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My dumb question of the day-where do you get your music?

post #1 of 21
5/8/11 at 3:20pm
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Hi guys,

 

I'm new to this whole head-fi thing, so I'm wondering where you guys get the music you listen to?  I know some people use cd players and stuff, but for you computer people, what do you do?  I've been using Itunes, but that doesn't seem to get a very good rep around here...If you burn cd's, what program do you use?  If you download it, from where?  And if you do something totally different...what?

 

Thanks for your help,

 

Bryan

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post #2 of 21
5/8/11 at 3:56pm

I get most of my music from my county library system then I burn them to my Mac with XLD  http://tmkk.pv.land.to/xld/index_e.html

 

What are you using Mac or Windows

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post #3 of 21
5/8/11 at 4:16pm

99% would be CD (and then rip it to flac of course) , the rest would be  single songs flac/wav from  beatport, trackitdown, drum&bass arena, etc

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post #4 of 21
5/8/11 at 4:47pm
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I'm using a mac.  Thanks for the suggestions.

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post #5 of 21
5/8/11 at 4:48pm
I went through in I-tunes phase for a while since it was so convenient. Hear something you like buy it and download it in seconds. Then I got interested in hi-fi from this site of course and realized that I could have the CD in only a few days from Amazon (2-day free shipping with Amazon Prime membership) and not only would it be lossless but I would have a physical copy just in case. Plus my SACD player has a great filter for CDs. I use db Poweramp for ripping CDs and their converter for converting from lossless to lossy for my work iPod. It is well worth the price.
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post #6 of 21
5/8/11 at 5:02pm
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Great, thanks.  Is there any way to take the files I already have on Itunes and get them into XLD or any of the other programs, other than burning them all on cds and ripping the cds back onto the computer?

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post #7 of 21
5/8/11 at 5:13pm

Buy from Amazon or direct from label/artist, rip CD to ALAC, store on external, add to library.

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post #8 of 21
5/8/11 at 5:39pm

Quite a few bands are offering their music online for a reasonable price to download. Also there are high res music sites such as HDTracks, Linn Records and others.  

 

Just a note that nobody will be suggesting anywhere other than legitimate sources for downloading or buying music. smile.gif

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post #9 of 21
5/8/11 at 5:39pm

+2 Permagrin, dbpoweramp for ripping CDs (3 weeks or 1 month free so rip away, I paid in the end because it works well and it supports multiple drives for ripping multiple CDs at once)

 

MediaMonkey for ripping and playing music (freeware)

 

Foobar2000 is my main player (freeware)

 

Music:  Amazon (CDs, MP3s), Ebay (CDs), HD tracks (CD quality and 24/96 FLACs), Linn Records (CD quality, 24/96, 24/192 FLACs)

http://www.head-fi.org/wiki/high-res-music-download-sites

 

 

 

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post #10 of 21
5/8/11 at 5:48pm
Currently:
CDs: eBay, Best Buy, Amazon, and my favorite: Exile on Main St. (local shop)
Ripping: Roxio Toast Titanium 10

Coming Soon:
LPs: Music Stack, Exile on Main St, Amazon, artists sites
Ripping? biggrin.gif
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post #11 of 21
5/8/11 at 5:55pm

garage sales, op-shops amd markets smile.gif

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post #12 of 21
5/8/11 at 6:06pm
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Originally Posted by FlyBPR View Post

Great, thanks.  Is there any way to take the files I already have on Itunes and get them into XLD or any of the other programs, other than burning them all on cds and ripping the cds back onto the computer?


Yes the program should have a function that scans your hard drive for songs to add to its virtual library. Just direct it to that really big subfolder in the iTunes folder.
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post #13 of 21
5/9/11 at 4:17am
I rip from vinyl if I am in the mood of actually buying the music, which I get from record sell/buy shops mostly. Not many around though in the Netherlands. Recently bought a couple LP's in London biggrin.gif

But mostly I get my digital music from illegal sources on FLAC. The exact sources I won't discuss, as it's heavily frowned upon around these parts. If you want to know, I can do so in a PM.
Main reason for this is money; I love having a large collection of music, and I currently have a little under 100 discographies (used to have 450ish, but I cleaned up). Buying that would run you multiple thousand dollars.
And besides I only would buy something if I'm absolutely sure I like it, because I don't want to waste my money on a disappointment.
In order to remove misconceptions: I don't not buy music because I think only a fraction of the money actually goes to the artist; I do it because I just don't have the money.
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post #14 of 21
5/9/11 at 10:47pm

Am I the only one who uses a large library system like the one my county has for music?   It's taken me 6 years to go through the entire library and I still haven't gone through the classical section.  Also The library system get about 40 new CD's a week.  

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post #15 of 21
5/10/11 at 1:06am
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Originally Posted by WarriorAnt View Post

Am I the only one who uses a large library system like the one my county has for music?   It's taken me 6 years to go through the entire library and I still haven't gone through the classical section.  Also The library system get about 40 new CD's a week.  



No you're not the only one, although I've often stumbled upon scratched CDs there :(

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