Patrick, You are, of course, correct on both points. It still doesn't appeal to me, based on the other disadvantages. I don't consider a compressed download to be a suitable substitute for a factory pressed CD. Jon, Why the sarcasm? The traditional recording industry is corrupt because...
Kraig, This is not recommended when using lossy formats. Re-ripping and transcoding into another format will eat into the sound quality. Itunes seems like a huge rip-off anyway. At $1 per song, a 16 song album costs as much as a new CD (or twice as much as a used one), has lower quality...