bob r

iTrader: (46)

What site should I use to download music onto an MP3 player and is it free?

Tam the bam

Most knock off Nigels I know use Limewire

GC8

Conversely, Id avoid Limewire like the plague.

Dedrater

Itunes
Napster

Asking or telling how to download illegal music isn't particularly clever. Limewire seems to bring naive users together with malware infected files like moths to a flame.

hux309

Not to mention questionable quality.

Id avoid itunes like the plague, good selection but low bitrates and drm to contend with.

7digital MP3 Music Downloads ? The Home of MP3 Downloads

It remembers all of your purchased which can be downloaded again and again should they be lost.

Usually 320kbps to boot.

Markus

I thought iTunes+ offered higher quality encodings? There is also the fact that they are removing DRM from all iTunes+ songs as well.

hux309

No even the plus quality music is still 192k, though they are rumoured to be offering alac losless but it's still m4a format so useless to most players except ipods of course and they'll charge more for the luxury making people look at compact discs instead, about £1.19 iirc

Hence why i left the apple franchise, they're too controlling and there's better competition out there now.

For now 7digital will suffice, it's one of the better ones out there, most sites offering flac are limited choice.

Nope tell a lie they are heading for 256k in the future, not bad but i can still distinguish between flac and 320k, granted most won't but still i'll gladly stick with my source until something better shows up.

Apple’s DRM-free format with higher-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings.

Changes Coming to the iTunes Store