OT: Where do YOU buy (or steal) your music from?

mkelly · Post by **mkelly** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:00 pm

andydes wrote:HMV (not stolen, obviously)

Am I the only person who still buys music in shops?

If that fails, amazon. I only download music not released on a physical format.

Edit: Oh and from the band at a gig (whilst checking out their set up). Best way.

Nah, I'm the same. Though the range in shops is getting so poor that I'm having to buy CDs online more and more. My local HMV (Belfast) is turning into a DVD-boxset superstore with little attention paid to music that's not in the album charts. What they do have that isn't "popular" is ridiculously expensive.

Low Frequency Obstinator · Post by **Low Frequency Obstinator** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:18 pm

For most mainstream stuff i use Play.com though for techno/breakbeat etc.. In use 3 Beat Records based in Liverpool, can even buy pre-warped tracks.

http://www.threebeatrecords.co.uk/

great bunch of guys to, v helpful.

Low Frequency Obstinator · Post by **Low Frequency Obstinator** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:27 pm

...also still buy loads of vinyl too mainly from the fantastic DMT in Bristol and a little known dept store in Trowbridge called Knees.

I normaly spend around 60-100 quid a week on tunes.

rjbourc · Post by **rjbourc** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:58 pm

Tarekith: Addictech is a great looking site. You chose well.

Low Frequency Obstinator: I bet Three Beat Records is a great place to spend a rainy Saturday.

Glad to see nobody seems to be sitting around taping their cable tv music channels on MiniDisc...

Bagle · Post by **Bagle** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:20 pm

if i really like you ill buy your cd

if iyou not worth it, demonoid or tpb (tears for oink)

beatprot (less and less) 7digital, itunes (rarely)

bendybones · Post by **bendybones** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:23 pm

Any of these sites have wav files available?

Low Frequency Obstinator wrote:I normaly spend around 60-100 quid a week on tunes.

What are other people's average figures?

jeskola · Post by **jeskola** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:31 pm

bendybones wrote:Any of these sites have wav files available?

Low Frequency Obstinator wrote:I normaly spend around 60-100 quid a week on tunes.
What are other people's average figures?

Used to spend that on records back in the day... fuck knows where i got the cash from

I usually manage to hold of for a few weeks then have a music buying frenzy... and repeat. Having gone thorugh my library recently there must 30 or 40 gigs of music sitting there that hasnt been played more than once or twice... waste of money! Saying that though my piles of records seems even more of a waste - remember paying £10+ for a one sided promo on several occasions. Dunno what to do with them all.

rjbourc · Post by **rjbourc** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:04 pm

bendybones wrote:Any of these sites have wav files available?

Low Frequency Obstinator wrote:I normaly spend around 60-100 quid a week on tunes.
What are other people's average figures?

Averaging about 40 USD, although I may be looking to cut back very soon...

SubFunk · Post by **SubFunk** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:12 pm

mainly:

beatport
dancetracksdigital
itunes

and very lucky the rest are PR tracks and what friends are sending me.

logic_user99 · Post by **logic_user99** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:47 pm

rjbourc wrote:
bendybones wrote:Any of these sites have wav files available?

Low Frequency Obstinator wrote:I normaly spend around 60-100 quid a week on tunes.
What are other people's average figures?
Averaging about 40 USD, although I may be looking to cut back very soon...

Probably only about £5 - £10 per week. I usually go on eBay and buy a couple of cheeky 12s - generally something cheap from the film-score section! I love the weird film scores, I do.

Other than that, I spend about £40 a month (of my teaching spends) on CDs or downloads - there's a great shop in Nottingham that does a massive selection of stuff for £3, £5, and £7. S'called 'Fopp' if you're ever around!

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:53 pm

bendybones wrote:Any of these sites have wav files available?

Addictech.com does, though since you're a live user makes more sense to buy FLAC, let Live decode them, then use the wav from your decoding cache.

machine+1 · Post by **machine+1** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:09 pm

Is there really no audible difference between an original WAV and a Live decoded FLAC? Has anyone phase tested this? How bout apple lossless?

drush · Post by **drush** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:34 pm

junodownload.com
boomkat.com/downloads
bleep.com

mantaraffu · Post by **mantaraffu** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:39 pm

soulseek

see the light · Post by **see the light** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:40 pm

logic_user99 wrote:
rjbourc wrote:
bendybones wrote:Any of these sites have wav files available?
What are other people's average figures?
Averaging about 40 USD, although I may be looking to cut back very soon...
Probably only about £5 - £10 per week. I usually go on eBay and buy a couple of cheeky 12s - generally something cheap from the film-score section! I love the weird film scores, I do.

Other than that, I spend about £40 a month (of my teaching spends) on CDs or downloads - there's a great shop in Nottingham that does a massive selection of stuff for £3, £5, and £7. S'called 'Fopp' if you're ever around!

BACK CATALOUGE HEAVEN!

Gutted when they closed the majority of them down here...I remember rinsing the Sub Pop section and ended up spending £100 on stuff?!