Amazon to get into on-line music, why you should avoid MP3's

According to this MSNBC/Newsweek article, Amazon will offer access to a digital copy of CDs or DVDs that you buy.  This is a great idea.  I wish they had this available earlier.  Then I wouldn't have to convert my hundreds of CD's into MP3s for that MP3 player that I intend to buy some day.  This could be bad news for my budget though.  I already buy enough music as it is.  This would only encourage me to buy more. 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11179702/

Now, I would probably listen to the full quality uncompressed CD more often than the compressed MP3, but it would be nice to have when I go to the gym.  What concerns me about this iPod, MP3 player phenomena is that we're going backwards in a sense.  CD and digital music technology makes music sound more life-like than ever on a decent stereo system, but people will live with the compromised sound of an MP3 player's compressed music, even at home.

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Don't do it people.  You're missing out on the full depth of the song by listening to compressed  music.  What good are 1,000 songs if they sound horrible?  Remember, it's quality not quantity.

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Atul
Haven't we already taken a step backwards, I am no music expert but I've been told that CD quality lacks the "depth" that vinyl music (LP) has.

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You're right that CDs cut out some of the frequencies that are recorded on vinyl records. The purists would say that CD's are missing out on some of the warmth that vinyl plays. I just didn't want to get too technical. I guess some people can't tell the difference between an MP3 and an uncompressed CD so to them it wouldn't matter. It's just sad that they don't know what they're missing and the artist loses the opportunity for some great sound engineering to come through for the overall song experience. That overall experience is also missing when songs are downloaded one at a time. They're not played in the intended sequence like scenes in a play.

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