Community weekly poll: In what format do you buy your music most often?
- 10/19/06 4:56 PM
Do not even understand latest formats for music
by marygib - 10/21/06 4:04 AM In reply to: Format for Music by 1-4Your message "touched my heart". I have been sitting here reading all the messages and found that I was completely lost in the mix of acronyms used for music formatting.
I do hope you enjoy your iPod and have the benefit of learning about the latest music formats. Personally, I do not even know what an iPod is. Until this morning, I had thought it was like a "Walkman", which I do have.
I had felt so proud of myself for having the ability to download songs from internet and burn them to a CD. Now, it appears I am not "up to date". Despite my elaborate sound system for my computer, surround sound for the TV, a moderately expensive stereo set-up for the den/house, CD player with great sounding speakers in my SUV, and two separate Walkman,...I must not have what is the latest in music devices and find myself clueless with how to go about bringing everything up to a "modern" level.
I don't buy from RIAA
by wizardb - 10/20/06 6:18 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
I used to download the odd new song from Napster to see if I like a band or album and then would go and buy the CD's of stuff I enjoyed but since RIAA started with their suing and the rest of their garbage I quit buying music altogether and know listen to what I have and download from bands that have no affiliation with RIAA.I will never again buy music until the dinosaur that is RIAA dies!!
I use Rhapsody
by ARTWebGuru - 10/20/06 6:20 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
I use Rhapsody's To Go service, you pay a monthly fee and you can legally download MP3's to your player as often as you want. It's a great service. I listen to music I wouldn't normally listen to if I had to buy the CD.
Vinyl, the old stuff
by mjd420nova - 10/20/06 7:19 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
I look for the old vinyl stuff, the kind of music you can't find anywhere but in the old record shops. Vintage 1950's, sound tracks and obscure recordings by artists before they became famous.
Mix of New and Used CDs mostly.
by paoconnell - 10/20/06 7:22 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
I've tried downloaded music from iTunes, and it's a good way to get an idea whether you like a particular group or not, but the sound quality isn't all that good.
I usually wind up buying CDs, either new or used, because the fidelity is so much higher. If I can find a used CD at a reputable dealer, that's usually as good as a new one, and used CD shops often have music that is otherwise unavailable.
Occasionally I download non-RIAA, un-DRMed MP3s from a musician's website.
It's like all the cassette tapes I made as a kid
by kstebleton - 10/20/06 7:22 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
When I was a kid, I made cassette tapes of songs and albums I'd come across. I could make a lot of tapes for $10 back then - and it's the same now.
For the albums I wanted to keep, I purchased a copy sooner or later (usually sooner!) so I could have the ''real thing'' - the best sound, all the artwork - who misses the 12'' LP jacket and inserts?
Today I'll grab an MP-3 of something I am curious about. If I like it, I will want to hear the entire album, and I get the CD. It's permanent (I don't trust ''burned'' cd's), the commercially made CD is more rugged, the (small) artwork is there, and most importantly, I am putting some $$ with the artist.
If you listen to it, and want to keep it - PAY for it!
(I've been happier with the highest quality M4A Ipod setting than most MP-3's I've found. Yes, I enjoy carrying my music and podcasts around on a little 4gig Nano.)
Tapes used to be so much fun
by TrackStar1682 - 10/20/06 9:57 AM In reply to: It's like all the cassette tapes I made as a kid by kstebletonI remember a time before I had a computer where instead of hearing a song I liked on the radio and then coming home and downloading a copy, I'd just break out a cassette tape, and locate a blank spot and record the song on there. I'd add one song at a time if I wanted to, remove songs, or even erase the whole tape and start over completely and still be able to use just one tape. Now those were some times!
Tapes used to be so much fun
by kstebleton - 10/23/06 1:05 PM In reply to: Tapes used to be so much fun by TrackStar1682I can relate to the cassettes:
Maxell UDXL-II (S) tapes - I still play a few of them in my 1991 Toyota Camry. Most still play without squeal even today.
** Remember trying to get tapes for $2 or so, in 1980? That's like $5 today, I guess. The last spindle of no-brand CD's (which sound exactly like name-brand cd's!) cost me about $7 for a HUNDRED.
Yes, traditional music distribution is doomed. Maybe for good reason - how much of my last $13 went to the artists? But until the system changes, it's either buy it at Best Buy (Amazon, I-Tunes store) or rip it off. PULEEAZE: The artists I like deserve the support I give!
(I think I'll pull out a few CD's tonight and leave the IPOD alone 
Kev
I buy MP3 downloads from eMusic.com...
by Lodro - 10/20/06 8:01 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
...and discover new artists and download lots of great FREE tracks from CNET!!! Thanks CNET!!!!
(NT) My local libraries are full of music...why buy?
by rgfitz - 10/20/06 8:37 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
Buy audio cassettes
by tlm965 - 10/20/06 8:42 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
I'm still a diehard user of audio cassettes and I buy from Recording Media & Equipment in Fort Lauderdale Florida. I call then at 800-541-9797.
RE: In what format do you buy your music most often?
by protagonistic - 10/20/06 9:18 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
I buy music in WAV format whenever possible. There are a number of sites that sell their music that way, the most notable being magnatune.com IMHO.
CD's
by somanyroads - 10/20/06 11:45 AM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
I buy CD's so far I don't burn my own, other than my own music composed in Cubase etc. I have an extensive vinyl collection but to be honest I prefer the sound and convenience offered by the CD format. Mp3's sound dreadful to my ears and I only have a few dozen mostly hard to find tracks in that format. Those experts who say that Mp3 is as good as Cd (.wav), must be either utterly deaf or listening on poor quality equipment.
Cd's
by gbenito - 10/20/06 12:02 PM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
And then, I rip them to Mp3
Emusic
by zanzzz - 10/20/06 1:24 PM In reply to: In what format do you buy your music most often? by Marc Bennett
I get most of my new music from Emusic. For $20/month you get 90 downloads all without DRM!!! You won't find many of the big greedy pop "musicians" on this site but it has a great selection across the board. Do not buy music that has been crippled by DRM! Support only companies that refuse to be anti consumer and possibly the others will relent in their despicable business practices.
On another note- Who are these people with such superior hearing ability and ultra high end audio equipment that they find mp3's so inferior in quality? An mp3 encoded at a rate of 192 kbs or better sounds wonderful. I cannot believe you can tell the difference between it and an uncompressed wave file on most consumer audio equipment. Also quite curious to me are those that insist a vinyl recording is superior to a CD. Every vinyl record I have ever listened to has noise particularly in the quiet passages. There is no way a vinyl recording is superior to a properly made digital one.
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