I like iTunes for buying indvidual songs but for a full album Amazon kicks iTunes butt. New releases are almost always cheaper. Amazon has deals and sales all the time. I am a sucker for the $5 and $2.99 albums as well. I also like that Amazon MP3 gives random free credits ever now and then too. iTunes albums never seen to go under $8. Just wondering what everyone likes better.

I will have to give the edge to Itunes because that site has never let me down and has any song I;m seeking. When it comes to music Amazon reminds me of the online version of FYE-lol

I will have to give the edge to Itunes because that site has never let me down and has any song I;m seeking. When it comes to music Amazon reminds me of the online version of FYE-lol

I miss FYE, ours closed a couple of years ago. I always got good deals there because a lot of what I like was always on clearance.

I miss FYE, ours closed a couple of years ago. I always got good deals there because a lot of what I like was always on clearance.


I wish they would close the FYE down in my neighborhood since it has 2 floors and doesn't have sh^T. lol

I'm supposed to be impressed with two floors when you don't have the DVD's I want?

I prefer Amazon all the way.

I either buy an MP3 single or entire albums on CD.

I just bought L.A. Guns "Cocked and Loaded" but RATT is my favorite band!

I prefer Amazon all the way.

I either buy an MP3 single or entire albums on CD.

I just bought L.A. Guns "Cocked and Loaded" but RATT is my favorite band!


Both offer great deals which is 99 cents for song

Both offer great deals which is 99 cents for song

True but you can't buy CDs on itunes right?

Amazon has all sorts of great deals.

True but you can't buy CDs on itunes right?

Amazon has all sorts of great deals.


Nope Itunes is for dowloading music on your IPOD or Laptop

I wish they would close the FYE down in my neighborhood since it has 2 floors and doesn't have sh^T. lol

I'm supposed to be impressed with two floors when you don't have the DVD's I want?

If your store doesn't have much I bet it doesn't last much longer. From what I remember, all the DVDs at ours were always list price. Who pays full price for a DVD. That is probbably why our store went under.

Our mall used to have a Music Land, Sam Goody, FYE and Suncoast, none of them are there anymore because nobody is going to pay list price.

If your store doesn't have much I bet it doesn't last much longer. From what I remember, all the DVDs at ours were always list price. Who pays full price for a DVD. That is probbably why our store went under.

Our mall used to have a Music Land, Sam Goody, FYE and Suncoast, none of them are there anymore because nobody is going to pay list price.


I worked next to the store for 3 years and couldn't believe it was still in business. I tried to buy Rhoda season 3 and 4 back in June and they only had season 1.

And don't even get me started on the CD's they never had back in 2002 which is why I;m so glad I don't have to worry about that anymore because of Itunes

I worked next to the store for 3 years and couldn't believe it was still in business. I tried to buy Rhoda season 3 and 4 back in June and they only had season 1.

And don't even get me started on the CD's they never had back in 2002 which is why I;m so glad I don't have to worry about that anymore because of Itunes

That is the beauty of the internet, itunes and amazon digital are never out of stock.

Do you ever buy any TV shows on itunes? I only download the free ones. I don't understand paying $25 for a season of a show on iTunes and not getting a box or disc or anything.

That is the beauty of the internet, itunes and amazon digital are never out of stock.

Do you ever buy any TV shows on itunes? I only download the free ones. I don't understand paying $25 for a season of a show on iTunes and not getting a box or disc or anything.


No I wouldn't buy a tv show online because I like to sit back and watch it on my flat screen while eating my favorite snack. That would be too hard with my laptop lol

No I wouldn't buy a tv show online because I like to sit back and watch it on my flat screen while eating my favorite snack. That would be too hard with my laptop lol

We just got an apple TV so we can watch it on our TV and it just isn't the same as popping in a disc-lol It's not as much fun.

Call me old-fashioned, but if I'm going to buy music, I'd rather have a CD. With MP3 or AAC (iTunes' native format) files, you're buying inferior product: lossy music. With CD, you get CD resolution AND you can create your own MP3/AAC files for convenience and portability.

I do buy digital music sometimes, but when I do, I prefer lossless (FLAC, for example). Those files are CD quality or better. And you can convert them to MP3 or AAC for your iPod and still have the original, high-res files.

I'm looking forward to the day when iTunes starts offering music in Apple Lossless.

Call me old-fashioned, but if I'm going to buy music, I'd rather have a CD. With MP3 or AAC (iTunes' native format) files, you're buying inferior product: lossy music. With CD, you get CD resolution AND you can create your own MP3/AAC files for convenience and portability.

I do buy digital music sometimes, but when I do, I prefer lossless (FLAC, for example). Those files are CD quality or better. And you can still convert them to MP3 or AAC for your iPod and still have the original, high-res files.

I'm looking forward to the day when iTunes starts offering music in Apple Lossless.


The downside of all my music being on my computer is I can only listen to it when the computer is on-LOL

Sol, a lot of newer stereo systems have iPod/iPhone inputs. It's worth looking into. :)

Call me old-fashioned, but if I'm going to buy music, I'd rather have a CD. With MP3 or AAC (iTunes' native format) files, you're buying inferior product: lossy music. With CD, you get CD resolution AND you can create your own MP3/AAC files for convenience and portability.

I do buy digital music sometimes, but when I do, I prefer lossless (FLAC, for example). Those files are CD quality or better. And you can convert them to MP3 or AAC for your iPod and still have the original, high-res files.

I'm looking forward to the day when iTunes starts offering music in Apple Lossless.

I honestly can't hear a sound difference between lossy and lossless. I can't hear a difference either when I play the CD in a CD player or after it's ripped to the computer. I rip all my CDs to 256 kbps in the AAC format and they sound great. My music library is 188 GB I can't imagine how big it would be if I didn't compress the files.

It really depends on your system, and/or your speakers. I admit that there are several recordings on which I'm hard-pressed to hear the difference between a well-encoded, high-bitrate lossy file and lossless, but I still feel better knowing I have the "Real McCoy," especially when it comes to future-proofing. Just five years ago, we were all content with our 128 kbps AAC files downloaded from iTunes, but as hard drive space got bigger, 256 became the standard. Who knows where we'll be in another five years? The nice thing about lossless files is that you can easily convert them to any other format.

To me the only real difference I've noticed between iTunes and Amazon is that after purchasing a song on iTunes it automatically puts it in your iTunes library whereas you have to import the ones you buy from Amazon manually.

To me the only real difference I've noticed between iTunes and Amazon is that after purchasing a song on iTunes it automatically puts it in your iTunes library whereas you have to import the ones you buy from Amazon manually.


Yeah I forgot about that so I have to give Itunes the slight edge

There is a setting in Amazon where you can have it go automatically to Amazon or Windows Media Player, just an FYI

There is a setting in Amazon where you can have it go automatically to Amazon or Windows Media Player, just an FYI


I will never forget the time I was looking for a song and it wasn't on Itunes or Amazon


I was so shocked

I will never forget the time I was looking for a song and it wasn't on Itunes or Amazon


I was so shocked

What song was it? Must have been rare.

What song was it? Must have been rare.


Once, Twice, Three Times, by Howard Hewett

Once, Twice, Three Times, by Howard Hewett

iTunes and Amazon both have a live version of it now, but that's it, no studio version or anything.

iTunes and Amazon both have a live version of it now, but that's it, no studio version or anything.


And that was the problem, I didn't want the live version only the studio version.