get both at once. that'd be the best option -- some FLACs for when i'm at my computer and mp3s for the 'pod

convert the flacs to mp3 lol.