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    best online music store

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by valley, Nov 5, 2006.

  1. valley

    valley Notebook Consultant

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    It's been years since i've downloaded music, need to add songs to my library, but have been out of the loop. Please advise me on a good site. I don't mind paying, but if the quality is good, a bitorrent(sp) site is fine.
     
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  2. iOsiris

    iOsiris Notebook Evangelist

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    Personally, I ain't a fan of online music stores such as iTunes etc. But the subscription based music stores such as Yahoo / Napster ie: You get their whole collection for the month for say $9.99 is much better in my opinion.
     
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  3. count_schemula

    count_schemula Notebook Deity

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    Not a fan of iTunes.

    You get a compressed song, and at some point, it's not going to authorize if you keep upgrading your hardware. For the money, it's just not very forward thinking.
     
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  4. Bwen

    Bwen Notebook Evangelist

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    I tend to buy music from iTunes Music store or Ripit ( http://www.ripit.com.au/), but that's an Australian site only I think.
     
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  5. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    For simplicity and secureness, look at iTunes. Although I don't like their $1 a song idea.

    That's why I'm keeping an eye on Zune Marketplace. Its can be a subscription music download service ($15 US a month for UNLIMITED music downloading), with the support of Microsoft, so I will definitely look at the Zune Marketplace when it arrives.
     
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  6. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    I just use I-tunes for the 30 sec samples, to know what I like.
     
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  7. valley

    valley Notebook Consultant

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    :D You guys in Ausiland have your own computer network or somethin? Now I'm tempted to try it just to find out if you Australians are as cool as I'm told. Thanks for the link. :cool:
     
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    pennpaper Notebook Geek

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    http://www.allofmp3.com/ beats everything. The price is amazing, the quality offered is fantastic (FLAC!) and the selection of artists are quite amazing. It's too good to be true. And, well, who said it is true? They're a bit iffy with the RIAA and one can only imagine them to be legal, but hey! We're all pirates one way or the other, right?

    . . . I keep reading everywhere that this indeed legal. But I doubt the artist receive any money.
     
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  9. Syndrome

    Syndrome Torque Matters

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    Only down side to allofmp3.com is that you cannot use VISA to pay them. In the past you could but recently VISA doesn't support them. :( :(
     
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  10. valley

    valley Notebook Consultant

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    :eek: :cool: Tried this site and totally LOVE IT :) :) :)

    Listening to 30 sec's of preview songs as i type this. What is "FLAC"
    The songs are ~20 cents each 192 bitrate which is plenty good. Right click "favotites list" done. Thanks for the link. And you deserve a rep bump for this great recomendation. Thanks again bud.
     
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  11. iOsiris

    iOsiris Notebook Evangelist

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    Whoa allofmp3 is great site, Visa/Mastercard just cancelled their use with them but that isn't a problem. (Apparently there's some legitimation going on with them) but heh very sweet site

    @Valley, Flac is a lossless codec like Monkey's Audio.
     
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  12. dmj4

    dmj4 Notebook Enthusiast

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    How easy is it to transfer to iPod?

    Thanks
     
    dmj4, Nov 6, 2006
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  13. valley

    valley Notebook Consultant

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    I can just drag & drop onto my jump drive (thumb drive) must be just as easy for an Ipod. But that's one device I haven't got.
     
    valley, Nov 10, 2006
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