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What Is Bitrate?
You've probably heard the term "bitrate" before, and you probably have a general idea of what it means, but just as a refresher, it's probably a good idea to get acquainted with its official definition so you know how all this stuff works. Bitrate refers to the number of bitsor the amount of datathat are processed over a certain amount of time. In audio, this usually means kilobits per second. For example, the music you buy on iTunes is 256 kilobits per second, meaning there are 256 kilobits of data stored in every second of a song. The higher the bitrate of a track, the more space it will take up on your computer. Generally, an audio CD will actually take up quite a bit of space, which is why it's become common practice to compress those files down so you can fit more on your hard drive (or iPod, or Dropbox, or whatever). It is here where the argument over "lossless" and "lossy" audio comes in.
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Similarly, most online music stores don't sell downloadable music in lossless format. Outlets like iTunes and Amazon MP3 sell their music as lossy MP3 or AAC files, which means that if you have an epic set of cans and want to listen to high-quality music, you'll want to buy it on CD instead of as MP3s. It's also worth noting that lossless files are more futureproof, in the sense that you can always compress music down to a lossier format, but you can't take lossy files back to lossless unless you re-rip the CD entirely. This is, again, one of the fundamental issues with online music stores: if you've built up a huge library of iTunes music and one day decide that you'd like it in a higher bitrate, you'll have to buy it again, this time in CD form. You can't just put data back where it's been deleted. Photo by Charlotte L. All of this is merely scratching the surface of the audiophile's challenge. There is of course a lot more to talk about, like variable bitrate and coding efficiency, but this should provide a simple introduction for the uninitiated. As I said before, it all depends on you, your hearing, and the gear you have at your disposal, so give it a shot. Compare two tracks side by side, try out some different audio formats for awhile, and see what it does for you. At the very least, you'll have wasted 10 minutes and 300MB of space trying out that album in lossless for a little whilehardly the end of the world. Enjoy it! Sincerely, Lifehacker P.S. Many of you undoubtedly have your own views on the subject, whether you're a bitrate-hungry audiophile or if you belong to the "if I can hear it, it works for me" philosophy. Share your thoughts and experiences with us in the comments.
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MifuneT
Lossless should become a standard for digital music distribution, regardless of whether or not the improvements are perceptible. It's a shame that manufacturers haven't reduced retail pricing of storage on portable devices at quite the same rate that storage/GB for conventional and flash memory based storage has dropped, despite technological advancements that should be dictating otherwise. It's been what...4-5 years that 64GB has remained one of the uber expensive upper tier storage amounts available in portable devices? With portable devices being excepted, the otherwise low costs for massive amounts of storage and high bandwidth internet connections make me feels as if bitrates in digital music are being kept artificially low.
Whitson Gordon
I agree to an extent, but I understand why they use lossy. Not everyone has super high broadband, and a lot of people might buy music on their iPod/iPad/Android phone, and lossless would take a long time to download. Though I think we've reached a point where stores could start transitioning to lossless and we'd be okay. Probably was not feasible back during iTunes' inception, though.
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