Turns Out, Mastered for iTunes May Be Nothing New

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Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it.

I downloaded the Master for iTunes tools and procesed my test set of 24-96 WAV masters. In all cases, the afconvert program in the MfI toolkit produced an AAC file virtually identical to the one produced by standard iTunes. They were not exactly identical, but the audible difference amounted to occasional burps and murmurs. You have to conclude that the tools temselves are nothing new.

So it seems MfI is a concept, a carrot for the industry to create unique masters optimized for compression using existing tools, because there wasn't the incentive before. But, does certification a priori imply improvement?

Mastered for Itunes: Same As It Ever Was. (Open in New Window)

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Topic - Mastered for iTunes Critic Used Flawed Test to "Say BS" - tom.dennehy 04:57:59 03/14/12 (11)

Just avoid compression, simple. - Tromatic 16:44:21 03/15/12 (0)

"Sounded More like the CD"........... - Todd Krieger 00:13:09 03/15/12 (0)

RE: Mastered for iTunes Critic Used Flawed Test to "Say BS" - Tony Lauck 20:40:31 03/14/12 (8)

Turns Out, Mastered for iTunes May Be Nothing New - tom.dennehy 06:31:22 03/20/12 (1)

RE: Turns Out, Mastered for iTunes May Be Nothing New - Tony Lauck 07:11:32 03/20/12 (0)

RE: Mastered for iTunes Critic Used Flawed Test to "Say BS" - tom.dennehy 08:54:16 03/15/12 (5)

RE: Mastered for iTunes Critic Used Flawed Test to "Say BS" - Tony Lauck 11:23:50 03/15/12 (4)

Good to see the (correct) Korzybski affirmation. NT - Poles Apart 18:31:40 03/18/12 (0)

RE: Mastered for iTunes Critic Used Flawed Test to "Say BS" - tom.dennehy 11:34:03 03/15/12 (2)

RE: Mastered for iTunes Critic Used Flawed Test to "Say BS" - Tony Lauck 11:54:46 03/15/12 (1)

RE: Mastered for iTunes Critic Used Flawed Test to "Say BS" - tom.dennehy 17:28:47 03/15/12 (0)

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Turns Out, Mastered for iTunes May Be Nothing New - tom.dennehy 06:31:22 03/20/12 (1)

RE: Turns Out, Mastered for iTunes May Be Nothing New - Tony Lauck 07:11:32 03/20/12 (0)

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