Kirk McElhearn, aka “The iTunes Guy”, delivers a Master Class discussion on creating or upgrading your iTunes library with lossless files. Kirk starts with the basics of understanding compression and encoding, throws in some practical considerations, and guides you to making your best choice to have the highest quality music in your collection. It should be a simple matter, but there are many variables, not the least of which are iCloud Music Library, iTunes Match and storage space on your iDevice. If you are interested in high quality music, you will get all your answers here.
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Kirk McElhearn writes about Macs, iPods, iPads, iTunes, books, music and more. He's written a dozen books, is a Senior Contributor to Macworld, and writes for several other web sites and magazines. He reviews classical CDs for MusicWeb and audiobooks for Audiofile, and is a French-English translator. He can also be found divulging tech-related news and tips on his blog, Kirkville.
Links:How To: Convert Audio Files to Any Format by Kirk McElhearn on Kirksville
XLD Lossless Audio Converter
Can You Really Tell the Difference Between Music at Different Bit Rates? by Kirk McElhearn on Kirksville
ABXTester - app to do comparison listening
Here’s How Messed Up Apple Music Metadata Is by Kirk McElhearn on Kirksville
Almost Famous (Extended Version) on Amazon
How Hi-Fi Magazines Write about Cables, Part 17: Hard Disks - by Kirk McElhearn on Kirksville
Kirk’s iTunes Forum