There are reasons to prefer seeking out lossless, though, even if you could just as well convert them to lossy once you have downloaded them. First of all, some

There are reasons to prefer seeking out lossless, though, even if you could just as well convert them to lossy once you have downloaded them. First of all, sometimes the lossy versions of downloads have "loudness wars" compressed dynamics, since the label assumes that anyone listening to it will be using earbuds in some loud public space. The same recording sold in lossless from an audiophile-focused source, however, will preserve the original mastering that preserves all that nice dynamic range. Also, if you want music that was recorded in 5.1 surround sound, sometimes the surround version is only available from lossless sources, while lossy sources sell only the stereo downmix.