[Mael-list] Re: The Live Download of "Change"

[Tim Brooks]

> > One small fly in the ointment: the download is a protected AAC file,  
>not
>an MP3. This
> > limits who and where it can be played
>
>...so you burn it to CD (or CDRW) and rip and encode to the format of  
>choice.
>
>-paul

Thats exactly what I normally do and seems to me to nagate the digital 
rights issue.

>Nobody with an ear for quality wants a compressed file to begin with, but  
>if
>it's the only option....

I used to have that opinion on mp3's as well but have to admit that I listen 
to all my music now via either my ipod or archos plugged into my expensive 
hi fi, I know from a buffs point of view listening to compressed music is 
wrong, but my ears just don't seem to detect any real difference. I think my 
ears are old and no longer pick up the subtleties of compressed or not :( - 
but luckily still manage to tell me what sounds good and what doesn't.

On the SAparks angle do I presume they were not on Janice long's show last 
night - just recording a session to be aired later??

TMB