Lossless fans: where do you get your lossless music from??

[arvind_sampath]

What are the best sources of lossless music around...where do you find the most music for your lossless collection...any good places to find rare music in lossless formats?

cheers! :D

[YoYoY]

check Waffles.fm it have alot of lossless content

[Xhester]

BTMusic :)

[Skiz]

It's everywhere these days.

No longer a rare format, you can find it on numerous bittorrent trackers and newsgroups.

[Hiccup]

How about any rapidshare places?

[dedro]

How about any rapidshare places?

i have been looking for a rs forum that has a lot of flac also. anybody know of any?:)

[Rentos]

A popular one is www.hqshare.net (http://www.hqshare.net). A lossless music site with one click host would be great to know, although rapidshare go crazy with his captchas nowadays.


An english forum with a lossless section http://club-trance.net/board/index.php (http://club-trance.net/board/index.php)

I know some russian sites too for someone who cares.

A russian forum with very good lossless trance music http://www.dancegalaxy.net/forums/forum92.html.

Another russian forum with a lossless trance music section http://trancemotion.net/forum/index.php?showforum=25 (http://trancemotion.net/forum/index.php?showforum=25)

A russian site again but with random lossless music http://tags.nnm.ru/lossless (http://tags.nnm.ru/lossless)

A russian site with lossless music section http://friends-forum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=121


THE LIFE IS TOO SHORT FOR LOSSY MUSIC !

[LvrPool]

Hopefully e****

[arvind_sampath]

@skizo

hi there! yes, that's right...it's no longer uncommon to see lossless music on numerous trackers and music blogs as well.

what i was wondering, was whether there are any exclusive lossless trackers/ music blogs/ any other 100% lossless sources, which carry music you usually don't see in lossless formats, like oldies, traditional music, world, or any other rare music. most of the lossless stuff i'm seeing is usually classical music, there is lots of jazz, rock and other mainstream or "cult" genres...i am trying to figure out if there are similar places for rarer genres.

@rentnos

hey there! thanks for the links! do any of those sites carry music from the rarer, less popular music genres that i've mentioned at the beginning of this post? if they do, i will like to check them out! also, if they don't, and you know any other that do, feel free to pass on the links! cheers! :D

[Skiz]

There are a couple of exclusive trackers.

Exig0 (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/p-what-invites-worth-with-reviews-and-ratings-post2131077/postcount4925) being the best (very tough to gain access, but worth the effort) and Pedro's BT Music (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/p-what-invites-worth-with-reviews-and-ratings-post1873169/postcount2157) (relatively easy to obtain) being a close second (IMO). Both offer exclusively lossless content, 99% being in Flac format.

You also have trackers such Waffles (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/p-what-trackers-worth-with-reviews-and-ratings-post2390114/postcount8374) and What (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/p-tracker-reviews-post2390067/postcount132) which offer a high number of Flac albums, though be certain to verify any rip you snatch as I've found numerous albums there which couldn't be verified and thus, I trashed them.

Music blogs? No idea.

Newsgroups has quite a bit. Not sure if you're acclimated with them but you could use a Usenet search engine (http://www.google.com/search?q=usenet+search+engines&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) to see if you find it worth learning (http://www.newzleech.com/usenet/?group=&minage=&age=&min=min&max=max&q=flac&mode=usenet&adv=).

[arvind_sampath]

hey skizo!

thanks for the newsgroup search engine links...i've been playing around with alt.binz for a couple of days now, and being so new, haven't really been able to find anything to my liking. but these links seem to have a lot more lossless than i've been coming across, so i'll explore them.

@skizo:

also, you talk about running a check through the downloaded files...is checking them with an antivirus software like McAfee enough, or are you talking about some kind of more refined or specialized checking...sorry if the question is a little too basic...i am quite a newbie when it comes to these things!

[Skiz]

also, you talk about running a check through the downloaded files...is checking them with an antivirus software like McAfee enough, or are you talking about some kind of more refined or specialized checking...sorry if the question is a little too basic...i am quite a newbie when it comes to these things!

No, not antivirus. There are methods to verify whether a Flac rip is indeed Flac, or a trans-code. It's a bit over your current knowledge it sounds, so no need to bother. Leave that to the experts. :P

[Quarter]

What.cd is a great source for Lossless.

[Annoyed]

I get my lossless pretty much exclusively from BTmusic(I would be using E also if I had it, of course). I trust and love their quality control. Actually, I check BTmusic first whenever I want a new album. And if they don't have it, then I'll go to What/Waffles to see if they have it in lossless.

[arvind_sampath]

ok..this is a bit off the topic, and i posted an entire new thread for it in the music section which no one responded to, so i'm just going to try it here: what do you think lies in the future for lossless formats? i was just thinking...here we are, with thousands of albums in lossless formats, and isn't it a little strange that we have to always come back to our computers to listen to them?
which brings me to my main question. do you think anyone's doing anything about it even as we write this, and is there any chance that we'll get to play this music on our hi-fis and dvd players anytime soon? would be nice, don't you think? :)

[Skiz]

ok..this is a bit off the topic, and i posted an entire new thread for it in the music section which no one responded to, so i'm just going to try it here: what do you think lies in the future for lossless formats? i was just thinking...here we are, with thousands of albums in lossless formats, and isn't it a little strange that we have to always come back to our computers to listen to them?
which brings me to my main question. do you think anyone's doing anything about it even as we write this, and is there any chance that we'll get to play this music on our hi-fis and dvd players anytime soon? would be nice, don't you think? :)

Just use the CUE file for what it's made for: Burn an exact copy.

Use the CUE sheet in conjunction with Nero to burn the Flac files onto a CD and have an exact copy. That way, you'll have the exact same quality as if it were a purchased disc. :)

[arvind_sampath]

thanks skizo! that's settled then.

[ceasar]

Tracker synclub - around 5500 releases of electronic alllossless.

[thewizeard]

I create/rip them myself using Foobar

[Ghostbusters]

Pedros BTMusic, What.cd & Waffles are all a fantastic source for FLAC...

[fisherman]

I use BTMusic for my source and I must say it's one hell of a tracker :yup:

[antonii]

Softmp3 !;-]

[Skiz]

Softmp3 !;-]

That isn't a lossless only tracker.

[J-dye]

IMHO lossless music is just a waste of hdd space .

download dts 5.1 music instead , you can atleast experience the surround sound :)

[lolapa]

What.cd

[ElitUser]

Try with waffles

[thewizeard]

IMHO lossless music is just a waste of hdd space .

download dts 5.1 music instead , you can atleast experience the surround sound :)

In fact, with Broadband and unlimited data, " enormous" external hard disks, who needs lossless, just make an exact copy ( not EAC) :)

[Skiz]

What.cd

Again... not a lossless only tracker.


Try with waffles

Are you people even reading the question? :frusty:

[Tokeman]

I use BTMusic for my source and I must say it's one hell of a tracker :yup:

Pedros FTW!
And, its flac only :cool:

[antonii]

softmp3 ;-] and of course e**** :P