[MLA] Apple Music horror story

[Thomas Lund]

Hi Bob,

This casual treatment of tracks fits with what I'm seeing in iTunes. One has to actively disable cloud replacement time after time so iTunes doesn’t steal your known-good tracks. From Tidal I’ve heard how record companies require them to carry only the newest (crappiest) version of a track, and make sure originals aren’t available.

Compared to such demolishment, I’m afraid MQA is a sheer marketing detail which is bound to disappoint consumers just like the myriad of previous attempts at promising “hidef". 24 bit, 16 bit, 14 bit, 12 bit resolution: Doesn’t matter. Dither or not: Doesn’t matter. Sample rate DSD, 192k, 96, 48, 44.1k: Doesn’t matter. Lossless, 320k, 256k, 128k: Doesn’t matter. The version of a track/squashing is what generally matters.

cheers,
Thomas


> On 07/05/2016, at 00.20, Robert Ludwig <gatewaybob at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> http://www.iphonehacks.com/2016/05/apple-music-isnt-deleting-music-libraries.html <http://www.iphonehacks.com/2016/05/apple-music-isnt-deleting-music-libraries.html>
> 
> I think this article explains it pretty well.  It isn’t as horrible as the blog describes, but it is still taking way too much control for me to ever want to use their service.
> 
> BTW, Tidal has 300 albums with MQA so with an MQA converter you can hear streaming 96kHz or even 352.8kHz music!
> MQA is really revolutionary.
> 
> Best,
> Bob L.
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/6/16 5:01 PM, Grimm | Eelco wrote:
> Dear friends,
> 
> If this story is true it is unimaginably horrific. 
> 
> https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/ <https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/>
> 
> Can anyone please tell me it is not true?
> 
> Cheers,
> Eelco
> 
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