Well, I have read it, and must say that I–as much as I admire Bob for his knowledge and contributions to the audio community (and my copy of MA is a couple of reads away from being in pieces) as well as being a really nice guy–also am quite disappointed in this last effort. There’s a bunch of useful info in there, but (apart from being shoddily written and looking like it was designed by a rank amateur), its basic premise is in effect flawed. Statements such as “Apple has always been concerned about [audio] quality” are ludicrous (given the fact that they have been pushing 128k mp3s for years), and promoting a lossy format as a step forward is plain silly in 2013, when Flac and Apple Lossless are the obvious HQ contenders.
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