Bill,
Thanks, I'm very pleased with my computer audio system thus far.
It seems like high quality downloads are somewhat of a mixed bag. Purchasing 24/96 files of an album from the major sites appears to be about the cost of good SACDs which is about twice the price of the same titled album in CD format.
Otoh, there seems to be some sites, to those in the know, in which you can download high quality music files for free. A friend was able to download Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue" album as a 24/96 FLAC file for me at no cost. He said it's perfectly legal but I'm somewhat clueless on how these are obtained right now. I think it involves a small group of trusted friends sharing their music files.
So, if I'm able to obtain my music as a 50/50 mixture of free downloads and purchased downloads, I should be able to keep the costs roughly the same as my prior method of buying new CDs. Probably wishful thinking but I'm not too concerned.
I'm just really enjoying finally being able to concentrate solely on the music and listening and I'm willing to pay a bit more for the pleasure.
Thanks for your assistance again,
Tim
Thanks, I'm very pleased with my computer audio system thus far.
It seems like high quality downloads are somewhat of a mixed bag. Purchasing 24/96 files of an album from the major sites appears to be about the cost of good SACDs which is about twice the price of the same titled album in CD format.
Otoh, there seems to be some sites, to those in the know, in which you can download high quality music files for free. A friend was able to download Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue" album as a 24/96 FLAC file for me at no cost. He said it's perfectly legal but I'm somewhat clueless on how these are obtained right now. I think it involves a small group of trusted friends sharing their music files.
So, if I'm able to obtain my music as a 50/50 mixture of free downloads and purchased downloads, I should be able to keep the costs roughly the same as my prior method of buying new CDs. Probably wishful thinking but I'm not too concerned.
I'm just really enjoying finally being able to concentrate solely on the music and listening and I'm willing to pay a bit more for the pleasure.
Thanks for your assistance again,
Tim