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post #16 of 30
8/5/10 at 1:19pm

legal lossless stores = artists people never heard of (most of the time)

 

We need amazon to start offering lossless.

 

I just goto EverydayMusic and buy used.

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post #17 of 30
8/5/10 at 1:33pm

From my personal experience, I can recommend Linnrecords and hdtracks. But I found more tips on the internet. I hope everything is legal in the following list. If not, please contact me and I will delete any site that is selling an illegal music.

 

http://www.linnrecords.com/

http://www.musicgiants.com
http://www.itrax.com
http://www.highdeftapetransfers.com
http://www.dgmlive.com
http://www.hdtracks.com
www2.deutschegrammophon.com
http://www.classicrecords.com
http://www.2l.no/hires/index.html
http://www.shockwave-sound.com
http://www.magnatune.com
http://www.unipheyemusic.com
http://www.boomkat.com
http://www.dancemusichub.com
http://www.junodownload.com
http://www.stompy.com
http://www.trackitdown.net
http://www.turntablelab.com/digital
http://www.acousence.de/index.html
http://www.hifitrack.com/en
http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk
http://www.bluecoastrecords.com

http://www.mindawn.com/
http://www.magnatune.com/
http://addictech.com/

http://www.chandos.net/

http://www.theclassicalshop.net

http://www.bleep.com


Edited by seaice - 8/5/10 at 1:56pm
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post #18 of 30
8/6/10 at 9:28am

^ That's quite a list. thanks. 

 

I just wish we didn't have to pay more than what a CD costs to get CD quality downloads. 

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post #19 of 30
8/6/10 at 11:26pm

I don't know if it's appropriate to buy a cheap MP3 to download a FLAC file.

 

Do any of these places offer FLAC from the source tapes or are they all CD rips?

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post #20 of 30
8/7/10 at 12:33am

This is what linnrecords states about their "studio master" lossless files: "These files offer true "studio quality" and are what was used by Linn to produce the production version of our CD releases."

 

I believe this can be true in more cases here. In theory, there can be differences between different shops and even in one shop only. Try to check/ask the individual sites. I really do not know them all personally. But from my listening experience I can say that the quality of linnrecords and hdtracks tracks in HD are really amazing.

 

And yes, I wish not to pay for FLAC more than for a regular CD too :)


Edited by seaice - 8/7/10 at 12:44am
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post #21 of 30
8/7/10 at 3:26am

seaice, great list you have put together there. Thanks for sharing!

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post #22 of 30
8/7/10 at 5:51pm

deviationer:

We need amazon to start offering lossless.

 

I've been looking for a reason to give up redbook, and that would probably do it. A year ago I emailed them about that very thing. The reply was typical customer service b.s,  "we consider every option in order to improve the experience of our customers." yadda yadda yadda
 

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post #23 of 30
8/9/10 at 7:14am

bandcamp.com

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post #24 of 30
8/12/10 at 8:30am
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Originally Posted by GiantSeaPanda View Post

 

Do any of these places offer FLAC from the source tapes or are they all CD rips?


Back to this question again: You can find more information about bowers-wilkins.com and a free downloadable sample track (the great Portico Quartet in 24bit FLAC) here: http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/display.aspx?infid=3550&terid=3557


Edited by seaice - 8/12/10 at 8:32am
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post #25 of 30
8/13/10 at 2:18pm
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Originally Posted by Coltrane View Post




I wonder WHAT site x is. Is it appropriate to buy downloads from amazon and then get the flac online? Im still a bit surprised that a record company hasn't utilized bittorrent technology to cut down costs and sell high quality file.


Yeah, I'm curious too.  Would be great if Amazon sold it.

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post #26 of 30
8/13/10 at 6:24pm

Surprisingly, the Best Buy in my town is selling FLAC files.  They are usb drives in a HUGE plastic box with sensors to prevent shoplifting.  They had the Beatles among others.

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post #27 of 30
8/14/10 at 10:39am

I've seen those and love the idea save the usb part; why not just plain flash cards? I have loved that idea too. My car deck is basically just a flash card player - easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.I tote music from my clip, to my car, to work....etc.

 

This thread inspired me to shoot off another mail to Amazon. Just in case anyone would like to join me in the good fight here is the page.

 

Amazon customer service.

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post #28 of 30
8/14/10 at 11:02am

Probably because every new computer made in the last 10 years has a usb port, but not every computer has a flash card reader.  I agree that more consumer choices would be good, though.
 

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Originally Posted by virometal View Post

I've seen those and love the idea save the usb part; why not just plain flash cards?

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post #29 of 30
8/15/10 at 6:51am

It may not be catching on quickly at the stores yet, but I think it will soon. Many of the artists now offer it directly. Check out the Arcade Fire website which gives you the following options for their latest album:
 

Quote:

1) Premium digital in 320 kbps MP3, FLAC or Apple Lossless. Delivered via email $7.99* ORDER >

2) CD + premium digital $12.99*  ORDER >

3) Double 12″ vinyl (gatefold) + premium digital $24.99* ORDER >

 

* In addition to any order, you will receive a digital version of the album (.m4a files) with visuals related to each song, lyrics & contextual hyperlinks. Available at arcadefire.com and Merge online store. Synchronised Artwork by AATOAA.

The Suburbs is released in 8 different covers (you can see them here). The allocation is completely random.


$8 for flac or $13 including the physical CD. That's pretty sweet. And digital liner notes, etc . . . .

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post #30 of 30
8/15/10 at 8:58am

I think you're right J.U.. Interesting note on The Suburbs - it sold 156,000 copies the first week. Of that 97,000 were downloads, a lot of credit is to an Amazon special apparently. link
 

hodgjy:

 I agree that more consumer choices would be good, though.


I never said anything about that, just that I would prefer flash card. It's moot either way. Both have been non-starters. The drives you spoke of have been out a year to little fanfare, and my stick idea was floated a while ago to no traction.


Edited by virometal - 8/15/10 at 8:59am
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