Lloydelee21: Thanks for the excellent feedback. That clarifies a lot for me. Sounds like on-line downloading is still in its infancy especially high resolution audio. I guess I'm old fashioned but downloading music just seems like cheating even though you pay. Is the artist still benefiting? I still love to browse at a retail store, then make my selections and pay. I hope that never goes away completely.
on-line music vs CDs & SACDs
Can someone provide a simple quick overview of where we are in the transition from CD media to on-line music and servers? First, is on-line music still a compressed file (i.e. MP3) or has the industry gotten passed that now? If the files are no longer compressed, would the data be equivalent to say a redbook CD? Can SACD quality recorded music be downloaded now on-line or are we still years away from that step? In other words, where are we right now? Thanks.