[WaveRider69]

Hey what's up

Are there any good places to purchase FLAC or WAV albums/tracks?

I mainly use beatport but I'm looking for a place similar to them that offers mainstream music titles as well. Are there other good places out there?

Thanks!!

 

[krmathis]

Similar thread from just 2 (two) days ago...

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f46/be...-files-475685/

 

[WaveRider69]

AHH, cool thanks!!

 

[artforme]

The thread posted is nice.

While HD tracks is nice, so is buying the actual CD, and just ripping it to FLAC, or Apple Lossless if your on a mac.

 

[stang]

Probably cheaper for me to just buy the CD in the first place, considering how much I pay for my internet monthly.

 

[TrumpOrMonkey]

Like a lot of people say, just get a cd used for cheap, and then rip to whatever format you wish.

Lets say if you pay a dollar for each track over the net, and the album has 11 tracks, you'll more than likely be able to buy that album used for the same price/cheaper and then rip it to your computer as many times as you want.

I find buying songs over the internet useful if I'm only after a number of good songs on that album, rather than it as a whole.

 

[kunalraiker]

I know its hard to find the CDs sometimes, and if buying from overseas the shipping is very expensive.

 

[patsyleung]

If you are ever looking for new music to listen to, i find bandcamp.com great for discovering new artists. They offer FLAC, ALAC, and various lossy formats for all their music usually for a few dollars or free/paywhatyouwant.

 

[GuruTech]

Try this:
Download flac albums - Rapidshare files

It is a rapid share file search service

 

[IAmAUser]

And also 100% pure, unadulterated piracy. Rapidshare can be pretty bad that way. Not to mention that FLAC is pretty big, and that the album would likely be split up into 5-10 separate archives/archive segments. Combine that with Rapidshare's fifteen-minutes-between-files policy (for free users), and you're looking at several hours of download time.

 

[rjohn]

http://gizmodo.com/5475006/the-secret-world-of-private-bittorrent-trackers
 
There are, some sites available..

 

[Eves]

Quote:

http://gizmodo.com/5475006/the-secret-world-of-private-bittorrent-trackers
 
There are, some sites available..

What????????
 
 
(.cd)
 
 
What did I just say?

 

[netdog]

etree!!!!
 
http://bt.etree.org
 
At eTree you'll find all sorts of free legal downloads.  It's where I get all my Grateful Dead matrixes and soundboards, some of them being in 24-bit, and if you check it out, I think you'll be really surprised at how broad the offerings are there.  It's a fantastic site that every music fan should know.
 
Also http://dead.net sells most Grateful Dead commercial recordings as CDs, as FLACs, and even as 180 gram vinyl.

 

[astrallite]

there are zillions of CDs you can buy on amazon for like $0.99 + 2.99 shipping, much cheaper than buying FLAC album

 

[netdog]

Maybe $$$ isn't one of the driving factors for the OP.

Just a thought.