Comments on: myspace + snocap http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:26:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sean http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/comment-page-1/#comment-11647 Sean Tue, 05 Sep 2006 19:29:11 +0000 http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/#comment-11647 i subscribe to emusic and enjoy it. one thing that i find irritating is that if you don't fulfil your monthly quota at the end of the month, it isn't carried over - just reset. i subscribe to emusic and enjoy it. one thing that i find irritating is that if you don’t fulfil your monthly quota at the end of the month, it isn’t carried over – just reset.

]]> By: John http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/comment-page-1/#comment-11646 John Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:15:41 +0000 http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/#comment-11646 eMusic.com is great in terms of selection, adding the entire catalogs of indie labels seemingly every day (Touch and Go was just added recently, for example). The monthly subscription can be a pain, but if you use any sort of calendar program and can schedule reminders, that's easily addressed. The biggest problem I have is in keeping track of all the new stuff added. Their RSS feeds are seriously lacking, and with the wealth of catalog releases coupled with new releases that are posted each day, it can be a bit overwhelming. eMusic.com is great in terms of selection, adding the entire catalogs of indie labels seemingly every day (Touch and Go was just added recently, for example). The monthly subscription can be a pain, but if you use any sort of calendar program and can schedule reminders, that’s easily addressed. The biggest problem I have is in keeping track of all the new stuff added. Their RSS feeds are seriously lacking, and with the wealth of catalog releases coupled with new releases that are posted each day, it can be a bit overwhelming.

]]> By: Sean http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/comment-page-1/#comment-11642 Sean Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:41:46 +0000 http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/#comment-11642 i have no idea why one would ever claim that 128 kbps sounds better than 192 kbps. by the way, did a cyborg write that comment? irrelevant? c'mon. i have no idea why one would ever claim that 128 kbps sounds better than 192 kbps. by the way, did a cyborg write that comment? irrelevant? c’mon.

]]> By: stashuk http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/comment-page-1/#comment-11641 stashuk Tue, 05 Sep 2006 13:32:45 +0000 http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/#comment-11641 What about <a href='http://www.emusic.com' rel="nofollow">eMusic</a>? $10 a month for 40 downloads, DRM free MP3 files encoded at a Variable bit rate that seems to be 192kbps or greater. It's mostly Indie music from what I see. Only problem I see is that it's subscription, so you have to download your 40 songs a month to get the 25 cents per track price. Read about it on <a href='http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.09/itunes.html' rel="nofollow">Wired</a>. I have not tried this service. What about eMusic? $10 a month for 40 downloads, DRM free MP3 files encoded at a Variable bit rate that seems to be 192kbps or greater. It’s mostly Indie music from what I see. Only problem I see is that it’s subscription, so you have to download your 40 songs a month to get the 25 cents per track price. Read about it on Wired. I have not tried this service.

]]> By: awardtour http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/comment-page-1/#comment-11613 awardtour Sun, 03 Sep 2006 23:19:38 +0000 http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/#comment-11613 I did a <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=comparison+aac+mp3" rel="nofollow">quick search</a> on google and the comparisons of encoding I found <a href="http://www.recordstorereview.com/misc/aacmp3part2.shtml" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=765&highlight=compare+AND+encoding" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/marc.heijligers/audio/ipod/compression/experiment/experiment.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> would lead me to believe that 192kbps MP3 does sound better than 128kbps AAC. For clarification, AAC is the encoding scheme used by Apple for the iTunes Music Store. It should also be mentioned that Yahoo's Music Store, Real's Rhapsody service, and Napster all use 192kbps WMAs (Microsoft's encoding scheme) I did a quick search on google and the comparisons of encoding I found here, here, and here would lead me to believe that 192kbps MP3 does sound better than 128kbps AAC.

For clarification, AAC is the encoding scheme used by Apple for the iTunes Music Store. It should also be mentioned that Yahoo’s Music Store, Real’s Rhapsody service, and Napster all use 192kbps WMAs (Microsoft’s encoding scheme)

]]> By: anonymous http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/comment-page-1/#comment-11612 anonymous Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:33:13 +0000 http://awardtour.net/archives/2006/09/02/myspace-snocap/#comment-11612 Your argument about bitrate is irrelevant since 128 kbps AAC sounds as good as 192 kbps MP3. Your argument about bitrate is irrelevant since 128 kbps AAC sounds as good as 192 kbps MP3.

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