Agree, i have a ipodclassic for travel and car, all my music is in there in 198 apple format. sound great convienient. fit in the car, travel, office and summer holiday.
also get itunes watch, so new computer, reset download.
music server in the house and airport express to all my hifi, so with an ipad, i manage the music i have rent so far from itunes....
anyhow, i like old jazz and often the only places i could find those are on itunes.
i had a Hdrive crashes, and itunes match put all my music back on the new one in 3 days, pay a fee for extra uses of broadband, but cheaper than anything else.
also an apple tv on broadband with itunes match, cheap and easy to use.
i have 3 dacs, 1 rega, 1 esoteric and one california audio lab.
has for the sound, my old rega tt, is still doing marvelous job, but never as convienient as itunes technologies.
for me working 70 hours a week, simple is the best, i have no time to fool around to make everything work.
i just whished that instead of renting i was owning the music and could gave that to them as memory childhood and legacy as my father did with his lp's
Tpjrs