networks with low-medium quality music albums

**ABC123666** · January 25th, 2005, 02:08 AM

I like downloading music albums of BT. But the files are allways encoded at 192-300somethingkb which means it take smore than a little time. Now I'm not an audio fine and I probably couldnt notice the different between a 96k mp3 and a 320k one. Are thier any networks/bt sites which have a good amound of music albums available in 96-320k mp3's?

**tackdaddy** · January 25th, 2005, 02:19 AM

well dude sorry but 96kbps sucks for quality.i get mine at least at 192kbps

**DampCold** · January 25th, 2005, 02:21 AM

I think you would notice the difference. I wouldn't go lower then 160kbs and definitely not lower then 128k. It depends on the type of music you are looking for. Some P2P tend to cater to a specific set of genres.

[EDIT] I don't get anything lower then 192kbs personally.

**ABC123666** · January 25th, 2005, 02:44 AM

Ah shit wrong board. Could someome please move it to somewhere more appropriate?

I listen to everything from rock to trance and rnb. I listen to music mainly on my dodgy 2.0 speaker that I dont plan on replacing due to lack of space for anything decent. SO for that reasion I probably dont notice much difference at lower bit rates.

**shawners** · January 25th, 2005, 05:01 AM

TRUST ME!!! you would notice a 96kbs file.. They are without adoubt the worst. If you really want great music and thats not that bad, stick with BT.. If you want individual songs at 128.. There is kazaa. BT people will include covers, m3u playlist, all track listings and possibly bonus. IF YOU use BIt tornaodo or others, you can choose which songs to download, and what to download. Its in the help guide.

**the great one** · January 25th, 2005, 05:10 AM

Yeah,160kbps is the lowest I would go.

**ferrarimodena360** · January 25th, 2005, 05:38 AM

someone answer the damn question

you will hardly find not never find files below 192 kbps or VBR...on torrent

you can try dc++ the best place to download complete albums,
otherwise ares and shareaza are good to download low bitrate files, but not good for albums

**ducttapeBigSexy** · January 25th, 2005, 06:00 AM

Why not just download the high quality version (which is gonna be much easier to find then a low quality version) and just take it down to 96 kb/sec with dbpoweramp or something similar (www.dbpoweramp.com)

However, once again, I do have to recommend not going beneath 160 kb/sec - and if you do, (this will probably be the only time you'll hear this), please don't share those files. We really don't need low quality rips on p2p networks (one of the main reason why so many people have left Kazaa).

Otherwise, why not try looking for WMAs or OGGs - they're gonna be at a lower bitrate (which means lower size) and still have good quality (usually better than mp3). Or, just download the high quality mp3 and convert it to a smaller file (like a WMA or OGG). You will suffer some quality loss, but you've already said it's not that big of deal.

EDIT: Ok, I didn't read your post too carefully (cut me some slack - I just got up like 10 minutes ago!), but, my suggestions aren't really going to help you unless you're looking to save hard drive space.

**Crazy Horse** · January 25th, 2005, 09:23 AM

You might try going here :http://www.ubershare.com/

**ferrarimodena360** · January 25th, 2005, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by Crazy Horse

You might try going here :http://www.ubershare.com/

was he not askin bout LOW QUALITY FILES

this guy needs stuff thats round 128kbps

**Crazy Horse** · January 25th, 2005, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by ferrarimodena360

was he not askin bout LOW QUALITY FILES

this guy needs stuff thats round 128kbps

You are correct. Although he/she was asking about albums and 96-320. This person may still find what they are looking for there.......or not.

**ferrarimodena360** · January 25th, 2005, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by Crazy Horse

You are correct. Although he/she was asking about albums and 96-320. This person may still find what they are looking for there.......or not.

the great one speaks

**shawners** · January 25th, 2005, 08:23 PM

or not. .. =)

I would honestly hate for everyone to go down in quality and not up.. Speeds are better, hard drives are bigger, computers are faster.. Its now FLAC and APE =)

**Chrono_trigger_fan** · January 25th, 2005, 10:52 PM

128 is good.i mean on big speakers playing a really loud rap song. u really cant tell a difference. 128 is pefectly fine. unless ur listening to ur music on headphones orsome really cheap ass $20 speakres. go with 128. i dont know any one specific service where u can find them the most... probbaly gnutella. id say kazaa but to many fakes.

**ABC123666** · January 26th, 2005, 02:59 AM

Why not just download the high quality version (which is gonna be much easier to find then a low quality version) and just take it down to 96 kb/sec with dbpoweramp or something similar (www.dbpoweramp.com)

The reason I want somewhere to dl low quality vids is because of the speed (or lack) of my net conection.

Anyone have any Idea I can dl lower quality albums? Even somewhere that had alot of 160Kb files would be good.