Poll Results: Updating your iTunes Music

Actually, real audiophiles wouldn't use an iPod. Perhaps this is only true of the smaller models, but my nano simply doesn't have the output to drive real headphones or even in-ear monitors.

True audiophiles wouldn’t buy anything that’s lossy, like AAC, MP3, etc!

I'm gonna upgrade, but I don't need the faster bit rate.

Does DRM make it so you can't say, upload your purchased iTunes songs to a Mp3 cell phone or Zune? What I'm asking is, will this update allow me to upload my purchased iTunes songs to my cell like standard, unprotected Mp3's? If so, what songs in general will be available for this update? The higher Bit-rate update sounds great, I'm a semi-audiophile...

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For anyone who's thinking this is a ploy to sell bigger-storage iPods, think about how many songs it takes to fill up your 30GB iPod? People are not going to spend $5000 on 256kbps tracks that can fill up their existing iPods soon. By the time 256kbps becomes the norm, storage will be a lot cheaper.

Though this does have a bigger effect on Nano and Shuffle. Some of us already use 192 or 256kbps for ripping CDs so it's not that big of an issue.

this is probably a big ploy by apple to get everyone to fill up their ipods and need bigger ones.

I voted no. I won't upgrade my purchased songs.

But I will buy new songs in 256 kbps quality.


Gordon/ Rio de Janeiro.

Good point Micah! You just talked me into uprgrading my songs!:) Spot on!

Not sure whether it would be worth upgrading just for the DRM. I would feel it perfectly legitimate to remove the DRM using some of the available tools.

That said reason number one I never bought music from iTunes is DRM. And I know I am not alone. Everyone in the geek-sphere is aware of the issues with DRM and they are the ones who drive a lot of immitation.

Now that there isn't any DRM I'll feel free to buy some tracks without after thoughts. Great move indeed.

$1.29 is still cheaper than a full audio ring tone and I'll be able to use unDRMed music for just that purpose and still have a copy on my ipod. Then again if I'm feeling frugal I may just download a $0.99 DRMed version and strip the DRM myself.