What bootleg format do you buy?

23scidoo

KICK7071 said:

23scidoo said:

HesCalledDyer said:

23scidoo said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I’ll buy CD’s for shows I attended, but outside of that, ALAC makes the most economic sense to me. You get a good jump in quality & versatility over mp3 for a couple extra bucks, and it’s compatible with all my iThings. 

ALAC plays on Itunes???

Yep, it's a native format developed by Apple.  Apple Lossless Audio Codec.

Thank you!!..work same as MP3??..downloading and adding to the library??

Yes! 

Thank you!!

mace1229

CD

Zod said:

CD.   I like to collect the cd's from the shows I've been too.  I always thought it was a shame you can't use the analog 10c code to discount a cd like you can for FLAC (or use it to get a FLAC for free for that matter).

I've thought the same thing before. I always buy a physical CD of the shows I was at too.
But I always just assumed they don't allow it because a CD is somethign physical, actually costs them money to produce and package (although probably just a buck or two), while the download doesn't cost them anything for me to download. So a free download I get something for "free" without them being out cost. ( I say "free" because is it really if it is part of our paid membership?)
I'm not complaining, I think its still cool. I downloaded shows I otherwise would not have without it, and still buy the physical CD of ones I really want. Which is probably exactly what they had planned on.

mace1229

CD

CantKeepmedown said:

This may be a silly question but I'm kind of an old man when it comes to these things.  If I were to DL one of these shows onto my phone's music library, what's the best format to use so I can listen to it in my car? (whether it's transferred to spotify or whatever)  My car doesn't have a CD player

Well, if I am going to take that "old man" part seriously, I would just suggest buy a cassette tape adapter that you plug into your car's radio and play it though your DiscMan.

Milestone

CD

CantKeepmedown said:

This may be a silly question but I'm kind of an old man when it comes to these things.  If I were to DL one of these shows onto my phone's music library, what's the best format to use so I can listen to it in my car? (whether it's transferred to spotify or whatever)  My car doesn't have a CD player

Hey, from one old man to another.... get a CD player installed in your car.

mrussel1

FLACHD

Always FLACHD.  You can convert anything to a lower format, burn anything you want, etc., but you can never improve the quality of your audio source.  If you have a decent system, and if you use good cans, there is definitely a difference.  

CantKeepmedown

CD

mace1229 said:

CantKeepmedown said:

This may be a silly question but I'm kind of an old man when it comes to these things.  If I were to DL one of these shows onto my phone's music library, what's the best format to use so I can listen to it in my car? (whether it's transferred to spotify or whatever)  My car doesn't have a CD player

Well, if I am going to take that "old man" part seriously, I would just suggest buy a cassette tape adapter that you plug into your car's radio and play it though your DiscMan.

Well, that is just not very helpful. 

 mrussel1 said:

Always FLACHD.  You can convert anything to a lower format, burn anything you want, etc., but you can never improve the quality of your audio source.  If you have a decent system, and if you use good cans, there is definitely a difference.  

Thanks!

mrussel1

FLACHD

CantKeepmedown said:

This may be a silly question but I'm kind of an old man when it comes to these things.  If I were to DL one of these shows onto my phone's music library, what's the best format to use so I can listen to it in my car? (whether it's transferred to spotify or whatever)  My car doesn't have a CD player

I'll help you out a bit here..  First, don't download to your phone.  I'd download on your computer and transfer to your phone.  This way you have it on a more sustainable hard drive.  Second, does your car have either blu tooth audio or an aux input?  If it has neither of those, nor a CD player, then it is probably a very old stereo and you may not have options that don't include buying a new head unit.  

bazzer

I wonder if this result would be different in 2022? Are the FLACHD worth the extra money over FLAC?

2-feign-reluctance

bazzer said:

I wonder if this result would be different in 2022? Are the FLACHD worth the extra money over FLAC?

Only if you have high end playback capability. Otherwise FLAC is great IMO! 

BrainofBGA

MP3

Used to buy the CDs but now just use my code to download a show I like the look of. I must say I still have a code sitting there, I’m waiting to use it on a new show, hopefully a 2022 one, or an Ed one!? I did download one of the Ohana shows but haven’t listened to it that much. 

1ThoughtKnown

given2fly23

CD

CDs for the shows I’ve been to, FLAC for the rest. 

BF25394

CD

I don't download anything.  For one thing, I don't have an MP3 player.  For another, CDs sound better than anything else. 

I've got about ten years of download codes from the Ten Club that sit unredeemed.  Maybe someday they'll let us use them for CDs.  (Not holding my breath.)

JV130312

CD

CD FTW

fafane45

A bit of everything.
I started buying MP3. After doing so i bought FLACS and Flac HD.
From now on i'll probably get Flac HD for the shows i really want.

bazzer

BrainofBGA said:

Used to buy the CDs but now just use my code to download a show I like the look of. I must say I still have a code sitting there, I’m waiting to use it on a new show, hopefully a 2022 one, or an Ed one!? I did download one of the Ohana shows but haven’t listened to it that much. 

I'm like this. I think I'll start using my codes but I don't want MP3 so I'm looking at twice as much for HD. Given the source I'm just not sure it's really worth it.

mrussel1

FLACHD

bazzer said:

BrainofBGA said:

Used to buy the CDs but now just use my code to download a show I like the look of. I must say I still have a code sitting there, I’m waiting to use it on a new show, hopefully a 2022 one, or an Ed one!? I did download one of the Ohana shows but haven’t listened to it that much. 

I'm like this. I think I'll start using my codes but I don't want MP3 so I'm looking at twice as much for HD. Given the source I'm just not sure it's really worth it.

It just depends on the quality of your DAC and speakers.  If you have quality gear,  you'll hear a difference.  If it's mid level or below,  less likely. 

Regarding CD, there should be no audible difference between flac and cd if it runs through the same DAC.  They are both the same depth and resolution.