Amazon MP3 announced they are offering "Earth's biggest selection of a la carte, DRM-free MP3 music downloads"! That's quite a claim considering that Earth is a fairly big place... But, with over 2 million songs, more than 180,000 artists, and over 20,000 major and independent labels they must be at least near the top of online music providers.
Amazon MP3 complements Amazon.com's existing selection of over 1 million CDs to offer more selection of physical and digital music than any other retailer. Every song and album on Amazon MP3 is available exclusively in MP3 format, without Digital Rights Management (DRM) software. This means that Amazon MP3 customers are free to enjoy their music downloads using any hardware device, organize their music using any music management application, and burn songs to CDs.
DRM has been an obstacle to many users who want to purchase their music online, but were cautious of the music player restrictions caused by implementing Digital Rights Management. Amazon has taken a major step to relieve those restrictions. These songs can be played on ANY MP3 compatible device, which basically includes almost ALL music players!
At Amazon MP3 most songs are priced from 89 cents to 99 cents each, with more than 1 million of the 2 million songs priced at 89 cents. The top 100 best-selling songs are 89 cents (unless marked otherwise). Most albums are priced from $5.99 to $9.99. The top 100 best-selling albums are $8.99 or less (unless marked otherwise).
Every song on Amazon MP3 is encoded at 256 kilobits per second, which gives you high audio quality at a manageable file size of approximately 6meg depending on the song length. Songs recorded at 128 kilobits per second are more common and have a file size of around 3-4meg. However, the quality difference between 128 and 256 is substantial for music lovers. With songs encoded at 256 kilobits per second, you can definitely hear the difference in high frequency audio! Sounds made by instruments like cymbals, keyboards, flutes, and others have much more clarity and definition and will push your tweeters to the limit!
This service offering is a win for most music lovers! Low price, quality audio, and a large selection make Amazon MP3 a great choice for downloading music files!
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