I was taken a little by surprise by this announcement, but today, AMAZON.COM joined the world of legal, downloadable music! There are a few good things with what Amazon is doing here. First, NO DRM! Thank God for that. Second, encoding is at 256 kbps and while I wish it were at 320, its a heap better than iTunes (which I have come to loathe) and its paltry 192 kbps. As I have said, 192 kbps might be good enough for your top 40 schrot, but for your jazz or orchestral stuff, that bitrate just does not cut it.
So I hear you asking - "So what about selection?" To that I say, "It's not a bad start." Check out some of the soundtracks you can get below:
MEDAL OF HONOR: AIRBORNE by MICHAEL GIACCHINO for $6.99
MEDAL OF HONOR by MICHAEL GIACCHINO for $6.99
More Medal of Honor by Michael Giacchino
THE SIMPSON'S MOVIE: THE MUSIC by HANS ZIMMER
You also get HIGH QUALITY ARTWORK with each album purchase. To download entire albums you must download and install Amazon's tool, but you can download invidividual tracks - no problem. No doubt the library of titles doesn't approach iTunes, but it's a start and a welcome alternative!
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