Music downloads?

Posted by: Popeye on 29 August 2013

Hi all

 

I am fairly new to the Naim scene and have myself a unitiqute 2. I wanted to know where I should be downloading my music, as it seams ITunes not the best for quality.

I have looked at Naim music and Linn's but in all honestly a lot of it isn't the sort of stuff I listen to.

Is there anywhere you can recommend to download that has a lot of the Mainstream artists most are familiar with or do I have to put up with ITunes quality?

 

Thanks all 

Posted on: 03 September 2013 by osprey
Originally Posted by Felix H:
... In Finland the library is not accounting and paying a royalty for every CD borrowing transaction. Instead, copying for own use of CD's is covered with the mechanism that I described above, with CDR fees. This is supposed to cover also copying from a friend's CD. 

 

Actually libraries in Finland are also paying fees for the usage of recordings (although not per borrowing transaction) as following (2013):

 

  • 0,097 euro per year per inhabitant of municipality

or

  • based how may recordings has been purchased
    • audio cassette or CD 24€
    • video cassette 58€
    • DVD- or CD ROM 58€

 

source (unfortunately only in Finnish or Swedish): http://www.kopiosto.fi/kopiost...et/fi_FI/korvaukset/

Posted on: 03 September 2013 by osprey
Originally Posted by Iver van de Zand:
Hey Felix,
 
I do not agree with you. I have checked several times with the Library. The told me I am entitled to make 1 copy of a loaned CD for privat use. This is the copy I  use at home. It is forbidden that would share that copy with others.
 
Cheers,
Iver
 
Originally Posted by Felix H:
Originally Posted by Iver van de Zand:

Hi Popeye,

 

for me an important source is the public library. Here in Belgium, one can loan CD's from te public library. It is entitled to rip 1 copy for personal use only. 

 

Iver

I'm afraid you're a pirate Iver. 

 

 

Hi Iver,

 

It is legal also in Finland to make a copy of library loan for private use if it is not copy protected (the break of that is not allowed i.e. is illegal). It is also said that it is possible to take copies for the immediate family members also (but again only for private use). So the copy amount here is not restricted to only 1 piece.

 

Below a couple of extracts of the Finnish copyright law:

 

Section 12 (24.3.1995/446)
(1) Anyone may make single copies for his private use of a work that has been made public. The copies thus made may not be used for other purposes.
(2) It is also permitted to have copies made by a third party for the private use of the party ordering the copies.
(3) The provisions of subsection 2 shall not apply to the reproduction of musical works,
cinematographic works, utility articles or sculptures, or the reproduction of any other work of art by artistic means.
(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a computer-readable computer program, to the making of a computer-readable copy of a computer-readable database, or to the construction of a work of architecture. (3.4.1998/250)

 

Section 50a (14.10.2005/821)
(1) An effective technological measure protecting a work protected under this Act, which has been installed as protection for the work by the author or some other person with the author's permission in making the work available to the public, shall not be circumvented.

 

 

Posted on: 03 September 2013 by Felix H

Thanks Osprey - I checked that hard disk link that you provided and yes: We have now a fee on all hard disks, which goes to the copyright authorities. So I stand corrected and we're covered - let's go copy the library CD's! 

 

Posted on: 03 September 2013 by osprey
Originally Posted by Felix H:

Thanks Osprey - I checked that hard disk link that you provided and yes: We have now a fee on all hard disks, which goes to the copyright authorities. So I stand corrected and we're covered - let's go copy the library CD's! 

 

 

Felix you're welcome. I had to check this matter myself since I occasionally copy a library CD (mainly those items which I cannot find for sale in local record stores). 

Posted on: 04 September 2013 by nocker
Originally Posted by Richard Dane:

Yes, buying a CD or DVD-A - sometimes for pennies - and then ripping it ( for CDs use a Unitiserve, HDX, or alternatively use EAC or DBpoweramp on your computer) seems the best way right now for best quality and lowest cost.  Just make sure you keep the CD somewhere safe though.

Richard are you saying that if you download a low quality album then burn it to a CDR then rip to the HDX then the quality will improve?

sorry for the dumb question. 

Posted on: 04 September 2013 by hungryhalibut

No, that would require magic! Richard means buy the CD and rip it. You can get loads of CDs for 1p on Amazon. I've bought quite a few - the cases are often a bit dodgy, but so long as it rips with no errors, who cares?

Posted on: 04 September 2013 by nocker
Thank you HH...it was a dumb question from me!