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33still download music. I am not worried0%24still download music, but I am a little concerned.0%5I quit downloading music.0%3I quit downloading music and I erased all of the files off of my HDD.0%1Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice. -
Nope as I don't bother with any much nowadays since new stuff is crap. Bought the odd DVD though Led Zep U2. -
I stopped bothering with MP3 files a while back.
My computer is connected to my HT system and I can easily hear the difference between MP3 and original CD audio.
IMO, MP3 files at any bitrate with any CODEC suck for audio quality.
I'll stay with buying CDs.
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I don't recall any 8 track tapes hanging off of trees ripe for the plucking though...Originally posted by fleabus2
I...I hope MP3s go the way of the 8 Track.
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Yeah, because CDs are so portable.....Originally posted by fleabus2
I stopped bothering with MP3 files a while back.
My computer is connected to my HT system and I can easily hear the difference between MP3 and original CD audio.
IMO, MP3 files at any bitrate with any CODEC suck for audio quality.
I'll stay with buying CDs.
I hope MP3s go the way of the 8 Track.
and you can really hear the difference at work...or in the car....or at the gym.....Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.Comment
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Exactly, nobody said MP3s were superior. But if you want convenience, then nothing beats MP3s. Also, every peson is different, your living situation or setup of your furniture may or may not limit how you listen to music.Originally posted by Wombat
Yeah, because CDs are so portable.....
and you can really hear the difference at work...or in the car....or at the gym.....Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.Comment
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Just remember, you're not buying music. You're buying a license to listen to it.Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.Comment
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Why should I be worried? I don't live in the US (though the german music company lobby seems second only to the RIAA gangsters).
BTW, mp3 vs. CD quality: PROPER mp3s at a high enough bitrate with a good codec, ripped correctly, played back through a good decoder and a good soundcard (!) do not sound worse than CD in double blind tests, except to peope with hearing deficiencies (because of the psychoacoustic masking mp3 uses to compress).
I WOULD buy music I like instead of downloading it, if it were equally convenient and I could afford it/prices were lower. I do buy the occasional album though. And I d/l music I wouldn't pay for, and I d/l a lot to just broaden my horizon, most of this stuff gets deleted anyway.
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Most of the CDs that I have purchased were a result of downloading the music first ....if I like it, I'll buy it.Comment
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I download music only from myownmusic.de. You can find thousands of legal mp3s there (I only look for Hard-Trance or Trance
). The "rest" of the music I have on my PC is recorded with my Hauppauge Nexus-s (192 kb/s 48KHz).
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I prefer downloading OGGs (or MP3 if that's all they have) from good bands who like to share their music.
Fight Woodworking Piracy:You're buying a license to listen to it.
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OGG is nice, but there's nothing as portable as MP3.Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.Comment
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True. I'd like to see how iRiver's new portable music player does. It plays OGG and has an FM tuner and voice recorder built-in.
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Personally, I don't care too too much about the quality. What I like about MP3's is that I can have 250 on ONE cd and listen to that ONE cd in my car, which saves me a lot of hassle. Ever try swapping cd's while driving?Titanium is the new bling!
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TNT: iRiver's HD players are very good. They also have the only really working OGG firmware at the moment.
I don't use OGG because it somehow gets the umlauts wrong in the tags (might be winamp's less than stellar support though)
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