It's the SF Amoeba. Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 13:05:09 EDT From: ArthurBang2@aol.com To: audities@smoe.org Subject: Re: Too much and not enough (eMusic again) Message-ID: If this is the L.A. Amoeba, they've been there for years, if not since it opened. They used to always be upstairs along the railing next to the video/DVD section. If they are somewhere else now, it's possible that they may have moved them so that they'd get more exposure. I've used them a few times, but there's almost always been a wait. Arthur myspace.com/arthurbang2 In a message dated 5/15/2007 10:49:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, thegeniusiwas@hotmail.com writes: Funny thing, I went to Amoeba today, and they have added digital listening stations. Either I haven't been in a long time, they added these recently, or I'm very unobservant. There's a huge database, and I was able to listen to the first 10 tracks for each of the 6 albums I was thinking of buying (I decided to buy 5 of them). You can search the database for an album, or if you have the cd in your hand, you can scan the bar code to find the album. Because you don't have to stick a cd in a player, you're not limited to listening to used cd's. And unlike at Virgin's listening stations, you're not limited to the 100 or so cd's they're trying to push. You can preview 1000's of cd's. Amoeba also doesn't blast the instore music, so your ears don't have that distraction when you're trying to judge whether a cd is worth buying (a big pet peeve I have with Virgin and some other stores). Damian thegeniusiwas@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Like the way Microsoft Office Outlook works? You’ll love Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_outlook_0507