On 01/14/2009 [email protected] wrote: > you can get around the DRM by saving the songs as MP3 songs - extra work but > can be done.
AAC files are 128k. If you convert them to MP3, you further compress them. Have you ever listened to a 96k music podcast on decent speakers? I'll make a plug here. I have a subscription to eMusic. eMusic has a different business model from iTunes. I don't pay by the song, but by the month for a number of songs. I have a 75 song per month subscription. The songs are DRM-free 256k MP3s. If I am at work, I can re-download any song that I have already paid for, as many timmes as I want, as long as I am still an eMusic subscriber. The downside for many may be that eMusic only provides music from independent labels. A lot of music from a lot of independent labels, but no Sony/BMG. For me, that's fine. I like mostly jazz, and Blue Note hasn't released new music in years. Impulse! is defunct. All of the jazz is on independdent labels anyway. Same if your tastes run to Alternative. The most interesting and exciting stuff isn't coming out on conservative major labels anyway.
