FLAC Online Stores

- iwp a dit :...
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- 14 mai 2007, 22h11m
FLAC Online Stores

I'd consider lossy compression to be a rip-off, and DRM an insult. If I want to buy me some FLAC, where should I go? Is there anywhere a list of online stores selling FLAC recordings?

If there isn't, may I kick one off?

http://www.magnatune.com Surely a waypost for all to follow. Full length previews. Simple but usable website. Good choice of formats. Large catalogue; lots of classical and electronica.

http://www.resonancestore.com Outlet for a number of independent bands. Full length previews. Downloading is slightly awkward - each track must be individually downloaded.

http://www.zunior.com Canadian store. Seem to have a large catalogue, but not everything available in FLAC. Short previews. Only just found them, not bought anything yet...

[quote][b][user]iwp[/user][/b] a dit : I'd consider lossy compression to be a rip-off, and DRM an insult. If I want to buy me some FLAC, where should I go? Is there anywhere a list of online stores selling FLAC recordings? If there isn't, may I kick one off? [url]http://www.magnatune.com[/url] Surely a waypost for all to follow. Full length previews. Simple but usable website. Good choice of formats. Large catalogue; lots of classical and electronica. [url]http://www.resonancestore.com[/url] Outlet for a number of independent bands. Full length previews. Downloading is slightly awkward - each track must be individually downloaded. [url]http://www.zunior.com[/url] Canadian store. Seem to have a large catalogue, but not everything available in FLAC. Short previews. Only just found them, not bought anything yet...[/quote]

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- iwp a dit :...
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- 14 mai 2007, 22h13m
Oh God, silly me, didn't read the read-first post first. Ignore me. Sorry.

[quote][b][user]iwp[/user][/b] a dit : Oh God, silly me, didn't read the read-first post first. Ignore me. Sorry.[/quote]

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- schneiderb a dit :...
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- 3 jui. 2007, 17h35m
If you like electronic music, http://www.bleep.com offers a small portion of their offerings in flac format.

[quote][b][user]schneiderb[/user][/b] a dit : If you like electronic music, http://www.bleep.com offers a small portion of their offerings in flac format.[/quote]

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- futureancient a dit :...
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- 9 nov. 2007, 9h11m
I've been looking for a list of flac stores, it's difficult to find.

Boomkat.com offers a lot of flac releases.

I'm looking for a store that sells flac releases of almost anything. An emusic or itunes of flac downloads. Mp3's are no longer satisfying my ears.

[quote][b][user]futureancient[/user][/b] a dit : I've been looking for a list of flac stores, it's difficult to find. [url=www.boomkat.com]Boomkat.com[/url] offers a lot of flac releases. I'm looking for a store that sells flac releases of almost anything. An emusic or itunes of flac downloads. Mp3's are no longer satisfying my ears.[/quote]

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- MagicXB a dit :...
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- 3 jui. 2008, 12h40m
Here's another online music store that offers formats in basically almost any format you could wish for:

http://www.musicishere.com

They offer everything on there in FLAC, MP3, MPEG4-AAC, OGG, MPC, & WMA (ew...)

I've bought some songs off of there, and you can be rest assured they'll be in real lossless quality and not a transcode (unless the actual CD itself was lossy-mastered, like with artists such as Owl City); all purchases come with the same decent sized, good quality album art that you can receive from iTunes. :) BTW, what's nice is that all song prices are set at 99 cents a song, no matter WHICH format you choose (so the price won't go up double or triple by choosing FLAC :] ).

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[quote][b][user]MagicXB[/user][/b] a dit : Here's another online music store that offers formats in basically almost any format you could wish for: http://www.musicishere.com They offer everything on there in FLAC, MP3, MPEG4-AAC, OGG, MPC, & WMA (ew...) I've bought some songs off of there, and you can be rest assured they'll be in real lossless quality and not a transcode (unless the actual CD itself was lossy-mastered, like with artists such as Owl City); all purchases come with the same decent sized, good quality album art that you can receive from iTunes. :) BTW, what's nice is that all song prices are set at 99 cents a song, no matter WHICH format you choose (so the price won't go up double or triple by choosing FLAC :] ).[/quote]

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- heminder a dit :...
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- 26 jui. 2008, 11h51m
see, a lot of these places don't have the artists that i like.

i'll just stick to CDs for now.

[quote][b][user]heminder[/user][/b] a dit : see, a lot of these places don't have the artists that i like. i'll just stick to CDs for now.[/quote]

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- tartaruga- a dit :...
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- 29 sept. 2008, 11h51m
beatport.com has all the releases also available in .wave, but they charge for each file 1usd additional.. highly overpriced!! the physical copy will end up being cheaper :~

[quote][b][user]tartaruga-[/user][/b] a dit : beatport.com has all the releases also available in .wave, but they charge for each file 1usd additional.. highly overpriced!! the physical copy will end up being cheaper :~[/quote]

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- bootlegbabies a dit :...
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- 21 mars 2009, 11h44m
Another site ...

... http://addictech.com/

Mainly electronic music

[quote][b][user]bootlegbabies[/user][/b] a dit : ... http://addictech.com/ Mainly electronic music[/quote]

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- fred561 a dit :...
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- 16 jui. 2009, 11h54m
i tried www.musicishere.com and was surprised. they also give you wav files. a strange design and a strange collection of artists but they are very good. i googled for Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance. i think they need some promotion.

[quote][b][user]fred561[/user][/b] a dit : i tried www.musicishere.com and was surprised. they also give you wav files. a strange design and a strange collection of artists but they are very good. i googled for Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance. i think they need some promotion. [/quote]

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- zzzoneDOTnet a dit :...
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- 25 jui. 2009, 19h53m
favorite

Hey my favorite one is Boomkat. I tried out all the above.

They get some really cool .flac releases in the independent and electronic/dance areas, and the user interface is great.

http://boomkat.com/downloads/

I am NOT a number.

[quote][b][user]zzzoneDOTnet[/user][/b] a dit : Hey my favorite one is [b]Boomkat[/b]. I tried out all the above. They get some really cool .flac releases in the independent and electronic/dance areas, and the user interface is great. [b]http://boomkat.com/downloads/[/b][/quote]

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- bootlegbabies a dit :...
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- 7 août 2009, 18h08m
Something new ...

hey,

I found some new shops, which have a quite good selection:

http://www.junodownload.com/
Offers much music as WAV which can be encoded to FLAC (server side)
Prices are ok but sometimes equal to the physical release (if available)

http://www.djshop.de/
Offers music of some releases as FLAC for a really good price - there are international artists, too

I hope there will be paypal available on boomkat soon ;)

[quote][b][user]bootlegbabies[/user][/b] a dit : hey, I found some new shops, which have a quite good selection: http://www.junodownload.com/ Offers much music as WAV which can be encoded to FLAC (server side) Prices are ok but sometimes equal to the physical release (if available) http://www.djshop.de/ Offers music of some releases as FLAC for a really good price - there are international artists, too I hope there will be paypal available on boomkat soon ;)[/quote]

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