Posted by Eric Kay on 12/31/05 23:02

Timothy J. Trace wrote:

> I've ripped almost 500 discs from my collection using Exact Audio Copy
> and LAME, and I populate my players from those rips.
>
> The last thing I need is an outlet where I can toss away $1 per song on
> new stuff and rarities...I'll be broke within a week :>

Yet you were able to afford 500 CDs?! There's something not right there.
I buy a lot from iTunes because in many cases it is *less* expensive than
CDs. For example, last week I downloaded "Hayley Westenra - Pure" album
- 20 tracks for £7.90. I have seen the CD version for sale at £11.99 and it
only has 13 tracks on it!

> As for missing out on the functionality of iTunes, that's not a huge
> concern, but I'll grant that I don't know much about iTunes. What I
> have now with Ephpod, etc, works well and is not all that much more
> complicated than what I imagine iTunes to be.

You're waging war on iTunes but don't know your enemy? Why don't
you try it and see what you're missing...

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