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# Could CD Quality Downloads Be An Answer To The Sales Slump?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/are-cd-quality/
- Published: 2008-12-15T06:48:54.000Z
- Updated: 2008-12-15T06:48:54.000Z
- Description: Is it possible that super-high quality lossless music downloads could play a role in bringing consumers back to the habit of paying for music? Some evidence may point in that. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/12/are-cd-quality.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

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Is it possible that super-high quality lossless music downloads could play a role in bringing consumers back to the habit of paying for music? Some evidence may point in that direction; particularly among the tech savvy crowd that were among the first adopt file-sharing and can be the hardest to please.

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Ian Rogers reports that two of his Topspin Media’s most famous clients found surprising success with FLAC and Apple Lossless formats. "12% of all David Byrne and Brian Eno fans took the FLAC option, and 21% of those purchasing (Paul McCartney’) The Fireman record direct from [TheFiremanMusic.com](http://thefiremanmusic.com/?ref=hypebot.com) took one of the lossless options ."

Not earth shattering, but signifigant and worth watching. Ian tells the rest of the story on the [Topsin Media blog](http://topspinmedia.com/2008/12/cd-quality-digital-downloads-and-beyond/?ref=hypebot.com).