Why pick Beatport over iTunes?

[Da171mastah]

dont dj with itunes music 256kbps is a freaking joke and its whats wrong with the music industry

[makar1]

There's nothing wrong with the VBR AAC encoding (actually >256kbps peak) used for Itunes music. Noone can hear the difference between that and a CD.

[mostapha]

1. Beatport has a much larger selection.

2. Beatport offers lossless files.

[Da171mastah]

There's nothing wrong with the VBR AAC encoding (actually >256kbps peak) used for Itunes music. Noone can hear the difference between that and a CD.

I can hear the difference. I swear everytime I download from them it sounds distorted and im not about to blast that over a good sound system. I mean if your playing at parties or a whole in the wall bar who cares, but anywhere respectable dont be using such bad quality. And they need to start offering better quality downloads imo

[makar1]

"Good" sound systems do not exist in DJing and other live music performances. Loud != good.

[Jester]

beatport isn't your only alternative to itunes. check out juno and djtunes also.

[baller95]

I'd go beat port if I wanted loseless but if I'm looking for MP3's and they're cheaper on iTunes I'll definitely buy off of there.

[MWagner]

For what its worth, I have also seen it claimed that 256 AAC is equivalent to 320 mp3. I think it was in an article on Digital DJ tips about file formats. I have no idea if that's true, as I have never purchased anything from itunes.

[makar1]

It's not hardcapped at 256kbps btw. I have an Itunes track here that's at 274.

MP3 and AAC tend to level out at high bitrates though.

[baller95]

For what its worth, I have also seen it claimed that 256 AAC is equivalent to 320 mp3. I think it was in an article on Digital DJ tips about file formats. I have no idea if that's true, as I have never purchased anything from itunes.

I've heard this too and honestly, I can't hear a difference between the two... If anything I think the 256 AAC has a crisper sound.