I'm looking for the best music DL servics

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What are the BEST DLing music sites?
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Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
I like Rhapsody. They've had almost every song I've searched for, the program is easy to use, inexpensive, and fast.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
I use limewire.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top


#3 by Citizen Locamama
Sat, April 22, 2006 09:09 AM
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I use limewire.




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Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I was using LimeWire, but it was sssoo ssllooowww. Rhapsody is RealPlayer, I think, and I don't like RealPlayer. How about Napster? I want something, where I can DL and use it on any player. Believe it or not, every player has a different sound. MusicMatch has the best sound, but there so damn hard to get along with. I have 1by1, dbPoweramp, foobar, iTunes, Musicmatch, QMP, Winamp, and WMP. They all have certain qualities about them that i like, but none have it in one package. I just want something to DL some music that I can play on all of these. Thanks for the help. Keep it coming. How about Kazaa?
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've tried MusicMatch and Rhapsody (paid subscription) and had issues with both, switched to Napster and had no problems. I can play the songs with Winamp or WMP10 with no problems as well as my Creative Zen portable. Kazaa, I couldn't offer any information, I just haven't gone that route.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Just go to www.mp3search.ru

I've been using them close to a year, my brother has been close to 2 years. It's been fast, reliable AND LEGAL. I've already researched into it.

About $1.99 per album on average and about $.10 per track on average. Both in USD Currency of course. Although, I believe they support many currencies.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I use Napster and have enjoyed it with out problem 99% of the time. You will experience the occasional inability to "search" for songs, but that has only happened to me twice in over 2 years of using it. You can also join for $10 a month and will be able to hear the whole song before buying it, but I have found for me that was not needed. If you are a paid member you will also get the songs for free to upload to your mp3 player, instead of the 99 cents they usually cost. I have found that if a title is not available there, it is usually not available anywhere except maybe Circuit City music online. Hope that helps.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ii use Itunes ...
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What kind of bitrate are these services currently providing? So far I've avoided them due to the low bit rates offered back when I checked into them.
I've spent a lot of time ripping my LP collection as well as my CDs and I can definitely tell the difference between 128, 160 and 192. I always use a constant bit rate (CBR) of 320 to copy my CD's although when I first started I had to use 192. Anything less than 192 sounds garbled to me and 192 doesn't do a good job with bass. Lately i've been ripping to FLAC which is lossless and it's hard to tell the difference between the CD and the computer. Due to file size I have a hard time believeing you could get anything better than 128 out of the services, but if you can I'd definitely be interested.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry Mike, it is 128.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Just go to www.mp3search.ru


I agree, I've been using their services for well over a year with great results. And you can get any bitrate
I always use a constant bit rate (CBR) of 320 to copy my CD's


Same here
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If you want high quality music downloads. Go to musicgiants.com. Link

Their music is as high as 1100kbps. Hi-def audio, baby! I never downloaded anything there, since it probably wouldn't matter on my crappy speakers, but I bet it sounds great.

The best way to download illegal music is bittorrent. The best legal is any place that has reasonable prices and the music you want. I've used iTunes for a few songs and cds, but usually I just rip from my own cds.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
www.mp3search.ru


I tested them...I've been wanting Elvin Bishop's "Struttin My Stuff" album for a long time. My LP is waayyy too scrateched for a decent rip. No Joy, but it looks interesting. Thanks for the link.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Adamness, your link passed the test. I shoud note that musicgiants.com does not work with Opera but when I logged on with IE everything wwent fine. $15.29 US for the album. That's more than $3 cheaper than I could order the CD for and no shipping on top of that. I'm curious as to what the codec is. Looks like it mught be proprietary to Media Player (wmv) but at 470-1100 bit rate it's CD quality. Thanks.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
virgin digital is VERY cheap (cheapest subscription service anyway, as long as you have windows and your mp3 player is subscription compatible, possibly with a firmware upgrade).
the player itself is horrid, so after i download from virgin, i use windows media player to sync with my zen micro and to play the music on my computer.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'd be very careful buying music from a Russian mp3 store.  Better keep an eye on those credit card statements.
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Try music.download.com if you are willing to search for a while. I have found some very good songs posted for free by artists. The have lots of genres, easy sampling and more. I have wasted many hours there.
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I use iTunes, although I have used MusicMatch, Napster, and Rhapsody in the past. I also use Limewire if I can't find it on iTunes. Whatever you do, DON'T USE KAZAA! It can effectively nuke your system from the amount of spyware it installs on your system. Believe me. I know.
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
iTunes, cause none of the other australian services work with iPods.
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Limewire is nice and speedy on my 56k connection. Oddly enough, the usual download speed is 70~80kb/s (btw, how is that possible if I have a 56k?).

Anyway, the new Imesh 6.0 is awesome. It has switched from downloading ANY files, to just downloading music. It its very fast, good quality, and I have had no problems playing them in foobar2000 (not sure about other media players). Download speed is pretty fast also (not as fast as limewire).

My vote goes to limewire, but you said it's slow :-/