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02-22-2004, 07:34 PM
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legal MP3 download impressions
Anyone use itunes or realrhapsody?
I want to download mp3's leagally but want something that I can burn to CD, I don't think iTunes will do that, and it better than 128 bitrate.
Any one have a recommendation or are these online services too new yet.
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02-22-2004, 09:16 PM
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Go for iTunes. You can burn CD's and though the bitrate is 128 it is AAC instead of MP3, so it is supposedly a little bit better quality.
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02-22-2004, 10:32 PM
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What I want is full quality files, then I'll pay for downloads. 
From what I've found talking to folks iTunes is probably the best of what's out there right now. iTunes, Rhapsody & Napster all use formats other than MP3.
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02-22-2004, 11:41 PM
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Musicmatch's download service has the best quality with 160kbps WMA's but the selection isn't there. I do iTunes when I don't want to buy the whole CD. On the plus side 128kbps AAC sounds noticably better than MP3 at the same bitrate, but if you use decent sound equipment you'll be craving for the CD after a while.
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02-24-2004, 04:55 PM
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I just downloaded a song from iTunes thanks to the Pepsi promotion and the sound quality wasn't bad at all.
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02-24-2004, 06:49 PM
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Ive downloaded from Napster and whatever Yahoos service is... Quality sounds fine, no problem burning to CDs and Im not at all technically inclined...
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03-10-2004, 01:32 PM
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I've downloaded close to 100 songs from iTunes, and have yet to come across a sound quality issue. I'm sure if I sat in my home theatre and just listened with no other distractions I could hear problems, but that's when you buy the CD.
As for using the files, easy to burn to CD.
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03-10-2004, 02:08 PM
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If you're going to burn them to CD, how do you handle tagging when you rip them back to another format? I have a Zen Xtra and have yet to find a service that is particularly friendly to that unit.
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03-10-2004, 02:28 PM
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I use iTunes and I burn CDs from my downloaded tunes.
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03-10-2004, 11:14 PM
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If you're going to burn them to CD, how do you handle tagging when you rip them back to another format?
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Kraig,
This is not recommended when using lossy formats. Re-ripping and transcoding into another format will eat into the sound quality.
Itunes seems like a huge rip-off anyway. At $1 per song, a 16 song album costs as much as a new CD (or twice as much as a used one), has lower quality than the CD, no artwork, etc. It's also a rip-off for the artist (who get a dime per song) and for Apple (who loses money on the site, which they make up with their grossly overpriced Ipods!). The record companies must be laughing on their way to the bank.
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03-11-2004, 12:37 AM
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