SoulSeek or a good quality torrent site for "try before you buy" experiences

Can't for the life of me see why people pay almost CD prices for a tenth of the quality. Buy the CD if you really like the music.

iTunes is offering EMI stuff at 256kbps with no DRM; but, again, it's near CD prices.

Posted By: BerlinCanary on June 21st 2007 at 12:45:43

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About time too Techie help please.... (General Chat) - corfinWaller, Jun 21, 11:58:22
- SoulSeek or a good quality torrent site for "try before you buy" experiences (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 21, 12:45:43
  - i just go to the shop and listen to the music on their listening posts (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jun 21, 12:50:58
    - i'll do that next time i want to listen to a song! (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:58:36
    - Yeahbutnobut (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 21, 12:52:12
      - buy a mobile phone (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jun 21, 12:55:11
        
        Good call! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 21, 13:00:44
        
        thas a rummin' (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 13:01:57
- is Napster any good to.... (General Chat) - corfinWaller, Jun 21, 12:08:30
  - itunes is by far the best, (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:31:48
    - I'm sometimes surprised by the stuff that's not on there (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 21, 12:35:59
      - I only use itunes (General Chat) - pants, Jun 21, 12:42:10
        
        That's madness! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 21, 12:51:12
        
        as soon as I saw (General Chat) - pants, Jun 21, 12:59:15
        
        At least it's AAC/M4A 128kbps (or 256kbps for EMI) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 21, 13:07:17
        
        256 (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 13:00:36
        
        EMI back catalogue only isn't it? (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 21, 13:03:31
        
        at the moment, but you have to start somewhere (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 13:04:29
        
        I bought a Lambchop album off of Itunes (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 21, 13:02:50
        
        Depends how good the source was too (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 21, 13:10:50
        
        or maybe they're just shit, who knows? (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 13:03:39
        
        my phone doesnt have the best speakers or earphones in the world so i deal with it (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:55:23
        
        that sort of defeats the point in buying them but I rip them and put them on my phone (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:43:14
      - your completely sane (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:40:56
      - Well, I don't Pay, as such, for mp3s I download. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 21, 12:40:53
        
        erm.... (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 21, 12:43:43
        
        OK, quick tutorial ... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 21, 12:44:41
        
        oopsy ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 21, 12:51:48
        
        thank you, that's v interesting (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 21, 13:00:02
        
        uTorrent, and other bittorrent client programs are indeed free (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 21, 13:03:02
        
        indeed, had thought the same thing (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 21, 13:04:42
        
        that was quick (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:46:00
    - just like safari is the quickest and best web browser (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:34:25
      - *couch* Opera *cough* (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 21, 12:37:12
        
        *sofa* Firefox *cough* (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 21, 12:38:58
        
        *rocking chair* Safari *cough* (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:42:38
        
        *chaise lounge* still Opera *cough* (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 21, 12:41:15
        
        *windsor chair* Opera is da bomb, innit *cough* (n/m) (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jun 21, 12:48:18
        
        *deck chair* its also the slowest *cough* (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:49:15
        
        *fuckoff comfortable thing* In one test to suit Apple *cough* (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jun 21, 12:53:59
        
        *deck shoes* I did like the Bork edition *cough* (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 21, 12:52:19
        
        *chaise kitchen* Got a point there *cough* (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 21, 12:45:25
        
        To be honest, all things considered I use: (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 21, 12:43:28
        
        name a program and i'll give u an ample if not better mac alternative. (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:45:34
        
        Visual Studio.NET (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 21, 12:46:54
        
        probably bootcamp (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:51:29
        
        has that DRM issue been sorted for macs yet? (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 21, 12:46:45
        
        no, thats the only thing i use windows for. but bbc on tinternet thing will be copatable (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:48:00
        
        there ya gew then (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 21, 12:51:37
        
        use bootcamp, there u goo (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:53:43
        
        So essentially..... (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jun 21, 12:55:00
        
        yep (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:56:00
        
        and i cant wait for the iphone. I hope it has 3G as well as edge, and satnav would be nice (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:57:40
        
        not a listener to the commentary on Canaries world then? (General Chat) - blindasabat, Jun 21, 12:51:35
        
        They told me that they were looking into Flash with DRM (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 21, 12:57:11
        
        Seems reasonable to me. (n/m) (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jun 21, 13:00:28
        
        innut (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 13:00:18
        
        i use boot camp to listen to commentary and watch match highlights. news is DRM free (n/m) (General Chat) - olej24, Jun 21, 12:53:17
        
        I use Wrath for the News (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 21, 13:19:29
      - hahaha (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jun 21, 12:36:23
- soulseek (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jun 21, 12:01:04
- HMV, Virgin Megastore, Amazon.. (General Chat) - Brom, Jun 21, 12:00:48
  - i don't mind paying for it ooooeeerrrr misus (n/m) (General Chat) - corfinWaller, Jun 21, 12:02:43
    - e-music if you don't want anything mainstream (General Chat) - Auckland Rob, Jun 21, 12:07:29
      - good on ya maaate!! (General Chat) - corfinWaller, Jun 21, 12:09:40
        
        sweet as mate (General Chat) - Auckland Rob, Jun 21, 12:12:51
- Acquisition (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Jun 21, 12:00:15

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