Originally Posted by n0nsensical

As far as I know the only format you can buy from iTMS is "Fairplay" 128 kbps AAC. If you like electronic music (and if you don't, maybe you should), beatport.com is great. they have a huge selection and you always get no-DRM no-bullshit 320 kbps MP3s. you can even pay an extra $1 per track and get uncompressed PCM, though I find 50-75% markup to be too much considering you have to be a spectrum analyzer to tell the difference. Audiojelly.com and trackitdown.net are similar to Beatport, but they're more expensive, especially for Americans because they sell in Euros and Pounds and the dollar doesn't buy many of those these days.