Subj : Re: CD->MP3 project
To   : August Abolins
From : Kevin Nunn
Date : Wed Jan 06 2021 18:52:24

-=> AUGUST ABOLINS wrote to KEVIN NUNN <=-

AA> iTunes offered an interesting "uploads" option. (Not sure if they
AA> still do) ..but you could upload a basic quality .mp3 version of
AA> anything you had, and they would replace it with a higher quality
AA> version. Then you could stream that anywhere you wanted.

AA> I pondered about that, and decided not to bother.

I remember something about that, and I think I did do it and if I
remember correctly, once I linked it to my local mp3s, it added them to
my iTunes library, but deleted them off my hard drive and that really
pissed me off and I haven't used iTunes since. 

AA> play the local files. I would use iTunes' player instead. Infact,
AA> I haven't been playing any of my local files because the new AA>
music discovery with Spotify is so much more fun.

That is true, I love hearing new stuff and I've added a lot of bands I
never heard of before of the last 6-8 months that I have been using
Spotify. But, one artist I truly love to listen to refused to put is
music on big streaming services. So my only way to listen to his stuff
is via locally hosted MP3s and hence my portable MP3 player and Spotify
on my desktop. 

 AA> Well.. what precludes you to buy vinyl and relive those times?!
AA> ;)  Apparently, vinyl has a sort of comeback in the last few
AA> years. But the prices of $20+ is a bit steep, I would think.

No kidding! They have been pricing new vinyl pretty high. But I have
also noticed they are making them a lot heavier. That might have
something to do with the cost, but the prices are more than I would
have expected. $9.99 for downloadable album, $14.99 for CD, $20+ for
colored vinyl? WHat? 

 AA> But I'd love to play some old LPs. But I just really need a new
 
 I feel the same, and I still have all my albums from days gone back.
But I'd have to get a turntable, cartridge and a pre-amp of sorts since
I no longer really have a "HiFi" and listen with headphones or IEMs
only. 

Might consider that though. 

Kev
 
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