Hi Erik, Oh, weird! It would never have dawned on me that I have to do that. So, how do I go about it? If I delete the local copies, will the match copies import automatically?
Thanks both of you, Eric and Lisette. I'll really be glad to have solved this. Best, Donna On Feb 25, 2014, at 9:45 PM, Eric Caron <ecar...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Donna, > > You can use iTunes match to get the higher quality recordings to play > but it is not automatic. you will be playing your local copy until you > delete them and then import them back from iTunes match. Here is a kind of > amazing example. I recorded many vinyl records and then placed them in > itunes. Later I noticed that many of them were recognized by iTunes.and > showed up as matched. Once I deleted them from itunes I could then bring > them back from itunes match. When they came back they were true high quality > copies from itunes and not my vinyl recordings! Mostly I was happy with the > exchange. For a few albums I missed the album sounds. > > Eric Caron > > On Feb 25, 2014, at 8:30 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hey Lisette, >> >> thanks. You know, I didn't look at the bit rate, and I should have. Much >> as I would dislike importing my CDs again, the poor sound quality does >> bother me quite a bit. One thing I wonder, though, I have iTunes match, so >> wouldn't I be playing a higher quality recording, even if my CD was imported >> at a lower bit rate? >> thanks so much for the help. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> On Feb 25, 2014, at 7:16 PM, Lisette Wesseling <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Donna, >>> When you import CDS, you can choose to increase the bit rate to a higher >>> quality. I always import at 192 kbps as I can hear the degradation and it >>> bothers me. >>> You can choose all these settings in iTunes prefs under the general tab. >>> You'll have to re import your CDs again but maybe it's worth it for you. >>> I am not a great expert on all this sample and bit rate stuff, but I do >>> know I can hear it when it's too low. By default it's set at 128 kbps I >>> think. >>> Check it out. >>> >>> Lisette >>> >>> On 26/02/2014, at 2:13 pm, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Recently I have had occasion to compare the sound of my actual CDs >>>> juxtaposed with the imported versions of those same CDs played on the same >>>> speakers, but played from my 4th gen touch. There's a noticeable >>>> degradation in sound quality when the music is played from my ipod. Just >>>> wondering if others have noticed this, and what, if anything you've done >>>> to compensate? >>>> TIA, >>>> Donna >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
