Is this the legal music service we are all waiting for?

Do you remember the Chris Myden Guide to creating amazing mp3’s that was posted some months ago?

I kind of fell in love with the Lame –alt preset standard encoded mp3’s and have found it hard to accept music files that were encoded with an inferior method. But it was some job to join a place where you can download these files. Anyone that ever studied the rules of the Ubernethubs will recognize this. And with the RIAA hunting down DChubs they are not the safest places to hang out.

With all the news about iTunes and Puretunes I decided to evaluate the legal download services. I was happy to see that Emusic is offering mp3’s encoded with Lame and the alt-preset-standard switch. I tried their 14 days trail subscription, but their catalogue is far too limited. Not worth paying 10 dollars a month for in my honest opinion.

I stumbled across a website called
AllofMP3.com This website offers downloads of more than 15000 albums. A fair number of those albums can be encoded on request. This service is called Online encoding, You want MP3, AAC. OGG , WMA? Take your pick. That’s an amazing feature already, but what is even more astonishing. You can also choose alt-preset –standard/extreme/insane. Wow!! Looks like a dream come true.

And what does this cost? Just one dollar cent for every Mb you download. For 10 dollars you have the right to download one gigabyte of music. No strings attached, no copy protections!

I have signed up. paid a few bucks and I have to say it’s running smoothly. Great download speeds. Great music. Great sound quality! One easy way to get your albums in high quality audio. I haven’t seen anything like this anywhere else. This is the way I will gladly pay for downloading music.

Okay, allofmp3.com is a Russian company but don’t let this scare you off. Just be glad that Russian copyright law makes this possible. Our former ‘enemies’ have become our friends. Itunes, Pressplay and Musicnet eat your heart out.

Have fun and l let me know what you think of this service.

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