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Hello skunks, this goes specifically to the audiophiles, Im setting up an online music store, and seriously considering lossless as a "niche" factor and one of my selling points. Considering a standard track is about 50MB, would you as a music lover consider buying $1.99 a track? or should i just rip for the 128k mp3 masses... Ive got like 18,000 tracks to start with. Cheers.. -- *“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy”*
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello skunks, this goes specifically to the audiophiles, Im setting up an online music store, and seriously considering lossless as a "niche" factor and one of my selling points. Considering a standard track is about 50MB,
Not a problem anymore, the bandwidth's there.
would you as a music lover consider buying $1.99 a track?
$1.99 for lossless? Absolutely
[....] Ive got like 18,000 tracks to start with.
Or we could work out a deal where we meet at Java Junction and I come with a HDD. Regards, Steve
Or we could work out a deal where we meet at Java Junction and I come
with a HDD. 18k X 1.99 ... come with USD 35,820 and were game. Ill buy the lunch, On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello skunks, this goes specifically to the audiophiles, Im setting up an online music store, and seriously considering lossless as a "niche"
factor
and one of my selling points. Considering a standard track is about 50MB,
Not a problem anymore, the bandwidth's there.
would you as a music lover consider buying $1.99 a track?
$1.99 for lossless? Absolutely
[....] Ive got like 18,000 tracks to start with.
Or we could work out a deal where we meet at Java Junction and I come with a HDD.
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On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Or we could work out a deal where we meet at Java Junction and I come
with a HDD.
18k X 1.99 ... come with USD 35,820 and were game. Ill buy the lunch,
:) LOL!! But seriously, yes I'd buy. BR S
ok, thanks guys. Im still working on the shop experience, most likely ill have the lossless, 312k mp3 and some other smaller sized mp3 as optional extras (that way i dont lock out the ordinary jack), that said, Ill be sure to share the links soon.. probably test some functionality like freebie TOKENS. :-) On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Or we could work out a deal where we meet at Java Junction and I come
with a HDD.
18k X 1.99 ... come with USD 35,820 and were game. Ill buy the lunch,
:) LOL!! But seriously, yes I'd buy.
BR S _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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@Collins, I'd be honoured to stress test your server - see how many simultaneous *cough*free*token*cough* file downloads can run :) On 6/23/12, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
ok, thanks guys. Im still working on the shop experience, most likely ill have the lossless, 312k mp3 and some other smaller sized mp3 as optional extras (that way i dont lock out the ordinary jack), that said, Ill be sure to share the links soon.. probably test some functionality like freebie TOKENS. :-)
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Or we could work out a deal where we meet at Java Junction and I come
with a HDD.
18k X 1.99 ... come with USD 35,820 and were game. Ill buy the lunch,
:) LOL!! But seriously, yes I'd buy.
BR S _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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hahahahaha, well, ill give you as many as you want of the SAME file.... On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Garr Patronas <garr.patronas@gmail.com>wrote:
@Collins, I'd be honoured to stress test your server - see how many simultaneous *cough*free*token*cough* file downloads can run :)
On 6/23/12, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
ok, thanks guys. Im still working on the shop experience, most likely ill have the lossless, 312k mp3 and some other smaller sized mp3 as optional extras (that way i dont lock out the ordinary jack), that said, Ill be sure to share the links soon.. probably test some functionality like freebie TOKENS. :-)
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Or we could work out a deal where we meet at Java Junction and I come
with a HDD.
18k X 1.99 ... come with USD 35,820 and were game. Ill buy the lunch,
:) LOL!! But seriously, yes I'd buy.
BR S _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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Damn you! Another grand plan for world domination foiled! On 6/26/12, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
hahahahaha, well, ill give you as many as you want of the SAME file....
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Garr Patronas <garr.patronas@gmail.com>wrote:
@Collins, I'd be honoured to stress test your server - see how many simultaneous *cough*free*token*cough* file downloads can run :)
On 6/23/12, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
ok, thanks guys. Im still working on the shop experience, most likely ill have the lossless, 312k mp3 and some other smaller sized mp3 as optional extras (that way i dont lock out the ordinary jack), that said, Ill be sure to share the links soon.. probably test some functionality like freebie TOKENS. :-)
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
Or we could work out a deal where we meet at Java Junction and I come
with a HDD.
18k X 1.99 ... come with USD 35,820 and were game. Ill buy the lunch,
:) LOL!! But seriously, yes I'd buy.
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just ask nicely, im sure a rationale can always be created. :-) On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Garr Patronas <garr.patronas@gmail.com>wrote:
Damn you! Another grand plan for world domination foiled!
On 6/26/12, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
hahahahaha, well, ill give you as many as you want of the SAME file....
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Garr Patronas <garr.patronas@gmail.com>wrote:
@Collins, I'd be honoured to stress test your server - see how many simultaneous *cough*free*token*cough* file downloads can run :)
On 6/23/12, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
ok, thanks guys. Im still working on the shop experience, most likely ill have the lossless, 312k mp3 and some other smaller sized mp3 as optional extras (that way i dont lock out the ordinary jack), that said, Ill be sure to share the links soon.. probably test some functionality like freebie TOKENS. :-)
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Or we could work out a deal where we meet at Java Junction and I > come > > with a HDD.
18k X 1.99 ... come with USD 35,820 and were game. Ill buy the lunch,
:) LOL!! But seriously, yes I'd buy.
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Depending on what you offer would be my answer. R Denis On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
Hello skunks, this goes specifically to the audiophiles, Im setting up an online music store, and seriously considering lossless as a "niche" factor and one of my selling points. Considering a standard track is about 50MB, would you as a music lover consider buying $1.99 a track? or should i just rip for the 128k mp3 masses... Ive got like 18,000 tracks to start with.
Cheers..
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The average audiophile species wouldn't mind downloading 50MB for 1 track. Tho i hear that you can achieve slightly better compression with Monkey's Audio (.ape) _______________________________________________ *The value of a prototype is in the education it gives you, * *not in the code it's made of. ** * _______________________________________________ * * 2012/6/23 Denis G. Wahome <dwahome@gmail.com>
Depending on what you offer would be my answer.
R
Denis
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
Hello skunks, this goes specifically to the audiophiles, Im setting up an online music store, and seriously considering lossless as a "niche" factor and one of my selling points. Considering a standard track is about 50MB, would you as a music lover consider buying $1.99 a track? or should i just rip for the 128k mp3 masses... Ive got like 18,000 tracks to start with.
Cheers..
-- *“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy”*
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@collins You might find this post of interest http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/06/the-great-mp3-bitrate-experiment.ht... On Saturday, June 23, 2012, Collins Areba wrote:
Hello skunks, this goes specifically to the audiophiles, Im setting up an online music store, and seriously considering lossless as a "niche" factor and one of my selling points. Considering a standard track is about 50MB, would you as a music lover consider buying $1.99 a track? or should i just rip for the 128k mp3 masses... Ive got like 18,000 tracks to start with.
Cheers..
-- *“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy”*
I have even given up downloading MP3s, unless *they *finally decide to shut down grooveshark.com
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Collins Areba -
Denis G. Wahome -
Dennis Kioko -
Garr Patronas -
James Nzomo -
Rad! -
Steve Muchai