Mark Lanctot;176550 Wrote: > Is it just me, or are those prices outrageous for what you get? > > $250 for 128k? That's $20 a month!
Yes but you are not the intended customer. You have to consider the quantity of CD's you have access to, not just Naxos but premium labels such as BIS and how many CD's you would be likely to play in a year. I play around 8 per day for 5 days a week, that's around 2000 per year, that's 12.5 cents a CD to listen or around 8.5p in the UK. Fortunately I have already collected a large catalogue therefore I don't need to purchase much so it's not worth my while. This is intended for libraries and colleges where the material can be used for research. These organisations will get a special deal which I believe is considerably cheaper and can therefore they can offer listening access to their customers as part of their normal service. The customer listens to music probably outside of their normal taste and if they like it Naxos is likely to gain a new sale since their CD prices are usual very reasonable or it is possible to get DRM free downloads from some Naxos partners at around $6 a CD for 192K MP3. (ogg used to be available, not sure if it still is.) You have to give Naxos some credit for making their entire catalogue, including deletions available for digital download. Other companies are only just starting to consider this, but Naxos have been doing it for a couple of years now. -- MrStan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrStan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1771 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=15032 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
