Comments on: Digital vs Physical Album Sales http://www.kokopellitimes.com/digital-vs-physical-album-sales/ Global Music Today Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:03:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jason A. Staples http://www.kokopellitimes.com/digital-vs-physical-album-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Jason A. Staples Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:55:07 +0000 http://www.kokopellitimes.com/?p=369#comment-30 It's not especially surprising to me. I don't like buying my music in a downloaded format. For one, the quality is usually way lower than what I like for my music (I use LAME -V2 settings for music tracks). <br /><br />What I can't understand is why anyone would buy a track that's 128 kbps or even 256 kbps when he/she can get a much better optimized track for about the same price? This is even more true when we're talking about DRM-protected tracks, which are irritating.<br /><br />I usually buy my CDs online as cheaply as possible, which usually amounts to buying them used. The exception is when I buy directly from an artist (at a show, etc.) that I really like and want to support. It's not especially surprising to me. I don't like buying my music in a downloaded format. For one, the quality is usually way lower than what I like for my music (I use LAME -V2 settings for music tracks).

What I can't understand is why anyone would buy a track that's 128 kbps or even 256 kbps when he/she can get a much better optimized track for about the same price? This is even more true when we're talking about DRM-protected tracks, which are irritating.

I usually buy my CDs online as cheaply as possible, which usually amounts to buying them used. The exception is when I buy directly from an artist (at a show, etc.) that I really like and want to support.

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