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These stores sell either FLAC or some other lossless format: - http://qobuz.com http://qobuz.com - http://bleep.com http://bleep.com - http://boomkat.com htt

by pimeys 10y ago

These stores sell either FLAC or some other lossless format: - http://qobuz.com http://qobuz.com - http://bleep.com http://bleep.com - http://boomkat.com http://boomkat.com - http://hardwax.com http://hardwax.com - http://junodownload.com http://junodownload.com If all these fail, I usually try to get a used CD from Amazon or Discogs, wait a week for the packet and rip the music to my collection. Sometimes digital downloads can be almost double the price what you need to pay for a CD, but maybe that's what you pay for not needing to wait.

TylerE 10y ago
Don't forget iTunes. ALAC is lossless.
- shmerl 10y ago
  It's not mandatory there as far as I know, so a lot of times it's not available. Besides, why can't they offer FLAC as well? Typical Apple NIH if you ask me.
- dhess 10y ago
  Can you provide a link to an iTunes Music Store release that is available in ALAC format? I am not aware of any.
  - george_perez 10y ago
    You're right, the iTunes Store does not sell in ALAC format. They sell a "Mastered for iTunes" format though, which is encoding the 256Kbps AAC file from a high quality source.
    - symlinkk 10y ago
      which is not lossless and is completely irrelavent
      - george_perez 10y ago
        I'm aware, just explaining what the original commenter might've been referring to.
bdz 10y ago
Some even bigger names https://www.hdtracks.com/ https://www.hdtracks.com/ https://bandcamp.com/ https://bandcamp.com/ https://bleep.com/ https://bleep.com/ https://www.beatport.com/ https://www.beatport.com/
- cies 10y ago
  > https://www.beatport.com/ https://www.beatport.com/ Does not seem like (see link). Probably the most requested features since 2011. https://beatport.uservoice.com/forums/262082-beatport-music-store/suggestions/2081683--offer-flac-format-in-addition-to-or-instead-of?page=5&per_page=20 https://beatport.uservoice.com/forums/262082-beatport-music-...
- Wildgoose 10y ago
  HD Tracks is only for North American customers - they declined my money because I live in the UK. Redlined on the basis of my nationality.
  - CHY872 10y ago
    basis of your residence
  - icebraining 10y ago
    Most likely, it's because they only have the rights to sell copies in the US. Same reason why Netflix has a different catalog per country.
    - shmerl 10y ago
      Yeah, the usual xenophobic geoblocking approach.
      - derefr 10y ago
        If a government holds a figurative gun to a company's head and tells it that it's legally obligated to be racist, is it the company who is racist? Personally, I feel no enmity toward what small-time IP-distribution companies are forced to do at the behest of IP law. Blame the people/governments that accept such laws, the lobbyists that propose them, the media cartels they represent—but why blame the companies who are also being denied the ability to sell you something they really would rather sell you?
shmerl 10y ago
Thanks, I also found some FLAC sales here: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk
gaspoweredcat 10y ago
www.7digital.com can also be good and if you happen to be looking for obscure japanese music ototoy.jp is a good resource as long as you dont mind using google translate. but i also often seem to resort to an ebay or amazon cd buy to get my music in lossless. That said dont rule out just getting in touch with the producers or the label, several years ago i got into some dutch instrumental hip hop, i bought several albums off the site on CD as they didnt offer flac, so one day i just sent an email asking if they would ever consider offering flac as an option. to cut a long story short i ended up talking to both the guy who runs the label and the artist who now happily send me the original 24bit wav masters whenever he does a new album. (massive respect to both Ryan Goeller of BeatsBroke and Inf (aka Bas Te Braak)) What really kills me though is when youre left tracking down a compilation CD to get a track that was only released on that album (damn you TM Juke! why is Marbles and Drains nowhere else!)

by pimeys 10y ago

TylerE 10y ago

Don't forget iTunes. ALAC is lossless.

shmerl 10y ago
It's not mandatory there as far as I know, so a lot of times it's not available. Besides, why can't they offer FLAC as well? Typical Apple NIH if you ask me.
dhess 10y ago
Can you provide a link to an iTunes Music Store release that is available in ALAC format? I am not aware of any.
- george_perez 10y ago
  You're right, the iTunes Store does not sell in ALAC format. They sell a "Mastered for iTunes" format though, which is encoding the 256Kbps AAC file from a high quality source.
  - symlinkk 10y ago
    which is not lossless and is completely irrelavent
    - george_perez 10y ago
      I'm aware, just explaining what the original commenter might've been referring to.

bdz 10y ago

Some even bigger names https://www.hdtracks.com/ https://www.hdtracks.com/ https://bandcamp.com/ https://bandcamp.com/ https://bleep.com/ https://bleep.com/ https://www.beatport.com/ https://www.beatport.com/

cies 10y ago
> https://www.beatport.com/ https://www.beatport.com/ Does not seem like (see link). Probably the most requested features since 2011. https://beatport.uservoice.com/forums/262082-beatport-music-store/suggestions/2081683--offer-flac-format-in-addition-to-or-instead-of?page=5&per_page=20 https://beatport.uservoice.com/forums/262082-beatport-music-...
Wildgoose 10y ago
HD Tracks is only for North American customers - they declined my money because I live in the UK. Redlined on the basis of my nationality.
- CHY872 10y ago
  basis of your residence
- icebraining 10y ago
  Most likely, it's because they only have the rights to sell copies in the US. Same reason why Netflix has a different catalog per country.
  - shmerl 10y ago
    Yeah, the usual xenophobic geoblocking approach.
    - derefr 10y ago
      If a government holds a figurative gun to a company's head and tells it that it's legally obligated to be racist, is it the company who is racist? Personally, I feel no enmity toward what small-time IP-distribution companies are forced to do at the behest of IP law. Blame the people/governments that accept such laws, the lobbyists that propose them, the media cartels they represent—but why blame the companies who are also being denied the ability to sell you something they really would rather sell you?

shmerl 10y ago

Thanks, I also found some FLAC sales here: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk

gaspoweredcat 10y ago

www.7digital.com can also be good and if you happen to be looking for obscure japanese music ototoy.jp is a good resource as long as you dont mind using google translate. but i also often seem to resort to an ebay or amazon cd buy to get my music in lossless. That said dont rule out just getting in touch with the producers or the label, several years ago i got into some dutch instrumental hip hop, i bought several albums off the site on CD as they didnt offer flac, so one day i just sent an email asking if they would ever consider offering flac as an option. to cut a long story short i ended up talking to both the guy who runs the label and the artist who now happily send me the original 24bit wav masters whenever he does a new album. (massive respect to both Ryan Goeller of BeatsBroke and Inf (aka Bas Te Braak)) What really kills me though is when youre left tracking down a compilation CD to get a track that was only released on that album (damn you TM Juke! why is Marbles and Drains nowhere else!)