FLAC Madonna - CONFESSIONS II: Afterhours Edition | Hi-Res 24bit — 44.1kHz / 48kHz

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  1. Manuel X

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    thank you
     
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    Thank you!
     
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    Because if you open a tag editor (like Mp3tag) a tag field called "iTunes" appears, both in this edition that you have uploaded and in the "Grinder Edition" version that you published.(https://sharemania.us/threads/madon...-edition-hi-res-24bit-—-44-1khz-48khz.303810/)

    That "iTunes" field appears in both editions that you have published, so the source is audio converted from iTunes to Flac.
     
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    QQMusic is not an official Warner music provider. They use re-encoded files
     
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    thanks
     
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    thanks!
     
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    Oh, that’s because the original files had too few tags, so I added tags from Qobuz and iTunes
     
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    Thanks!!! Gracias!!!
     
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    QQ Music is a legitimate streaming platform that has legally licensed content from record labels like Warner. consequently, the audio sources for most tracks are officially provided by the labels themselves—otherwise, the track details page would not display the record label
    As for re-encoding, if the source is lossless, then no matter how you re-encode it, it remains lossless—just as the term implies—unless you convert it to a lossy format.
    Additionally, Universal has also licensed its catalog directly to them, meaning that certain albums—which might otherwise be restricted to purchase-only—are available for direct streaming on QQ Music.
     
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    I also compared the Audio MD5 hashes of the instrumental edition and confirmed that QQ Music and Qobuz used identical audios

    QQMusic source
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    Qobuz source
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    thanks