Online music stores

[d000hg]

Yeah, but I'm playing it while you're downloading I want it now LOL

The iPad app downloads it while it streams (if you ask it to).

[gables]

The iPad app downloads it while it streams (if you ask it to).

now you're just showing off

[Spoiler]

Well, I was in the process of signing up to apple music, when it started going on about needing to authorise my imac, and I already had 5 things authorised, so de-auth one of those, etc...

So I bailed out at that point and bought some albums on amazon (whichever was the cheapest option, CD or Mp3, as long as the CD included autorip). Seems that autorip doesn't apply to buying used CDs off Amazon, which is fair enough.

[GlenW]

Spotify for me, £9.99 a month for offline listening.

This, I've yet to not be able to find anything I wanted.

[unixman]

Most CDs from Amazon come with a free MP3 copy through Autorip... often the CD is cheaper (even with delivery) than the MP3 album so I have a pile of unopened CDs.

Excellent point. However the Autorip is 256kb/s, shame they didn't go for 320 or FLAC.

I rip to FLAC for storage and then 256kb/s VBR for listening. Don't want to have the discussion but 256 VBR is better than simple 256.

[gables]

Excellent point. However the Autorip is 256kb/s, shame they didn't go for 320 or FLAC.

I rip to FLAC for storage and then 256kb/s VBR for listening. Don't want to have the discussion but 256 VBR is better than simple 256.

I agree, I think they went to match Apple for bitrate, but if I want to re-rip at least I have the CD, unlike those with just the download.