The Pirate Bay founders sentenced to prison.

[133MHz]

Yeah, they usually sound horrible and at maximum volume, they can be really disturbing.

[nintendodork]

Yeah, I know most people can't tell the difference.  Younger generations even seem to *prefer* the overly-compressed sound:

http://www.audioholics.com/news/industry-news/kids-prefer-poor-quality-mp3

That sounds pretty spot on with most of my friends.  I can't stand low quality, muffled, music that I get off of Limewire, though.  If I get a track that sounds muffled or something, I just delete it.  I will agree that music on a burned CD sounds worse, but like Manuel said, it's really our only option.  I hate pop music, mainly because of the overall sound, and because of the lack of all the good stuff I'm sort of an audiophile, my laptop has subwoofers, I have Bose earbuds, as well as over-the-ear headphones.
It just sucks that iTunes record companies are starting to ask for more money for their good-quality music.

Also, that picture made me laugh.

[LocalToast]

Well unless you're part of a private tracker you're probably going to run into crappy 128kbps songs all the time, anyway. Or, you could just, y'know, BUY some music and rip it lossless yourself.

[nintendodork]

Yeah, I buy my music most of the time, but if I happen to have low funds in my iTunes account, which isn't very often, I resort to Limewire.

[LocalToast]

I can't stand iTunes, so when it comes to legally acquiring music (particularly rare music), it's rather challenging to do so legally. Even with iTunes you can't always find what you want. It's hard to support unknown/foreign groups if it's hard to get their music.

I got a $15 iTunes gift card for my birthday and I don't know what to do with it.

[nintendodork]

Email the code to me

I hate that iTunes doesn't always get the full album.  They're missing three songs from Dethklok's album

[Rogles]

DON'T USE ITUNES, THEN. Even if you want to acquire music legally, there are other ways to do it online.

[nintendodork]

The question is...do they have the same quality as iTunes?

[manuel]

Many outlets offer very good quality these days, but there are a lot of black sheep, too of course.

[Jedi Master Baiter]

This may eventually form into it's own thread...but...I hate how iTunes is now charging more/less money based on a song's popularity It's stupid.

I noticed this on Amazon as well.  The Pretender by Foo Fighters costs 1.29. Screw that.

[japanfreak]

Is it illegal to download orchestral game music if there isnt a CD of it? O_o

[UglyJoe]

Yes, yes it is.  Somebody owns the rights to release the music and have chosen to not (yet) do so.  That does not give you the right to download it.

[japanfreak]

But what do I need to do then? O_O I JUST WANT MY FAV MUSIC!

[UglyJoe]

Just download it illegally

[FamicomFreak]

I never used or heard about it....I wonder how good it was.