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| From | "Drew MacDonald" <drewmacdonald@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Emusic: no more unlimited downloads |
| Date | Thu, 9 Oct 2003 22:30:08 -0700 |
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> >And don't forget, you're getting your music in MP3 format, which is
> >decidedly lower quality than CD-quality tracks.
> Most of what I was looking at getting immediately was back catalog /out of
> print stuff that I would easily have lived with in MP3 format at that
price.
> It still might be worth it to me, but it's not the slam dunk it used to
be.
And besides, the vast majority of the eMusic tracks are encoded in VBR
(Variable Bit Recording) with the average bit rate coming in about 200 kbps,
which is far more listenable than your garden-variety 128 bit files.
I'm sorry to see the current version of eMusic go. Lord knows I've been
making full use of my membership privileges over the last year or so. What a
treasure trove. I haven't decided whether or not I'll continue, but I'll
keep downloading like a maniac until the November 8 cutoff date.
If I do cancel my sub, I'll miss the relatively new feature MyLists, in
which users make out a list of recommended albums which show up on the
screens of people who have downloaded similar stuff before. Judging from the
"insanely great" recommendations that have appeared from these people, I'm
willing to bet that one or more of them are Auditeers. How about it,
"fatbastard spice," "Supernaut," "IanBlast," "marmOt" and "Snookster
Republican" -- are you here?
Drew
np: FRANK BANGO - The Unstudied Sea
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