[freesole]

This question goes out to all of you audiophiles out there. I am by no means an audiophile, but I appreciate good quality in music. Mp3's just don't do the trick unless it has at least a 256 bit rate. So with that being said, where do you guys get your music?

Do you buy your CD's then rip them into your ipod's using a lossless format or do you just download them online? If so, which program do you use? I still use limewire and well... I'm not sure that this is the most up to date program anymore. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

[The_AK]

if i told you, the site would be shutdown monday and swat would come into my home, disrespect my whole family

[woob]

I'm not an audiophile, but I'm kinda anal about my music collection.

I download my music using torrents found on various torrent sites, though I like What.cd the best.

Almost all my music is mp3 V0 or V2, but I can go down to 192 if I havent been able to find any better encode online. I have a few things in lossless, like the Beatles 2009 stereo and mono remasters, among others.

Here's a nice little read about MP3 encoder settings (320, v0, v2, v3, etc.): http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lame

When I rip CDs I use Exact Audio Copy because it's the most accurate rip available when you have the settings right.

[freesole]

I'm not an audiophile, but I'm kinda anal about my music collection.

I download my music using torrents found on various torrent sites, though I like What.cd the best.

Almost all my music is mp3 V0 or V2, but I can go down to 192 if I havent been able to find any better encode online. I have a few things in lossless, like the Beatles 2009 stereo and mono remasters, among others.

Here's a nice little read about MP3 encoder settings (320, v0, v2, v3, etc.): http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lame

When I rip CDs I use Exact Audio Copy because it's the most accurate rip available when you have the settings right.

Yeah I am kind of like you in that sense. I don't know if I would be able to tell between a Flac file and a high quality WAV file but I am starting to move away from any files below 256. Finding cds and music above that range is difficult though if you are looking for a specific song that is no longer popular.

Darn, I tried to sign into what.cd but they are invite only :(

[woob]

Actually there would be no difference between FLAC and WAV since they are both lossless (WAV is the raw audio, FLAC is the raw audio encoded - smaller file, same fidelity and SQ).

[BinsentoW]

does anyone have an invite to what.cd? I have an invite to mma-tracker.org to trade if u want

[LaidbacK]

i use google..

[hotjoint]

mirc and private ftp sites, the old school way!

[guurl]

i usually download my music from loserboimusic.blogspot.com

[-SPiKE-]

i only listen to EDM, so i use www.beatport.com

[freesole]

mirc and private ftp sites, the old school way!

That is oldschool! Haha, I don't even know where to find MIRC channels anymore that are any good.

[Rx harnek]

Mixtape sites

[Amaru]

www.Beatport.com or www.4shared.com - the latter being free and of questionable legality, use at your own risk.

[xnguyen]

Youtube (http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/guides/dvd/convert-YouTube-to-MP3.htm) (but it's bs now-a-days -wink-) so I just buy all my trance from Armada (http://www.armadamusic.com/).



I <3 Trance

[Razor Ramon HG]

I get almost all of my music in FLAC from waffles.fm/what.cd

For Korean shit, I use Z-Degrees.net

[hotjoint]

That is oldschool! Haha, I don't even know where to find MIRC channels anymore that are any good.

there arent that many left but there are 2 main ones on 2 different servers. Efnet and gigairc are the servers that they're on ;)