On the road to instant music downloading, more legal than not these days, something was lost in the shuffle; the sound quality.

Everyone just loves downloading music. It’s easy, and usually only a few mouse clicks away. However, that ease of use has brought with it a problem: the sound quality is poor compared with uncompressed CD recordings.

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Many people will tell you that you can’t tell unless you have a good ear, good equipment, or are a downright audio nut. But that’s not the point. We are losing quality. Sure, some of it’s due to limitations in bandwidth and the speed of our connections. It’s easier selling an album that takes five minutes to download rather than one hour.

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