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Originally Posted by pidgeon92
If I were wanting MP3s instead of AACs, I'd definitely stick to Amazon.
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That'd be best, also because of the fact that AAC is lossy, just like MP3. Converting an AAC that already lost quality compared to a CD to MP3 will make it lose more quality. It's like copying from cassette to cassette, becoming worse with each copy/conversion.
This is the reason why I will keep buying CD's, so I can rip them to FLAC myself. FLAC is lossless, and can be converted to any other lossless format without losing quality. (And if I need to, I can generate an MP3 or AAC or any other library in any format I want.)
If I'd buy digital music, it'd be in FLAC format only. Or, of course, another lossless format such as Monkey's Audio (APE) or even Apple Lossless (ALAC) which would then be converted to FLAC.