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Deutsche Grammophon are selling all their music online. No DRM! 320kbps MP3s! Which means you have bloody excellent sounding music (what's iTunes default offering? 160kbps?) on any of your devices that you can store as you choose (without resorting to bullshit routines like burning stuff to CD, unless you want), without being locked into proprietary software to load it onto your device. 10 euros per CD on average is a pretty good deal too (at that quality). You can also buy per track (€ 1.29) or per work (which is still priced per track, but downloadable in one swodge).
Other grooviness is that the CD downloads also come with a PDF booklet. They're also rereleasing 600 out-of-print CDs as downloads. How fab. The site is has a nice clean design, and is nice and clear with what you're purchasing. You can listen to excellent quality 2 minute previews of the tracks (they've definitely taken a leaf out of Magnatune's book, although not quite as far as being able to preview the entire track). I do like the flexibility you get with purchasing either track/CD/work, and that high-quality NON-DRM'd download is bloody fantastic.
*squee!*
Now I can start replacing some of the classical music I've managed to lose since my teenage years. DG doesn't have the best of everything, but there is plenty of good stuff that they do have.
Other grooviness is that the CD downloads also come with a PDF booklet. They're also rereleasing 600 out-of-print CDs as downloads. How fab. The site is has a nice clean design, and is nice and clear with what you're purchasing. You can listen to excellent quality 2 minute previews of the tracks (they've definitely taken a leaf out of Magnatune's book, although not quite as far as being able to preview the entire track). I do like the flexibility you get with purchasing either track/CD/work, and that high-quality NON-DRM'd download is bloody fantastic.
*squee!*
Now I can start replacing some of the classical music I've managed to lose since my teenage years. DG doesn't have the best of everything, but there is plenty of good stuff that they do have.
