Best legal music download sites?

SexyGreyFox · 13 Feb 2016 at 17:34

I'm a big fan of Brian Setzer and I'm after these albums:
The Brian Setzer Orchestra (1994)
Guitar Slinger (1996)
The Dirty Boogie (1998)
Vavoom! (2000)
Songs from Lonely Avenue (2009)

I was actually looking at buying CDs and then realised they are about as useful as a chocolate fire guard in my house now.

iTunes have them but I'm on Android so what is my best option?

Thanks

ikillbears · 13 Feb 2016 at 19:14

if they have them on amazon. they usually give youa digital download as well as a physical copy if you want the cd

marc2003 · 13 Feb 2016 at 19:29

First of all, you can download from itunes and they will play on android. They removed their copy protection junk for music donkey's years ago.

Secondly, don't be so hasty ruling CD out. Just rip them yourself.

SexyGreyFox · 13 Feb 2016 at 19:46

marc2003 said:
First of all, you can download from itunes and they will play on android. They removed their copy protection junk for music donkey's years ago.

Secondly, don't be so hasty ruling CD out. Just rip them yourself.

I've got over 1000cds here taking up space and never being played.

Thanks for the advice both of you.

Cromulent · 16 Feb 2016 at 09:05

SexyGreyFox said:
I've got over 1000cds here taking up space and never being played.

Thanks for the advice both of you.

CDs are generally better quality though. Rip them to FLAC and then convert the FLAC to a lossy format for listening on a mobile device with limited storage space. That way you keep the lossless file as an archive and can make lossy copies of the tracks when you need them.

Or if you have enough space just listen to the FLAC files directly. One of the main things I have on my NAS is my CD collection ripped to FLAC.

George Hincapie · 16 Feb 2016 at 09:10

SexyGreyFox said:
I've got over 1000cds here taking up space and never being played.

Thanks for the advice both of you.

Get a Brennan B2 and thank me later.

Father Ted · 16 Feb 2016 at 16:30

Just buy them as digital downloads on amazon, they sell them in digital or physical format.

Kosmiche · 16 Feb 2016 at 16:45

George Hincapie said:
Get a Brennan B2 and thank me later.

I was just looking at these, can you swap the HDD yourself for a larger one?

SexyGreyFox · 16 Feb 2016 at 22:12

Cromulent said:
CDs are generally better quality though. Rip them to FLAC and then convert the FLAC to a lossy format for listening on a mobile device with limited storage space. That way you keep the lossless file as an archive and can make lossy copies of the tracks when you need them.

Or if you have enough space just listen to the FLAC files directly. One of the main things I have on my NAS is my CD collection ripped to FLAC.

I've got over 10,000 Flac tracks.
I'm not interested in my CDs,

George Hincapie · 16 Feb 2016 at 22:36

Kosmiche said:
I was just looking at these, can you swap the HDD yourself for a larger one?

Yes mate. Buy the cheapest one and put what you like in it.

SexyGreyFox · 16 Feb 2016 at 23:00

George Hincapie said:
Get a Brennan B2 and thank me later.

My next purchase is a Cowon Plenue D, that Brennan isn't portable.

George Hincapie · 16 Feb 2016 at 23:48

Sorry, I didn't realise portability was a requirement. Did I miss that in the OP?

George Hincapie · 16 Feb 2016 at 23:49

Fair dues SGF, that Plenue looks the real deal. What DAC does it use? And how much?

SexyGreyFox · 17 Feb 2016 at 08:38

George Hincapie said:
Fair dues SGF, that Plenue looks the real deal. What DAC does it use? And how much?

It's £199 but not sure about the DAC.
It's getting a lot of good reviews here - http://www.head-fi.org/t/789488/cowon-plenue-d