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09-04-2004, 08:23 PM
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Music Downloads
Hi, I'm looking for a good Legal music download program or website. Something without spyware. I know that means there will be a fee. Would appreciate any suggetions. Small review of services would be nice too.
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09-04-2004, 10:57 PM
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I've been using www.allofmp3.com...it's based in russia - songs run 5 to 10 cents. You can d/l & encode them as mp3, wma, ogg (whatever that is
 ). You pick the quality...128, 192, etc. You can listen to a full music sample before buying.You need to set up an account with $5.00 minimum. I've been happy with it. Some of the newer songs aren't always available at first, but they have large selection of all kinds of music. |
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09-04-2004, 10:59 PM
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I've been finding some good stuff on http://garageband.com
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09-05-2004, 06:12 AM
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why would anyone in their right mind PAY to download inferiour sound quality? When you could just as esily PAY for CD quality audio? MP3 "quality" was only tolerated for mass piracy because of the price: free.
for the simple: I'm not endorsing piracy. 
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09-05-2004, 06:22 PM
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09-05-2004, 08:27 PM
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Not with "lossy" codecs like MP3, MPC, etc.. The way that you get such small file sizes per song is because of how the audio is compressed. It takes out the parts of the song that are not really noticable to our ears, sometimes even more depending on the bitrate. If you have a 320kbps MP3 and a 128kbps MP3, the 128 is going to have a smaller file size, good for saving on HD space, but the 320 is going to sound much better.
There are loseless codecs like APE or FLAC, which provide much higher quality. The tradeoff for the higher sound quality is larger file sizes. |
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09-06-2004, 12:22 AM
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As for my pick, were I to download music, I'd go with iTunes. I used them several times when they had the "free download" with Pepsi for a while. Very fast, good selection as well. |
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09-06-2004, 06:22 AM
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09-06-2004, 07:06 AM
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itunes is all i use, but, even if i did want to use a competitor i couldn't as they require windows, IE and windows DRM. itunes music store also offers a new free download each week, so 52 free songs per year.
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09-06-2004, 08:59 AM
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Other than Itunes, there are several other places to get music legally. I believe Real has their Rhapsody network, MSN music, Walmart.com now has downloads for $.88, and the new Napster also has fee based downloads.
A few other ones include, CinemaNow, Musicmatch and MusicNow. Scomac |
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09-06-2004, 02:20 PM
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I am very happy with the new Napster. I have bought several CD's on there. I have found a lot more music that I like on there than I have on Itunes or any of the other services.
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09-07-2004, 03:40 PM
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Real Networks is husting 49 cents songs/$5.99 CDs right now.
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09-09-2004, 10:47 AM
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i dont notice a difference between 192 kbps and 320kbps, although if i get a chioce i got with 320 and i never get anything lower then 128 because below that is just pointless
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