MP3
MP3 is one of the most popular audio formats used by the online music community. Our MP3 files are encoded at 160 kbps 44Mhz (which is close to CD quality). MP3 files are widely supported and are the most convenient for quick download, burning to CD, or transferring to portable players. Keep in mind that MP3 files are compressed so some audio quality is lost from the original digital master recording.

AAC
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) provides audio encoding that compresses much more efficiently than older formats such as MP3, yet delivers quality rivaling that of uncompressed CD audio, and is ideal for iTunes and iPod users. Our AAC files are encoded at 160kbps. The file extension for AAC files is "m4a". Apple Computer has incorporated MPEG-4 AAC into QuickTime 6 and iTunes 4, as well as the latest version of its award-winning iPod portable music player. AAC files are compressed so some audio quality is lost from the original digital master recording.

FLAC
The FLAC format uses a superior-quality "lossless" compression. No audio information is lost from the original recording using FLAC compression. FLAC files are extracted to WAV files, which sound identical to the digital master recording (recorded at 44.1 kHz, 16 bit stereo). FLAC files are much larger in size meaning increased download time, as well as more disc space required on your computer's hard drive where the files will be saved. PCs running Nero CD Burning software with the FLAC plug in can burn FLAC files to CD. Mac OS X users will have to extract FLAC to AIFF format in order to burn to CD or to listen to the files on their computer. FLAC files can be played (without extraction to WAV) with a free FLAC plug-in for the Winamp player (PC).