[redrich2000]

Anyone use eMusic.com? There website says they use VBR but it doesn't say what minimum bit rate etc. What are the quality of their files like?

Thanks

 

[blessingx]

I haven't been on their site for a while, but when I last was there they were re-encoding most of their music to LAME "--alt-preset standard". So somewhere between most or all of their stuff is very good quality (unless they changed policies).

 

[Trea]

I was a member there for a few months and most of the music that I got from them was encoded at 256k vbr. Some of it is encoded at 320k some at 224, but the majority was 256k. Ocasionally you will see some of their selections marked as 128k but at least they tell you before you download it.

 

[alfo]

I'm a subscriber of emusic. All the files I have have bitrates around 160-180 kbps vbr, with very few exceptions.

 

[ssingh0]

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I'm a subscriber of emusic. All the files I have have bitrates around 160-180 kbps vbr, with very few exceptions.

same here, but with more than just "very few" exceptions

 

[konstantinos]

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Originally Posted by ssingh0 same here, but with more than just "very few" exceptions

Is the quality of every song noted so that you know what you're getting? (i.e. does what trea said still go?)

 

[SK138]

I buy all my music from http://www.allofmp3.com/ . You can select the bit rate you want, including WAV and FLAC, for most of the selections. It's cheaper and better than iTune services.

 

[alfo]

I never understood if it's legal or not. As register put it:

As for the broader legality of offering the copyright material for sale, the site claims its licence covers distribution via the Internet, though we note that its Ts&Cs forbids the use of the service "if it is in conflict with legislation of your country". And "all the materials are available solely for personal use and must not be used for further distribution, resale or broadcasting" or, it adds, for "unlawful purposes".

but I surely would love to see more working that way.

 

[blessingx]

The AllOfMP3.com issue has been discussed on this board many times. Although I don't personally agree with the 'ban' on mentioning it, the mods prefer it's not discussed and I'd recommend against it here. Your posts are likely to be deleted (which further complicates things the previous warnings are pointed to content that's no longer viewable). Anyway, I'd steer clear.

 

[alfo]

Thank you.