Re: Finally in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21692218 en Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:02:42 EDT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:02:42 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21698255 Ebolla : Think the point was that at the time when cassettes were king that people said "hmmm $x.xx is reasonable for this format" when they could also borrow tape and dub from a friend. I don't think his point was lets go back to a format that doesn't make sense due to technology advances.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21698255 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:15:47 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21696934 Xizer :
said by insomniac84 See Profile :

Interesting theory. I wonder how people justified buying records and cassette tapes.
Are you proprosing that we actually regress when it comes to audio technology? That's absurd.

The technology for lossless audio is readily available and has been for many years. It is unacceptable for it to not be used.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21696934 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:02:58 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21696760 DrModem :
said by Xizer See Profile :

said by jjoshua See Profile :

Something reasonable. And legal.
$1.29 for a lossy format audio file is unreasonable.
I have 256k MP3 files and can't hear the difference between them and an uncompressed WAV. 128k is another story altogether though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21696760 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:31:56 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21695074 anon : I agree, 50 cents across the board for 256k mp3 is a fair price, considering it doesn't cost them anything since it is a "copy" and not a resource. Also this will attract more customers and spur demand.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21695074 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:27:53 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21694834 insomniac84 : Interesting theory. I wonder how people justified buying records and cassette tapes.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21694834 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:30:52 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21694422 Sly : What they charge for a song is what I pay for an album... One song? 18¢... DRM free and high variable bitrate.

»www.mp3count.com

One song? 18¢... DRM free and high variable bitrate.

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Not .39 here and a buck and change there.

I really do not care if it is a dime or a buck something per song just level the playing field IMO.

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said by Grail Knight See Profile :

quote:
Considering most of the music is old and unpopular, I expect to be paying less for more.


What you consider unpopular more then likely is someone else's favorite music.

I listen to Classical & Symphonic music and have always paid dirt cheap prices only because others deem it unpopular.

IMO the price across the board should be a fixed rate of say .50¢ per song.

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Really 69 cents is not that much. Hell 30 years ago I was paying $1 for a 45 single. That's about $2.50 in today money.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692768 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:04:33 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692765 Count Zero : Now that Apple has agreed to this pricing scheme expect it to become the norm in all of the online music stores in the near future.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692765 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:03:51 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692675 Count Zero :
said by RadioDoc See Profile :

No kidding. And way late. Amazon, eMusic and 7digital (among others) had been doing this for quite awhile now.
And the DRM-free part wasn't Apple's fault. Besides Apple's iTunes Store is still the single largest music sales force in the market PERIOD.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692675 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:50:56 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692366 Xizer :
said by jjoshua See Profile :

Something reasonable. And legal.
$1.29 for a lossy format audio file is unreasonable.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692366 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:59:27 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692303 KrK : Question is now will they begin inching up the pricing. To me even $1.29 seems pretty high for an .mp3]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692303 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:48:12 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692235 Grail Knight : To each their own. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692235 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:35:47 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692218 Oleg : I am only into 80's and 90's music.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692218 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:33:01 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692184 Grail Knight :
quote:
Considering most of the music is old and unpopular, I expect to be paying less for more.


What you consider unpopular more then likely is someone else's favorite music.

I listen to Classical & Symphonic music and have always paid dirt cheap prices only because others deem it unpopular.

IMO the price across the board should be a fixed rate of say .50¢ per song.

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"The little things are infinitely the most important."]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692184 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:28:05 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692163 Oleg : I may start using itunes again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21692163 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:23:32 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21691994 81399672 : Hahahaha....like that will make a difference.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21691994 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:53:00 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21691641 Surfinusa :
said by jjoshua See Profile :

Something reasonable. And legal.
Agreed]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21691641 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:57:09 EDT Re: Finally http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21691222 N3OGH : Considering most of the music I like is old and unpopular, I expect to be paying less for more.

All I've got to say is if teenage girls start listening to Steely Dan and Oingo Boingo, I may have to get Medieval on someone quick....

Edit to add "I like"
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