Do you purchase your music?

spotify or mooch songs off my sister

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Originally Posted by Jordy

If I like the artist I'll buy their albums but if I want to experiment a little and try other artists I'll torrent them to see how good they are.

For odd songs I always use iTunes however I still don't like iTunes as although with 'iTunes Plus' it's no longer DRM, it's still in the same crap AAC format. Why can't they just use MP3s fgs.

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Because to be MP3 they need to be compressed and alot of things from each song dissapears during the compression. Basically MP3's are mostly really crap quality.

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Originally Posted by James!

Because to be MP3 they need to be compressed and alot of things from each song dissapears during the compression. Basically MP3's are mostly really crap quality.

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Yes but AAC isn't compatible with much and MP3 with a decent bitrate is fine for the majority of people.

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Originally Posted by James!

Because to be MP3 they need to be compressed and alot of things from each song dissapears during the compression. Basically MP3's are mostly really crap quality.

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AAC isn't much better on a quality to file size ratio either though. I like to get most of my mp3s at 320Kbps to try and eliminate some compression, but keep optimum compatibility.

I'm such a cheapskate. I download my music, 360 games, ds games and psp games, oh and movies and bluray rips. and I forgot, wii games.

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Originally Posted by Lee.Norman

I buy all my music. Used to from iTunes, but now from Nokia Store, simply because its compatible with my phone.

Its a pin though, coz I want to become a DJ, but have a huge lack of music atm, and can't afford to buy loads more. So it would be easier if I downloaded it illegally, but I just wont.

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Well I buy my music from iTunes and the DRM-Free music will work on any MP3 player now really. It works on my Nokia N95 (m4a) whereas the DRM one (.m4p) won't.

about half and half. i probably have 100 or so cds. cds are so overpriced anyway, i gave the record companies more than they deserve as it is. it costs 40 cents to make a cd, no reason they have to be 15 bucks lol. ill never buy an album from itunes, as i think thats completely stupid. why would you buy an album on itunes if you can get the physical copy for the same exact price? it makes no sense to me. and i never buy individual songs, i always buy full albums. ive never understood how people can have just one or two songs from an album and not the entire thing lol. i would go insane.

sometimes if i download an album and i end up really liking it, i'll buy the physical copy.

most of the time - fw.

itunes rarely if I rly like an album..

I get mine from torrents and rapidshare, i hardly listen to my music so its a waste to just buy it

Buying an album is stupid, buying an album from iTunes is very stupid because they take so much money the artist ends up getting nothing, if you really want to support them, just go to their concerts and what not.