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iTunes goes DRM-free!

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A nice start, but until all music is available in a universal lossless format and sound engineers limit the use of dynamic compression, online music will still be heard in piss-poor quality.
 
markmarc said:
A nice start, but until all music is available in a universal lossless format and sound engineers limit the use of dynamic compression, online music will still be heard in piss-poor quality.
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I agree with this , i alos don't like the fact i'm "buying nothing" in the fact there is no physical product ... cool if you need a quick b-side though .
 
Well considering that when you own an iPod people give you iTunes cards, this is a good thing. Now if only I could convince people that cash is a better gift than a gift card...
 
MisterFishey said:
A victory for the consumer, I say.

8 million tracks without DRM on iTunes (AND at 256kbps!), and supposedly all songs by the end of the quarter. This is great news for the consumer! :D
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The DRM hasn't bothered me, but I do prefer the 256kbps downloads.

So I start iTunes last night, and see an offer to upgrade all the eligible music in my iTunes library to iTunes plus for $15 with just a click of the mouse. The only problem is that I have since purchased, and can import commercial CD's of more than half of these songs. Can I just upgrade the songs I don't have on CD's? No! According to the iTunes policy, it's all or nothing as far as upgrading your Itunes library. You can't select individual songs or albums for Upgrade! Well I'm not going for it on principle.

Why does there so often seem to be a catch? :gigglemad
 
demondog said:
The DRM hasn't bothered me, but I do prefer the 256kbps downloads.

So I start iTunes last night, and see an offer to upgrade all the eligible music in my iTunes library to iTunes plus for $15 with just a click of the mouse. The only problem is that I have since purchased, and can import commercial CD's of more than half of these songs. Can I just upgrade the songs I don't have on CD's? No! According to the iTunes policy, it's all or nothing as far as upgrading your Itunes library. You can't select individual songs or albums for Upgrade! Well I'm not going for it on principle.

Why does there so often seem to be a catch? :gigglemad
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Yeah, I was kind of annoyed about that, but I felt it was worth the money. The 256 kb songs sound WAY better, much more detail, and the drums sound better too. :thmbsp:
 
I don't know why people are so infatuated with ipods and itunes. Why wouldn't someone get a Sansa made by Sandisk and then get Rhapsody? Sansas are made much better than ipods and sound much better if you ask me. All that and they cost about half the price (If that...) and have more features and also have a replaceable rechargable battery that costs about $20.00 (Although I've used mine for 3 years at least 8hrs a day and still haven't had to replace mine...). Then you can get Rhapsody and pay $15.00 a month and have unlimited downloads to your MP3 of ANYTHING that's on there service (And that's A LOT!!!). Is there something I'm missing here? Is there something about itunes and ipods that I have overlooked? Everyone that I know that's tried both says that Rhapsody's the better service by far.
 
elgato8905 said:
Is there something I'm missing here? Is there something about itunes and ipods that I have overlooked? Everyone that I know that's tried both says that Rhapsody's the better service by far.
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Well, the answer for me is that I received an iPod Shuffle as a Christmas gift from my wife two years ago, and she just gave me the latest 16GB Nano for Christmas this year. If I'd picked out my own gifts, it might have been different.

I think she, like a lot of other people probably don't even realize there are other options than iPods. Apple does a LOT more promotion than their competitors.

BTW- I'm spending this evening re-importing a bunch of CD's in the Apple lossless format, that I previously had in lower bitrate versions. The Nano has a lot more capacity.
 
markmarc said:
A nice start, but until all music is available in a universal lossless format and sound engineers limit the use of dynamic compression, online music will still be heard in piss-poor quality.
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FLAC is about as close to "universal" as it gets in a lossless format right now, and it's widely available online :)
 
I personally want to OWN my music, not rent it, that's why I don't care for Rhapsody. I don't buy music off of iTunes either, I buy cd's both new and used. I want the best sonic quality that's why I use lossless on my iPod.

My son had a Sansa, his turned out to be POS. He's abuses the hell out of his iPod and it runs like a tank.
 
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