[Ogg Master]

Hello,

This is my first post so please excuse me if this has been discussed before.

The world of music is changing each day with new storage format wars coming (DVD-A) (Blue Ray) etc. The digital download revolution is destroying smaller independent labels as well as dealers and distributors. Meanwhile a new opportunity is being born.....

What do readers think of the possibility of offering downloaded music in a much better sounding format? - created with utmost care to the original recordings, still compressed, yet high quality. I am talking about the Ogg/Vorbis .ogg standard and using only the very best recording and engineering available.

Would any of you pay 50 cents per track including a free software player? Would it be worth our time to make a sample for you?

All the best
Ogg Master

PS The player will play all other formats including Apple AAC etc

[kyrill]

well
so much for interest beyond MP3?

although i prefer the flac format and I have no problem at all in paying 50 cts a track
mp3 is nice for background listening but a real disaster on a good high end setup for serious listening

Is there by now a service on the net to download high quality formats

Even better would be to download tracks not from cd's but from their LP counterparts

[Panelman]

Hello,

This is my first post so please excuse me if this has been discussed before.

The world of music is changing each day with new storage format wars coming (DVD-A) (Blue Ray) etc. The digital download revolution is destroying smaller independent labels as well as dealers and distributors. Meanwhile a new opportunity is being born.....

What do readers think of the possibility of offering downloaded music in a much better sounding format? - created with utmost care to the original recordings, still compressed, yet high quality. I am talking about the Ogg/Vorbis .ogg standard and using only the very best recording and engineering available.

Would any of you pay 50 cents per track including a free software player? Would it be worth our time to make a sample for you?

All the best
Ogg Master

PS The player will play all other formats including Apple AAC etc

Ogg Master

I already download hi quality well recorded music, in FLAC and AIFF from Linn Records, AIX and HD Tracks.  All three of these sites offer high resolution downloads in multiple formats. They are more expensive than 50 cents a track however I think their prices are fair. I  currently use Cog and Toolplayer for players which allow me to stream multiple formats.  I'd be interested in downloading tracks for 50 cents or even more as long as they play on an existing player.

Thanks
Sean

[low.pfile]

I'd be interested in downloading tracks for 50 cents or even more as long as they play on an existing player.
Thanks
Sean

I agree 50c per song ( is about $6US per CD (avg 12 songs))is appealing -even for 44.1/16 so high rez would be sweet.. But being limited to a proprietary player would be a deal breaker for me. and likely others with hundreds CDs+ in their digital music libraries.  And I am on a Mac BTW.

cheers, ed

[Jon L]

What do readers think of the possibility of offering downloaded music in a much better sounding format? - created with utmost care to the original recordings, still compressed, yet high quality. I am talking about the Ogg/Vorbis .ogg standard and using only the very best recording and engineering available.

I personally am NOT interested in anything that's not lossless.  As far as price, I firmly believe around $1/song for Flac, WMA lossless, Apple Lossless is about right.

[kyrill]

i agree fully