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There are a few good providers of lossless audio files, so you can get still get a lossless, DRM free version of your music to own forever without having to hav

There are a few good providers of lossless audio files, so you can get still get a lossless, DRM free version of your music to own forever without having to have a printed CD. The two that I frequent are: - bandcamp.com - mostly indie, but I've actually purchased a few more "mainstream" artists from here in the last couple years. - hdtracks.com - have a wide selection, but tend to be pretty pricey.

cliffwarden 4y ago
I was pleasantly surprised recently with Merge Records. I bought a few lps and they came with digital downloads of mp3 and flac!
- prepend 4y ago
  I like this trend with LPs. You get a physical totem and lossless digital copies. I bought some Peter Gabriel records and they came with a code for downloading multiple formats including huge, lossless. And the site for one wasn’t working because it was too old and I had to email someone. But an actual human responded and send me a code to the new site. Not sure if that’s just for RealWorld or for all Geffen LPs. I think this is a good model where you get some limited release physical world thing and then the digital version to go along.
  - dhosek 4y ago
    I think it might be just for RealWorld. They’re quite amazing when it comes to having a human being actually read emails and respond to them.
Macha 4y ago
Yeah, I've moved back from being full on Spotify in the last 2-3 years, largely because of music being taken away. But I never cared much for the physical aspect of physical media, so it's drm free music from itunes/qobuz for me. Doing similar with movies/tv but more slowly. Partly because the only legal option is ripping blurays/uhds (Need to clarify I'm not in the US), which is more hassle and also they're bulkier to store and finally there's less tv/movie content I'm inclined to rewatch. But movies/tv have the plaftform fragmentation/content going away problem even worse, and the streaming services love to try serve low bitrate content, or even refuse higher resolutions altogether if you're not using a locked down enough setup, so that's been picking up steam for me
thisisjasononhn 4y ago
I'm worried about bandcamp.com after being purchased by Epic Games. BC's terms of service and privacy policy were updated to reflect this change, mostly legal ownership and related stuff, but I feel they're going to do the regular acquisition process: wait a year or so, make a detrimental change to the service, piss off a lot of people.
- musicale 4y ago
  "Thanks for accompanying bandcamp on this incredible journey..."
masklinn 4y ago
> - bandcamp.com - mostly indie, but I've actually purchased a few more "mainstream" artists from here in the last couple years Sadly bandcamp has been bought by Epic, so it's unlikely to live long :(

cliffwarden 4y ago

I was pleasantly surprised recently with Merge Records. I bought a few lps and they came with digital downloads of mp3 and flac!

prepend 4y ago
I like this trend with LPs. You get a physical totem and lossless digital copies. I bought some Peter Gabriel records and they came with a code for downloading multiple formats including huge, lossless. And the site for one wasn’t working because it was too old and I had to email someone. But an actual human responded and send me a code to the new site. Not sure if that’s just for RealWorld or for all Geffen LPs. I think this is a good model where you get some limited release physical world thing and then the digital version to go along.
- dhosek 4y ago
  I think it might be just for RealWorld. They’re quite amazing when it comes to having a human being actually read emails and respond to them.

Macha 4y ago

Yeah, I've moved back from being full on Spotify in the last 2-3 years, largely because of music being taken away. But I never cared much for the physical aspect of physical media, so it's drm free music from itunes/qobuz for me. Doing similar with movies/tv but more slowly. Partly because the only legal option is ripping blurays/uhds (Need to clarify I'm not in the US), which is more hassle and also they're bulkier to store and finally there's less tv/movie content I'm inclined to rewatch. But movies/tv have the plaftform fragmentation/content going away problem even worse, and the streaming services love to try serve low bitrate content, or even refuse higher resolutions altogether if you're not using a locked down enough setup, so that's been picking up steam for me

thisisjasononhn 4y ago

I'm worried about bandcamp.com after being purchased by Epic Games. BC's terms of service and privacy policy were updated to reflect this change, mostly legal ownership and related stuff, but I feel they're going to do the regular acquisition process: wait a year or so, make a detrimental change to the service, piss off a lot of people.

musicale 4y ago
"Thanks for accompanying bandcamp on this incredible journey..."

masklinn 4y ago

> - bandcamp.com - mostly indie, but I've actually purchased a few more "mainstream" artists from here in the last couple years Sadly bandcamp has been bought by Epic, so it's unlikely to live long :(