r45 4 Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 I know there has been talk of downloading and buying cds before, but I thought a poll was called for. How do you get your music? Link to post Share on other sites
KlingKlang 1 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 I buy quite a bit - especially my fave artists. I have only just recently started downloading things. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 Me, rarely buy CDs, except for artist that I really like. Usually borrow them from mates or video stores and burn em to CD/MD. My mates and I right now have been burning packs of 10MDs and sending them to each other. Great deal and you never know what they will send. Link to post Share on other sites
MistaSparkle 0 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 DL DL DL. I've only bought maybe a handful of albums on CD in the last two years. If the RIAA had been ahead of the curve and embraced technology instead of resisting, it could have been great for consumers and business. Instead they choose to keep trying to hold a grip on an old school business-model, dying a slow painful death. Apple store is on the right track, but $1 a song is still too expensive IMO. Buy an album with 20 tracks and you're paying the same amount of money for a lossy compressed version of an album without the nicely designed cd booklet. Seems like the consumer still gets the ish end of the stick. until prices become more reasonable, or good subscription services become available, I'll stick to soulseek. Link to post Share on other sites
ug 0 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 I must admit, downloading sometimes is a pain - slow connections, waiting waiting, sometimes the wrong files. Hmm. Link to post Share on other sites
pon farr 0 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 What do you do when you just CANNOT find the music you are looking for? Some of the things I want I can NEVER find them on Soulseek. Never never, and I've tried loads. Link to post Share on other sites
MistaSparkle 0 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 Soulseek has a really good library, and search results change depending on who is signed on to the network. So if you're looking for something tough to find, add the name of the artist and/or album to your wishlist and it will automatically pop up a list of results when someone who has it signs on. If it's something I know I'll never find online like a Japan-only release, I'll just buy the CD (unless of course it's one of those 3000+ yen discs). Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 use winmx for japanese files. turn all your lang settings to japanese and install global IME. i have found i can get anything from slsk and winmx. no matter how rare. i have tons of bootleg albums of jeff buckley and people like that that i got off there. Link to post Share on other sites
rachael 0 Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 I am very new to all this. But I have a question. Please be gentle with me...! OK when I have downloaded some mpgs before now, they were ok but when I make a cd out of them they are noticeably inferior to a "bought" CD. Is this always the case? (I think the bitate, whatever that is, was 192 or something). Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 I don't know the answer to that one, but some of the things I have downloaded have been pretty sub-par as well. If I really like it I will buy it. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 I never seem to be able to find much either Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Good question, rachael. Anyone, techbods? Link to post Share on other sites
guzzlers-baps 0 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Until recently I was buying everything. Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I'm also fairly new to downloading music - and I am doing it more and more. I'll always buy CDs of my favorite artists though. Link to post Share on other sites
BigSausage 0 Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 I heard on the Japanese news that they are considering banning the sale of the cheaper import CDs. I find it funny that some of the record companies way of going about the whole problem is being strict with people who actually spend money on their product in the first place (ie all this copy control stuff). And - how come you can still copy the copy control cds in itunes? not complaining mind Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 So if the Japanese want a CD they have to fork out 3000+ yen. And they wonder why people don't buy. Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by rachael: I am very new to all this. But I have a question. Please be gentle with me...! OK when I have downloaded some mpgs before now, they were ok but when I make a cd out of them they are noticeably inferior to a "bought" CD. Is this always the case? (I think the bitate, whatever that is, was 192 or something). alot of the time they dull the quality (there's a techy word for this but ive forgotten it) so you are more likely to buy the album. but this usually happens with "official" downloads from a bands website or whatever. oh and i use soulseek to get stuff i already know about and epitonic.com to discover new bands (their selection is limited but they have alot of stuff i listen to) Link to post Share on other sites
AsterG 0 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Not many paying to download votes, well 1 actually. I wonder who that was - and what service they're using. Speak up! Link to post Share on other sites
proudtobegay 0 Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 I haven't bought much in the last few years, and not downloaded either. There isnt much that I hear that excites me at all. Most of my music is from the 70s and 80s. Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Until recently, I buy. I have downloaed a few things, but it was a big hassle. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 Interesting how almost no-one says they pay to download. So much for that concept then. Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by rachael: I am very new to all this. But I have a question. Please be gentle with me...! OK when I have downloaded some mpgs before now, they were ok but when I make a cd out of them they are noticeably inferior to a "bought" CD. Is this always the case? (I think the bitate, whatever that is, was 192 or something). OK, so mp3 files are compressed to make them smaller, which means that some of the musical information (lets say the really low and really high notes/frequencies) are left out. So when you unconpress the file and burn it onto a CD you can never regain the lost musical information, so the song quality suffers. The higher the bitrate, the less the file is compressed so the less musical information (frequencies) is lost during conversion to an mp3 file. A bit rate of 192 is pretty high and should sound pretty good on most normal stereos so maybe the quality of the original (non-compressed file) was a bit suspect to begin with. Some people suggest that with a bit rate of 320 you would not be able to hear the difference from the original CD. This is why AAC compression is a bit better than mp3 because for the same bit rate (file size) you lose less of the original information. iTunes can import music using AAC and iPODs can play them so you should switch your preferences if you haven't already. Wakarimasu? Rachael you actually said mpgs in your post but I assumed you meant mp3. If I was wrong then sorry, me bad. mpg is normally a type of compression used for video and sound. I hope I have made things clearer for some. Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Sorry made a mistake, see edit above Link to post Share on other sites
BulbFish 0 Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Thanks dims (I wanted to know that too). Interesting info. Link to post Share on other sites
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