Lossless Audio

data compression is ok for the personal music device
the problem is that there is detailing that is lost and
unrecoverable !!!
the metadata argument is lame
the consensus is that cd file parameters is too small 44.1/16
there is an audible difference when one encodes at 96/24

another argument is that most people are not really listening to the quality but quantity
or as Frank Zappa would say most people would not know good music if it bit them on the ass!