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In Reply to: RE: there's this thing you apparently haven't heard of posted by mbnx01 on January 16, 2015 at 20:40:12
What you are seeing is sale pricing, probably due to overstocked inventory. Production costs and royalties have already been paid. Download sites also have sales pricing. What matters are prices you actually have to pay to get the music that you like. Also, there is the question of total cost, which means shipping and handling as well (or amortized membership fees for free shipping).
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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I'm afraid you are out of the loop on this subject.Amazon does not charge for shipping on $35 worth orders, it went up last year from $25. No membership fee, unless you want 2 day shipping for items, which costs $80 a year. I never pay shipping from Amazon unless I buy from a third party seller, which is often, because their prices are fantastic that shipping cost still makes it cheaper than a download, if it even available.
Who buys music they don't like? Odd comment.
Edits: 01/17/15
I looked at 44/16 downloads for titles that interested me. I wasted a fair amount of time, only came up with two. One was cheaper as a download, the other from Amazon. This may be a label issue. Both of the higher priced options were more than I usually pay for downloads of 44/16 quality. Of course, one can pay more, even substantially more, for better than CD quality. This only makes sense if you believe (as I do) that the higher resolution sounds better.
If the price is equal, I prefer the download since it saves the effort of ripping (and often tagging for music which is not mainstream, most of my stuff). There is also the space issue.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
I agree with you I prefer a download over a physical product these days..but I can't get beyond the part of me that wants the DL to be cheaper, and it should be IMO.
Of course I believe, as you do, that higher than CD resolution sounds better.
To repeat the Pono store is in a state of flux. It will stabilize.
Just until 3 MONTHS ago, HDtracks search function was pathetic. And that is after 5 year in business.
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