193 kbpt is to my ear not nearly the full sound you get from a cd. Emusic uses much higher bitrate (300_ without the hassle of having to convert. Rhapsody is a disservice to audiophiles.
At 07:11 AM 9/17/06, you wrote: >Kathy, > >First, in case you don't realize this, I should mention that tracks >purchased from the real music store are in .rax format, a proprietary, >protected, real audio format. They will not play in any player other than >realplayer. My strategy for getting around this is to burn them to CD-RW, >then rip them off, as .wav or .flac files. But this latter step I think >requires that you upgrade your basic realplayer to a premium realplayer, for >a one-time fee of $19.95. Since I had the money, and it's only a one-time >charge, I thought it was worth it to get full use out of what I purchase >from the real music store. > >I can't say that the real music store has everything I've ever wanted. But >it has quite a lot; it's totally legal and accessible; and there's no >adware, spyware, etc. to worry about. Moreover, the .rax files are very high >quality 193KBPS files, that I, at least, can barely tell from CDs, if at >all. > >Now, as to your nervousness about getting involved with realplayer: It's >definitely NOT my favorite player: it needs to be carefully installed, so it >doesn't make itself your universal player, and so that it doesn't readjust >all your volume settings; and there are a number of tricks you'll need to >learn, to use it effectively. But, if you want to use it just for playing >Real Audio streams, and for burning .rax files (That's all I really use it >for.), it's definitely useable, as long as you are willing to put in some >time to learn it. > >Write me off list if you think you might want to go down this road, and want >further, detailed pointers. > >Blessed Be, > >Dana >that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A > >D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype: dsleslie >Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE >Your Source for Discounted Ideas >http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kathy Szinnyey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 11:55 AM >Subject: Re: Accessible beyond-a-doubt legal music download sites > > > > Hi, Donna. Thanks much for this link. I've always been ind of a-scared > > of > > anything to do with Real Player. Have you used this Real Player Music > > Store > > yourself? Jus curious. Are there any tricks I should know about it > > before > > I dive in? Smile. Thanks much! > > > > Kathy > > > > > > Kathy Szinnyey > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > or > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dana S. Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 3:04 PM > > Subject: Re: Accessible beyond-a-doubt legal music download sites > > > > > >> http://musicstore.real.com/music_store/search?value=tim+wilson&type=art > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Kathy Szinnyey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > >> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 2:57 PM > >> Subject: Accessible beyond-a-doubt legal music download sites > >> > >> > >>> Hi, fellow Earthlings! I'm trying to download some music for a young > >>> person > >>> who doesn't have access to a computer, and this stuff is not on > >>> allofmp3.com. It's a bunch of stuff by Tim Wilson which I'm told is > >>> available from Itunes and maybe Walmart? Well, I don't like using > >>> Walmart. > >>> So, what have you all found to be the most accessible download sites? I > >>> used to use emusic but found I couldn't find much on there to my > >>> interest. > >>> Any help? 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