ever actually tried to put a number to show the number of people who agree with them, like a petition does? Quote: I'm also trying to petition them to start doing something -- to release as downloads uncompressed music in 16 Bit & 24 Bit format. I've already explained why the 24 bit format is pointless for consumer applications. If you're arguing for linear files rather than data-reduced files, again, I would support that. But I would suggest that that is an entirely separate argument from the loudness wars and it should be tackled separately. Unlike the loudness wars case, there are very reasonable arguments to support good quality data-reduced files for download. Quote: I don't know if enforcing a standard is the way forward, I always think that if they can be encouraged then that is the way forward. Lots of people have tried encouragement. Mastering engineers have encouraged artists and record company suits. It's to worse, or better. The only solution left is to force people to work in a different way, and that enforced loudness normalisation in TV, radio and, hopefully, iTunes will do exactly that. Quote: ... the 24Bit version sounds a lot better, wider soundstage, more dynamic, but most I would say, it sounds more fluid. I'm guessing you're now going to tell me that this is because it's from two different master tapes or something. Yep. 24 bit files offer no improvement in soundstage width, or mix dynamics, or timing fluidity... So if it