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  • kane
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Aug 2001
    • 20684

    #1

    Napster just got cheap/free

    I just saw this and thought it was interesting
    http://gizmodo.com/5259080/napsters-...ming-5-a-month

    Napster just lowered their monthly membership fee down to $5 per month. With that you get full access to all 7 million of their songs and you get 5 DRM free MP3s per month that you can download and keep. You can buy more MP3's at 99 cents each if you want. So basically for the price of 5 songs a month you get the songs to keep and full access to their entire catalog to listen to.

    I might have to check it out. it sounds like a great deal.
  • d-null
    . . .
    • Apr 2007
    • 13724

    #2
    can't you already buy songs for 99cents each at amazon and you don't have to buy any membership?

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    • kane
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Aug 2001
      • 20684

      #3
      Originally posted by d-null
      can't you already buy songs for 99cents each at amazon and you don't have to buy any membership?
      Yep. The difference is you don't also get unlimited listening access to 7 million other songs.

      If you listen to a lot of music on the computer this is a sweet deal.

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      • d-null
        . . .
        • Apr 2007
        • 13724

        #4
        Originally posted by kane
        Yep. The difference is you don't also get unlimited listening access to 7 million other songs.

        If you listen to a lot of music on the computer this is a sweet deal.
        interesting, I didn't know that they had free unlimited streaming access as well

        is the quality good enough to pipe to your home stereo system and not worry about any difference?

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        • kane
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Aug 2001
          • 20684

          #5
          Originally posted by d-null
          interesting, I didn't know that they had free unlimited streaming access as well

          is the quality good enough to pipe to your home stereo system and not worry about any difference?
          I'm not sure if it is or not. I'm going to join the site tonight sometime so I can let you know how it sounds when I do.

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          • d-null
            . . .
            • Apr 2007
            • 13724

            #6
            amazon has free song snippets for mostly everything, cool for finding stuff and jogging your memory

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            • Ayla_SquareTurtle
              Confirmed User
              • Sep 2005
              • 3550

              #7
              Originally posted by d-null
              interesting, I didn't know that they had free unlimited streaming access as well

              is the quality good enough to pipe to your home stereo system and not worry about any difference?
              I've never had a problem running it through my stereo system, but maybe I'm not as picky as some.
              gone. long gone.

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              • HookUPcom
                Confirmed User
                • Sep 2008
                • 1235

                #8
                I've been paying like $13 a month for Napster for about 2 years... I love it. Most of their collection can be downloaded to an MP3 player, but here and their artists don't let you download a song, or a couple songs for free, and try to charge $.99 for those songs... But I just grab the rest of the album. You also just have to make sure you plug in the MP3 player at least once a month, or the license expires.

                Overall, I love it... Now that it's $5 (which I didn't know) that's awesome!

                Oh... I just re-read it... Actually not that impressed with the $5 deal... I'll stick with the overpriced $13 or so.

                Thanks,

                J.
                Last edited by HookUPcom; 05-19-2009, 09:27 PM.
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                • d-null
                  . . .
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 13724

                  #9




                  disclaimer: the above cartoon is not necessarily representative of the moral views of the poster
                  and no such assumptions should be made

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                  • Barefootsies
                    Choice is an Illusion
                    • Feb 2005
                    • 42635

                    #10
                    Originally posted by kane
                    Yep. The difference is you don't also get unlimited listening access to 7 million other songs.

                    If you listen to a lot of music on the computer this is a sweet deal.
                    Sounds like the old Launchcast business model
                    Should You Email Your Members?

                    Link1 | Link2 | Link3

                    Enough Said.

                    "Would you rather live like a king for a year or like a prince forever?"

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                    • Barefootsies
                      Choice is an Illusion
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 42635

                      #11
                      Originally posted by d-null
                      disclaimer: the above cartoon is not necessarily representative of the moral views of the poster
                      and no such assumptions should be made
                      This is GFY. Assumptions are made from your thread titles.

                      Should You Email Your Members?

                      Link1 | Link2 | Link3

                      Enough Said.

                      "Would you rather live like a king for a year or like a prince forever?"

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                      • chodadog
                        Confirmed User
                        • Apr 2002
                        • 9736

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Barefootsies
                        This is GFY. Assumptions are made from your thread titles.

                        You're still talking about that?
                        26 + 6 = 1

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                        • kane
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Aug 2001
                          • 20684

                          #13
                          Originally posted by HookUPcom
                          I've been paying like $13 a month for Napster for about 2 years... I love it. Most of their collection can be downloaded to an MP3 player, but here and their artists don't let you download a song, or a couple songs for free, and try to charge $.99 for those songs... But I just grab the rest of the album. You also just have to make sure you plug in the MP3 player at least once a month, or the license expires.

                          Overall, I love it... Now that it's $5 (which I didn't know) that's awesome!

                          Oh... I just re-read it... Actually not that impressed with the $5 deal... I'll stick with the overpriced $13 or so.

                          Thanks,

                          J.
                          Yeah I don't think the $5 model allows you to put it on your MP3 player, just stream it to your computer. That is fine with me. I have a ton of stuff on my MP3 player I can take when I want to be mobile, this will let me cheaply find new bands and listen to other stuff.

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                          • mynameisjim
                            Confirmed User
                            • Aug 2007
                            • 2985

                            #14
                            I've had napster for years, the $14/month plan is a great deal. I've found so much music I would have never heard any other way. I just load up the new albums every Tuesday onto my playlist and keep what I like.

                            It's actually better than free music or searching on torrents or whatever. For $5/month it's a great way to sample music. Well worth it.
                            Last edited by mynameisjim; 05-19-2009, 11:59 PM.
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                            • seeandsee
                              Check SIG!
                              • Mar 2006
                              • 50945

                              #15
                              Originally posted by d-null




                              disclaimer: the above cartoon is not necessarily representative of the moral views of the poster
                              and no such assumptions should be made


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                              • XX_RydeR
                                Confirmed User
                                • Jun 2004
                                • 2151

                                #16
                                Originally posted by d-null




                                disclaimer: the above cartoon is not necessarily representative of the moral views of the poster
                                and no such assumptions should be made
                                LMAO, too funny.
                                You Dun Goofed!

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                                • voa
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Nov 2006
                                  • 16532

                                  #17
                                  Looking good man, thanks for the link

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