yes Edwin - another good point. Digital Goods need to be priced *way*
below the cost of physical goods. One example is hiphopsite.com who
recently converted to an all-digital store. The prices of their
digital releases however are only a dollar or 2 cheaper (and sometimes
the same price) of what I can purchase them for in physical form
elsewhere. They're trying their best by doing bonuses, limited
releases and promotions but still - $13 for an album I don't get to
hold?? For a couple bucks more I'd gladly take the physical good.
Shimone @ Staticbeats
On 10/24/07, Edwin Wong <ewong@unrecognized.org> wrote:
quoted 71 lines hello.
>
> hello.
>
> i buy quite a bit of music - maybe 25+ vinyl/cds a month... i listen to a
> lot of music on my soundsystem at home and my iPod at work +i dj as well.
> i'd consider myself a spotter/audiophile before dj, so with that - if its in
> print, i'll buy originals... i have bought a pair of out of print alden
> tyrell 12"s on iTunes, but thats it. the cost is what turns me away - for
> 7gbp (boomkat), i need something tangible. when i buy records, i record them
> to audio discs and mp3s myself...
>
> bye
>
> e.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: michael dunham [mailto:dphouse84@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:38 PM
> To: John Goelzer; idm
> Subject: RE: [idm] who still buys CDs
>
>
> I'm a local dj / producer in my home town and have moved to Serato Scratch
> and Ableton Live in my dj sets rather than luggin around a ton of records
> and cd's. Scratch LIVE supports all these file formats: Fixed and Variable
> Bit Rate MP3, AIFF, WAV, OGG Vorbis, CD Audio.
>
> Another great thing is the relative mode of play that is great. If a random
> drunk person hits the booth the record doesn't skip, it just continues on
> from where it was(virtually never missing a beat). I personally can't
> notice if the file is 320 kbs the difference between a cd, record yes,
> sometines. If a file gets any lower than 128kbs the songs sounds like crap
> IMO. 128 is the very minimum I will play if I cant get the file in any
> other format.
>
> IMO the recording and mix down / mastering quality are extremely important
> too. I've received 320 kbs files that sucked completely, but on the other
> hand I have bought 128 files that sounded so rich and clear. Also getting
> digital files from other dj's that produce enables you to get a track before
> (if it ever) it's released. Beatport, 3 beat, & Stompy are where I buy
> most my EDM. A bit more expensive ranging between a dollar fifty and two
> pounds 35 pence each track, but worth every penny. just my .02
>
> peace 'n beats,
>
> michael > Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:07:30 -0500> From:
> johng@engberganderson.com> To: idm@hyperreal.org> Subject: RE: [idm] who
> still buys CDs> > > there are players on the market that> > play
> uncompressed formats, but they> > don't have the marketing muscle or the> >
> drive capacity of the ipod.> > and most digital downloads are mp3s.> > I am
> neither disagreeing with your preference for physical media nor> banging the
> drum for digital releases, but I would like to point out for> the benefit of
> anyone following this discussion that iPods can play not> only AACs ripped
> to Apple Lossless Format but also regular old WAVs and> AIFFs if that's your
> preference.> > JG> >
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