FLAC Online Stores

- iwp said...
- User
- 14 May 2007, 22:11
FLAC Online Stores

I'd consider lossy compression to be a rip-off, and DRM an insult. If I want to buy me some FLAC, where should I go? Is there anywhere a list of online stores selling FLAC recordings?

If there isn't, may I kick one off?

http://www.magnatune.com Surely a waypost for all to follow. Full length previews. Simple but usable website. Good choice of formats. Large catalogue; lots of classical and electronica.

http://www.resonancestore.com Outlet for a number of independent bands. Full length previews. Downloading is slightly awkward - each track must be individually downloaded.

http://www.zunior.com Canadian store. Seem to have a large catalogue, but not everything available in FLAC. Short previews. Only just found them, not bought anything yet...

[quote][b][user]iwp[/user][/b] said: I'd consider lossy compression to be a rip-off, and DRM an insult. If I want to buy me some FLAC, where should I go? Is there anywhere a list of online stores selling FLAC recordings? If there isn't, may I kick one off? [url]http://www.magnatune.com[/url] Surely a waypost for all to follow. Full length previews. Simple but usable website. Good choice of formats. Large catalogue; lots of classical and electronica. [url]http://www.resonancestore.com[/url] Outlet for a number of independent bands. Full length previews. Downloading is slightly awkward - each track must be individually downloaded. [url]http://www.zunior.com[/url] Canadian store. Seem to have a large catalogue, but not everything available in FLAC. Short previews. Only just found them, not bought anything yet...[/quote]

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- iwp said...
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- 14 May 2007, 22:13
Oh God, silly me, didn't read the read-first post first. Ignore me. Sorry.

[quote][b][user]iwp[/user][/b] said: Oh God, silly me, didn't read the read-first post first. Ignore me. Sorry.[/quote]

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- schneiderb said...
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- 3 Jul 2007, 17:35
If you like electronic music, http://www.bleep.com offers a small portion of their offerings in flac format.

[quote][b][user]schneiderb[/user][/b] said: If you like electronic music, http://www.bleep.com offers a small portion of their offerings in flac format.[/quote]

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- futureancient said...
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- 9 Nov 2007, 09:11
I've been looking for a list of flac stores, it's difficult to find.

Boomkat.com offers a lot of flac releases.

I'm looking for a store that sells flac releases of almost anything. An emusic or itunes of flac downloads. Mp3's are no longer satisfying my ears.

[quote][b][user]futureancient[/user][/b] said: I've been looking for a list of flac stores, it's difficult to find. [url=www.boomkat.com]Boomkat.com[/url] offers a lot of flac releases. I'm looking for a store that sells flac releases of almost anything. An emusic or itunes of flac downloads. Mp3's are no longer satisfying my ears.[/quote]

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- MagicXB said...
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- 3 Jul 2008, 12:40
Here's another online music store that offers formats in basically almost any format you could wish for:

http://www.musicishere.com

They offer everything on there in FLAC, MP3, MPEG4-AAC, OGG, MPC, & WMA (ew...)

I've bought some songs off of there, and you can be rest assured they'll be in real lossless quality and not a transcode (unless the actual CD itself was lossy-mastered, like with artists such as Owl City); all purchases come with the same decent sized, good quality album art that you can receive from iTunes. :) BTW, what's nice is that all song prices are set at 99 cents a song, no matter WHICH format you choose (so the price won't go up double or triple by choosing FLAC :] ).

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[quote][b][user]MagicXB[/user][/b] said: Here's another online music store that offers formats in basically almost any format you could wish for: http://www.musicishere.com They offer everything on there in FLAC, MP3, MPEG4-AAC, OGG, MPC, & WMA (ew...) I've bought some songs off of there, and you can be rest assured they'll be in real lossless quality and not a transcode (unless the actual CD itself was lossy-mastered, like with artists such as Owl City); all purchases come with the same decent sized, good quality album art that you can receive from iTunes. :) BTW, what's nice is that all song prices are set at 99 cents a song, no matter WHICH format you choose (so the price won't go up double or triple by choosing FLAC :] ).[/quote]

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- heminder said...
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- 26 Jul 2008, 11:51
see, a lot of these places don't have the artists that i like.

i'll just stick to CDs for now.

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[quote][b][user]heminder[/user][/b] said: see, a lot of these places don't have the artists that i like. i'll just stick to CDs for now.[/quote]

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- tartaruga- said...
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- 29 Sep 2008, 11:51
beatport.com has all the releases also available in .wave, but they charge for each file 1usd additional.. highly overpriced!! the physical copy will end up being cheaper :~

[quote][b][user]tartaruga-[/user][/b] said: beatport.com has all the releases also available in .wave, but they charge for each file 1usd additional.. highly overpriced!! the physical copy will end up being cheaper :~[/quote]

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- bootlegbabies said...
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- 21 Mar 2009, 11:44
Another site ...

... http://addictech.com/

Mainly electronic music

[quote][b][user]bootlegbabies[/user][/b] said: ... http://addictech.com/ Mainly electronic music[/quote]

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- fred561 said...
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- 16 Jul 2009, 11:54
i tried www.musicishere.com and was surprised. they also give you wav files. a strange design and a strange collection of artists but they are very good. i googled for Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance. i think they need some promotion.

[quote][b][user]fred561[/user][/b] said: i tried www.musicishere.com and was surprised. they also give you wav files. a strange design and a strange collection of artists but they are very good. i googled for Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance. i think they need some promotion. [/quote]

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- zzzoneDOTnet said...
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- 25 Jul 2009, 19:53
favorite

Hey my favorite one is Boomkat. I tried out all the above.

They get some really cool .flac releases in the independent and electronic/dance areas, and the user interface is great.

http://boomkat.com/downloads/

I am NOT a number.

[quote][b][user]zzzoneDOTnet[/user][/b] said: Hey my favorite one is [b]Boomkat[/b]. I tried out all the above. They get some really cool .flac releases in the independent and electronic/dance areas, and the user interface is great. [b]http://boomkat.com/downloads/[/b][/quote]

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- bootlegbabies said...
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- 7 Aug 2009, 18:08
Something new ...

hey,

I found some new shops, which have a quite good selection:

http://www.junodownload.com/
Offers much music as WAV which can be encoded to FLAC (server side)
Prices are ok but sometimes equal to the physical release (if available)

http://www.djshop.de/
Offers music of some releases as FLAC for a really good price - there are international artists, too

I hope there will be paypal available on boomkat soon ;)

[quote][b][user]bootlegbabies[/user][/b] said: hey, I found some new shops, which have a quite good selection: http://www.junodownload.com/ Offers much music as WAV which can be encoded to FLAC (server side) Prices are ok but sometimes equal to the physical release (if available) http://www.djshop.de/ Offers music of some releases as FLAC for a really good price - there are international artists, too I hope there will be paypal available on boomkat soon ;)[/quote]

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- Realist-st said...
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- 9 Sep 2010, 23:14
MusicZeit - Ambient, Electronic, Atmospheric, Experimental music.

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. - Albert Einstein

[quote][b][user]Realist-st[/user][/b] said: [url=http://www.musiczeit.com/]MusicZeit[/url] - Ambient, Electronic, Atmospheric, Experimental music.[/quote]

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- zzzoneDOTnet said...
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- 17 Sep 2010, 22:47
Re: Something new ...

bootlegbabies said:
hey,...
I hope there will be paypal available on boomkat soon ;)

Boomkat now does PayPal :)

I am NOT a number.

[quote][b][user]zzzoneDOTnet[/user][/b] said: [quote][b][user]bootlegbabies[/user][/b] said: hey,... I hope there will be paypal available on boomkat soon ;)[/quote] Boomkat now does PayPal :)[/quote]

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- Jamie123 said...
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- 11 Nov 2010, 15:57
Boomkat seems pretty good for FLAC.

The thing is though, it just doesn't make any sense to pay £8.99 for a FLAC album when you can buy the CD for £8.93 from Amazon. Prices need to come down for downloads or CDs should probably be more expensive than they are. It just doesn't make sense to a consumer for a digitally distributed album to cost more than something that is manufactured onto a CD including material costs and distribution costs to stores.

[quote][b][user]Jamie123[/user][/b] said: Boomkat seems pretty good for FLAC. The thing is though, it just doesn't make any sense to pay £8.99 for a FLAC album when you can buy the CD for £8.93 from Amazon. Prices need to come down for downloads or CDs should probably be more expensive than they are. It just doesn't make sense to a consumer for a digitally distributed album to cost more than something that is manufactured onto a CD including material costs and distribution costs to stores.[/quote]

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- diedie2 said...
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- 19 Nov 2010, 19:12
https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php

Just discovered it. Has 96Khz/24bit quality of some tracks

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[quote][b][user]diedie2[/user][/b] said: https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php Just discovered it. Has 96Khz/24bit quality of some tracks[/quote]

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- Texbrus said...
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- 19 May 2011, 10:46
http://www.gubemusic.com/ has a great catalogue of jazz, modern jazz and other kind of alternative genres. Flac and 96/24

[quote][b][user]Texbrus[/user][/b] said: http://www.gubemusic.com/ has a great catalogue of jazz, modern jazz and other kind of alternative genres. Flac and 96/24[/quote]

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- fborgesferreira said...
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- 31 May 2011, 17:24
Just tried www.musicishere.com

Hello everyone,

I also gave www.musicishere.com a try and I'm very satisfied. As someone above stated, the design is a little bit weird and old fashioned (reminds me of the origins of internet :) ) but it works pretty good and I've got my songs.

[quote][b][user]fborgesferreira[/user][/b] said: Hello everyone, I also gave www.musicishere.com a try and I'm very satisfied. As someone above stated, the design is a little bit weird and old fashioned (reminds me of the origins of internet :) ) but it works pretty good and I've got my songs. [/quote]

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- ocelost said...
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- 3 Sep 2011, 17:17
bandcamp

I just found another one:

http://bandcamp.com/

This list includes formats supported by various shops:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_music_stores

[quote][b][user]ocelost[/user][/b] said: I just found another one: http://bandcamp.com/ This list includes formats supported by various shops: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_music_stores[/quote]

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