buymusic.com reactions

rurouni_trelane · Post by **rurouni_trelane** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:55 pm

Well, yes, but the RIAA's iron grip on file sharers is closing, and I fear that legal online music will be the only thing left in 5 years or less...

ithaqua · Post by **ithaqua** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 10:39 pm

Uhh, a judge just said the RIAA has to back off of Kazaa, so don't get too concerned. In the end the consumer decides, because they have the money.

If you want to strike back, begin supporting independent labels, such as Positron or Waxploitation

rurouni_trelane · Post by **rurouni_trelane** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 12:49 am

Really? That would be sweeeet... Is there a link to a news blurb on this or something?

ithaqua · Post by **ithaqua** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 10:25 pm

Read and be enlightened.

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 10:32 pm

Mr. Valenti is an asshole.

During the whole VCR hearing way back, he compared the potential impact of VCRs on the media industry to that of the Boston Strangler and women.

Overdramatic, incomparable, and demeaning, in my book.

Jace Tsunami · Post by **Jace Tsunami** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 10:36 pm

I'm not paying to download shit =/

Lets see, pay for an album over the internet, and get a crappy CD-R copy, pay same price or maybe less at the store and get a REAL CD, with any enhanced material, jewel case, and CD book.

This whole thing with buying music is SOOOO retarded. NO smart eprson would pay to download their CDs. Yes, this implies you're stupid.

Buy your CDs at the store, get EVERYTHING. The book, the CD, enhanced material, and a ncie looking jewel case.

milatchi · Post by **milatchi** » Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:58 pm

I tried buymusic on my XP box, I thought it was kinda shitty myself. And why buy when you can download, Anyway the quality is 128kbs (ugh!). I try to keep my music collection at 192kbs (VBR) myself. I heard a guy from Dolby Labs say that mp3 was designed to be used at 192kbs (VBR) and the lowering or raising from 96,128 or 256, 384 (384 being near cd quality I believe) is simply the stretching of its format. It was the Dolby engineer's impression that 192kbs (VBR) was the optimal rate.

I have not tried the iTunes music store yet but I have encoded some stuff in AAC/.m4a (Advanced Audio Coding/mpeg 4 audio) and it sounds a hell of a lot better than .wma but different from .mp3. It sounds like it has more thump than .mp3 but less treble. But I will have to listen to more aac to make a full determination.