Neil Young on Hi Def music downloads

CNN - Apple's ambition to improve the fidelity of music downloads has diminished since the death of founder Steve Jobs, according to singer-songwriter Neil Young. "Steve Jobs was a pioneer of digital music," Young said. "But when he went home, he listened to vinyl."

Industry-standard MP3 files have only about 5% of all the sounds that were contained in the original recording, which is called a "master." Because high-def music files are significantly larger, Young described a system that would allow the device to download it while the user is asleep. Full article here.