I couldn't possibly care much less about the Beatles, but the presentation is just wicked cool. And that apple has some serious heft to it. Highly neato for a Beatles fan.
Unboxing The Beatles Limited Edition Stereo USB
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No, you can download shit mp3's.JRShield said:
Read the article, you get higher quality versions of the files.
The whole reason I never use itunes to buy music is because I don't feel I should pay money for poor quality files when CD quality is better. But this is even better than that.
I think its a smart move and I hope more bands start DD like this.
What about licenses?
Can I copy this to my MP3 Player and listen to this on the bus or is
there a stupid only copy three times catch?
Because if there is none I will order one immediately.
Can I copy this to my MP3 Player and listen to this on the bus or is
there a stupid only copy three times catch?
Because if there is none I will order one immediately.
OH I see, I didn't realize that recording was in surround sound. Now it's much more interesting. Thanks for asking him.SikOseph said:
The sticks are 16gb, so you're probably close. I'm sure they would have went with an 8gb drive if it would have fit.Citrus Insanity said:
DiscoveryOne said:
There's no DRM on the files at all, they're just vanilla MP3 and FLAC.Crazy_Bird said:
Still, for $280 I could buy a PS3 or a xbox360. No matter how good the quality of the music, all you get is some bits and bites inside an apple. Maybe I'm old-school, but I love to touch things and smell them. Maybe that's why I still dig LP's. The covers, the smell of vinyl. Aaah! All the Beatles their LP's in a nice luxe box, that I would consider.
An what are your Games made of, man? Sticks and Stones?JRShield said:
and then you still don´t own 14 remastered Beatles CDs plus Artbooks.
You are just confusing the format with content, that´s it.
And I hope you spent some grands on you turntable, amp, speaker and cables to actually hear
the difference of digitally mastered audio on vinyl with your ears. Not only in your imagination.
It´s unsetttling to see how many gamers actually have no clue how digital audio works!
and for the egg head comments:
CD standart is 44.1kHz 16bit, wile the FLAC is 24bit. So it has a much greater dynamic range.
and iTunes uses the official Fraunhofer mp3 codec.
have a nice day.
CD audio is essentially raw data. FLAC is (lossless) compressed data; the format achieves compression rates of 30-50% with most music. It's kinda like how a text file converted to a 10 MB Gzip file is storing more text than just a 10 MB text file does.Elementlmage said:
Higher-quality encoders developed over the last ten years have really redefined what a 192 Kbps MP3 sounds like.Elementlmage said:
-- Alex
There are a few here who scoff at this box set usb apple, but rest assured, I have one, having been one of the early adopters at Xmastime when only 30K were available (must be more now as these surely would have sold out). But this is not just a copy of the Beatles box set in a cute package, although the aluminum apple is quite fab as a design. It's about the resolution of the files. these are FLAC files, which stands for "Free Lossless Audio Codec", at least I'm pretty sure that's what it is. I read about the audiophile stuff here: Beatles usb review [http://www.squidoo.com/buy-beatles-usb] and can tell you that they DO sound better than the previously issues CDs. And if you have real high-end audio system they actually sound better than anything you've ever heard, including the old vinyl records which certainly have their charm but which are basically outdated in the 21st century.
Long live the Beatles.
Long live the Beatles.
to answer the question from user above... these MP3s are what they call DRM free which means you can copy them as many times as you want. Pretty damn awesome.
@ElementImage: 24 bits @ 44.1 KHz is NOT the current standard. CD quality is 16 bits @ 44.1KHz. Bit rate (or depth) is more important than sample rate in determining the quality of the sound you will hear, so raising the bit depth to 24 bit should result in significant sonic improvements over 16 bit.
DVD is 24 bit @ 96KHz - even better. One reason why the notoriously picky Neil Young has started releasing albums as CD/DVD double packs.
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DVD is 24 bit @ 96KHz - even better. One reason why the notoriously picky Neil Young has started releasing albums as CD/DVD double packs.
I joined this site just to post this message. That's how much I care.