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Poll

In the past 6 months, how did you PURCHASE most of your music?

Compact Discs (including CDA, SACD, DVD-A)
[ 80 ] (76.2%)
Downloadable LOSSY files (mp3, mp4, AAC, WMA, OGG, etc)
[ 9 ] (8.6%)
Downloadable LOSSLESS files (FLAC, APE, etc)
[ 3 ] (2.9%)
Vinyl
[ 1 ] (1%)
I did not purchase any music in the last 6 months
[ 12 ] (11.4%)

Total Members Voted: 111

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How do you buy your music?

I thought it would be interesting to update the buying poll, to see if people have changed from the polls started a year ago. And to find out if having lossless as a choice really makes a difference.

Personally, I'm hoping more companies offer lossless downloads - I'd be willing to pay a *small* premium. Like at Linn records or the Philadelphia Symphony

Until then it's CD's for me.

Regarding the last question, part of it was cut off. The full text is:

Would you pay a premium for LOSSLESS files?
(If a lossy song file (mp3) costs $1, would you pay MORE than $1 for a lossless song file (FLAC, APE) ?
EAC secure | FLAC  --best -V -b 4096 | LAME 3.97 -V0 -q0 -b32

How do you buy your music?

Reply #1 –
I would imagine that the cost per song would be higher for a lossless song just because they would have to increase their bandwidth due to the size of the song.

I'll always buy CDs just because most of my music is from bands outside the U.S. (Germany, Sweden, etc.) and most sites don't offer songs that I like for download.

How do you buy your music?

Reply #2 –
Not a correct poll! You should differ simple CDs and copy protected CD's (personally, I never buy copy protected CDs) and DRM encodings. There should be more choices - DRM encodings & copy protected CDs.
Ogg Vorbis for music and speech [q-2.0 - q6.0]
FLAC for recordings to be edited
Speex for speech

How do you buy your music?

Reply #3 –
I will never buy anything less than lossless.

So CD's are still the way to go for me, i also like physically owning something with artwork, a booklet, etc. CD's are easily copyable and transportable, universally supported, and it means you already have a backup.
Veni Vidi Vorbis.

How do you buy your music?

Reply #4 –
CDs all the way.  I too like to physically own the CD.  Plus you can rip it to any format you choose which is half the fun.  Also going to used CD stores and finding gems is enjoyable.  The only time I would purchase online would be something that is not available on CD and lossless.

How do you buy your music?

Reply #5 –
Quote from: spockep on
CDs all the way.  I too like to physically own the CD.  Plus you can rip it to any format you choose which is half the fun.


Exactly the same here. Probably has to do with seeing the album artwork.
Acid8000 aka. PhilDEE

How do you buy your music?

Reply #6 –
Quote from: UrbanVoyeur on
I thought it would be interesting to update the buying poll, to see if people have changed from the pols started a year ago. And to find out if having lossless as a choice really makes a difference.

Personally, I'm hoping more companies offer lossless downloads - I'd be willing to pay a *small* premium. Like at Linn records or the Philadelphia Symphony

Until then it's CD's for me.

Regarding the last question, part of it was cutt off. The full text is:

Would you pay a premium for LOSSLESS files?
(If a lossy song file (mp3) costs $1, would you pay MORE than $1 for a lossless song file (FLAC, APE) ?


I think the poll (and  results) is interesting, but somewhat flawed in that it does not address DRM and copy protection on CDs. Those parameters would have a huge effect on the responses.

How do you buy your music?

Reply #7 –
Quote from: de Mon on
Not a correct poll! You should differ simple CDs and copy protected CD's (personally, I never buy copy protected CDs) and DRM encodings. There should be more choices - DRM encodings & copy protected CDs.


Good Points. In the another poll I may try to tease out a preference for protected vs unprotected music purchases.

Quote from: Bob B on
I think the poll (and  results) is interesting, but somewhat flawed in that it does not address DRM and copy protection on CDs. Those parameters would have a huge effect on the responses.


You may be right - it could well make a big difference. I didn't want the choices in this poll to become too complex ex: DRM lossless vs non-DRM lossy.

And since I have no way of correlating answers - ie linking the response in one question to the response in another, doing DRM vs non DRM will be equally informative whether it is in this poll or another one.

Though I personally dislike DRM and CP as clumsy and annoying, I will not hesitate to buy a protected music if is not available unprotected. There are songs on iTunes for example that are very difficult to find as CD's. I also have a number of European and Asian CD's that are copy protected and not available to me in the US as unprotected. A PIA, but I'd rather have the music than not.
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How do you buy your music?

Reply #8 –
cd's for me too.  this way i can rip them in whatever format i want to.  it's also nice to have something tangible.

How do you buy your music?

Reply #9 –
I don't recall the exact dates but the last couple of times I purchased music it included CDs, MP3s (192kbps at TuneTribe.com / LAME -aps at bleep.com) as well as FLACs (bought KiloWatts' music at http://www.psymbolic.com/shop/music/index.html ).

However I'm not happy with the current situation. As much as I'd like to buy more CDs local music stores lack diversity which isn't surprising since I live in a small town. Also the price/benefit ratio with CDs is just too high imho. The price is not acceptable if something needs to get imported. You'd think this is a big chance for online music stores. But an online shop with a diverse catalog and attractive downloads (ie lame -aps or flac encoded files, no DRM crap) has yet to be created.

So far, I'm a happy bleep.com customer (I bought some NinjaTune releases there). But their catalog is limited to "indie labels".

SG
 

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Reply #10 –
Buy all my music on used CDs now, rip to FLAC for archive, transcode to MP3 for streaming, portability.

Nice to have the physical CD as the final backup in case of hard drive / DVD loss.

Would consider downloading a track in lossless as long as its not DRM'd.
Was that a 1 or a 0?