Today was the day that Apple released “iTunes Plus” - the DRM-free iTMS with higher-quality songs. After some initial problems with the new 7.2 version of iTunes, I downloaded one of these “Plus” songs (Fix You, by Coldplay). I hate to say it, but it sounded better at 256kbps than my other Coldplay songs at 128kbps. And I’m not gonna lie, it’s gonna be a lot easier to import that song onto my Zen than all the others I’ve bought recently off the iTMS…

The problem at this point, of course, is the limited selection of “Plus” quality songs (only EMI’s catalog is currently available). Out of everything I’ve purchased, only 8 songs were able to be upgraded to the higher quality versions (for $.30 each) - and most of them kind of sucked.

Once more songs can be downloaded DRM-free? I’ll be a regular customer, hands down.