It's £14.95 in the UK if you want to download to a Walkman. The difference in price between UK and US is a particular irritant over here especially where you have services like itunes where it's the same product and because it's online, there is no difference in distribution costs and often, not even in taxation terms. It makes one feel very grateful to the likes of (currently) Audioengine and Slimdevices whose prices, after tax represent something similar to the prices charged in the US. A lot of US manufacturers don't seem to understand that we can see their prices.
Napster is a good system. I'm using it but I have noticed that with some tracks, there is anything up to a 45 minute silence following the music which requires intervention to move on to the next track. The file system is also a bit irritating as I would like to sort by albumn rather than artist but that has been commented on elsewhere in this forum. Sound quality is moderate. I haven't looked in to bitrates but have found myself very subjectively preferring Last.fm when streaming vs. Napster. I would be curious to know the difference between the files and whether the streamed files on Napster are different to the files that you download. I've found it a good way of pre-auditioning and ruling out CDs that I would have bought and have been dissappointed in. I'd give it 7/10. I still use Last.FM more. I'll probably continue with it. -- HectorHughMunro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HectorHughMunro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16514 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61310
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