Comments on: How to spend all your free money http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2007/11/27/how-to-spend-all-your-free-money/ XML and the Web. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:20:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ben http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2007/11/27/how-to-spend-all-your-free-money/#comment-31342 Ben Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:55:29 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2007/11/27/how-to-spend-all-your-free-money/#comment-31342 Just to point out a few additional things about their site: One randomly selected album cost €11.99 or £8.57ish when I selected 'UK' as my country The mp3's are said to be encoded at 320kbps, so they are going to be decent, even if the sound profile for mp3 doesn't match this type of music (mp3's compress using a psychoacoustic model - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoacoustic#Psychoacoustics_in_software.) Just to point out a few additional things about their site:

One randomly selected album cost €11.99 or £8.57ish when I selected ‘UK’ as my country

The mp3’s are said to be encoded at 320kbps, so they are going to be decent, even if the sound profile for mp3 doesn’t match this type of music (mp3’s compress using a psychoacoustic model - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoacoustic#Psychoacoustics_in_software.)

]]> By: david http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2007/11/27/how-to-spend-all-your-free-money/#comment-31310 david Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:08:10 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2007/11/27/how-to-spend-all-your-free-money/#comment-31310 I think it's USD 1.29 for each track, which is reasonable. The price in Euros works out to much higher with the exchange rate. I think it’s USD 1.29 for each track, which is reasonable. The price in Euros works out to much higher with the exchange rate.

]]> By: Mad William Flint http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2007/11/27/how-to-spend-all-your-free-money/#comment-31309 Mad William Flint Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:43:53 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2007/11/27/how-to-spend-all-your-free-money/#comment-31309 I hope the price point is reasonable enough for a classical newbie to go spelunking in their collection trying things out. It really seems like a great opportunity. I hope the price point is reasonable enough for a classical newbie to go spelunking in their collection trying things out. It really seems like a great opportunity.

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