Overview: The "hotest" service in early 2007 is eMusic. This is an awesome service that has two major benefits. One is that they are 100% compatible with any mp3 player including iPod and compatible with MACs. Another is that their free trial allows you to download and keep any 25 songs at no cost.
Membership Price:
$0.33 - 0.99 per Song (Free Trial)
Payment Type:
Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Disc.
Operating Systems:
Windows, Mac, Linux
Refund Policy:
100% Satisfaction Guarantee
File Selection: Of the 250 songs I searched for, I had a 100 percent success rate on eMusic.
My search consisted of multiple genres including rock, hip hop, heavy metal, punk, country, gospel, classical, pop, jazz, "hard-to-finds", & modern music. I was also able to find many "local bands", that haven't made it big.
Download Speed: Although the website loaded slightly slower that some of its competition due to the flash technology, I was surprised how fast the download speeds were on their client.
Expect significant slowing if you are using dialup connectivity.
Sound Quality: After downloading over 250 songs, I have concluded that eMusic has exceptional sound quality. I burned several cds for the car, and downloaded mp3 files on iPod for my workout mix. Yes, eMusic is compatible with your iPod and almost every other MP3 player.
I was very impressed with the clarity & overall sound quality of the music. The quality of the music was so good that I was able to adjust the treble and bass settings to my taste.
Customer Service: The Customer Service team at eMusic were very helpful and courteous, answering all of
my questions thoroughly, and in a timely manner.
Ease of Use: eMusic has a very cool website with an advanced (and simplified)
sales process and they offer cutting-edge software that
makes downloading your favorite high-quality music a breeze. The 25 free songs are a great bonus.
Their client is very user friendly, and allows multiple searches at the same time. With their superb customer service, and interactive tools, downloading was extremely easy.
Software Compatibility: AllCoolMusic offers software for most versions of Windows (95, 98, ME,
NT, 2000 and XP), as well as Mac (OS X and Classic) and
Linux.
Exchange/Refund Policy: AllCoolMusic is
one of the few services that offers (and honors) a 100%
customer satisfaction guarantee.
The "hotest" service in early 2007 is eMusic. This is an awesome service that has two major benefits. One is that they are 100% compatible with any mp3 player including iPod and compatible with MACs. Another is that their free trial allows you to download and keep any 25 songs at no cost.
This site offers unlimited access to 2 million cd quality files including all of the biggest artists, and most of those "hard to find" favorites. My overall experience was GREAT! You pay for each download on Yahoo!, but the site has all the music you could ever want AND you know you are helping the Artists.
A great service that is limited geographically to the United States. Real Rhapsody created an easy, fast and secure music downloading environment. This service is great and they offer some other added
benefits including their free 14 day trial.
eMusic continues to be "hot" in LEGAL music downloading. This is an awesome service that has two major benefits. One is that they are 100% compatible with any mp3 player including iPod and compatible with MACs. Another is that their free trial allows you to download and keep any 25 songs at no cost.
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