Best Music Download Site? (legal only)

Stihl

I would like to download some songs legally, as in paying for them, and would like your opinion on which service you have used. Please include those you liked and disliked.

I know this is not a poll you vote on, this is more of an objective poll.

Thank you for your input on this!

Stihl - Aaron

WK

Techslacker · Unstoppable Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 1030

I've used Apple's itunes a few times. I used it mostly for free stuff I won via pepsi's promotion but I've also purchased a few from them. I can't complain about it at $1 a song it fits my needs perfectly. The other services where you subscribe seems like a good deal but you never own the "unlimited" music you download. When the subscription ends, all of your music no longer plays. With Apple's current system you own the music. Apple's drm is also the most lenient from what I've been told with being able to play the music on up to 5 computers with the itunes player which is a pretty nice player. The smartlist feature is incredibly handy.

I'm not a huge music person but like to have music around when I feel like listening. I'm sure there are more serious listeners around here who might have differing opinions on this sorta thing. Many that I associate with still prefer to buy cd's and rip them so they get the quality they want. Apple's setup makes it very convenient and the quality is good enough for me though.

sòjÓ · Posted: 07 Jun 2005 04:18:16 pm Post subject:

napster is 15.00 a month...and u get as many as u want...while apple itunes are a dollar a song...so if u are gonna get over 15 songs just pay for a month and get a ton of em

CloakedKilla · Posted: 07 Jun 2005 07:44:12 pm Post subject:

Yeah, a full CD is gonna cost you $15-$20 if you pay by song. You'd probably be better off getting a pay service as was mentioned before. Wink

HackerGDI · Unstoppable Joined: 13 Aug 2002 Posts: 2913

Id day it depends on your downloading needs.

If your like me and only dl a few songs here and there id go Itunes
or if your going for a ton do a mothly subscription.

Stihl · Posted: 09 Jun 2005 05:46:41 am Post subject: Itunes

I think I want to try Itunes, do you know if the format will work on any player? I have the Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra.

CloakedKilla · Posted: 09 Jun 2005 03:09:42 pm Post subject:

I'm fairly certain they send you the songs in .mp3 format, but if not I can get you a file converter for it.

HackerGDI · Unstoppable Joined: 13 Aug 2002 Posts: 2913

not sure i think CK is right mp3 format.

Sephiroth · Unstoppable Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Posts: 4431

Here you go:

www.stationripper.com

And, yes since it's over the radio it's legal. Smile

Stihl · Posted: 10 Jun 2005 12:17:15 am Post subject: Hrmm

Ok one of you could have told me that purchased music comes in some god forsaken M4P format that does not allow it to be converted! So, my bothers and sisters, I need some help here. I need to convert it so that my mp3 player will download and play it.

Side note, windows media player will not play it and neither will winamp, only quicktime!

Raven-MOK · Posted: 10 Jun 2005 02:18:44 am Post subject: Re: Hrmm

HackerGDI · Unstoppable Joined: 13 Aug 2002 Posts: 2913

so Itunes has a converter in it to burn M4P (what everformat) to MP3 format? Never knew that Smile

Raven-MOK · Posted: 10 Jun 2005 11:37:50 am Post subject:

CloakedKilla · Posted: 10 Jun 2005 08:14:20 pm Post subject:

A simple "MP4 to MP3" search on Google brought me across multiple converters. You shouldn't have a problem, there.