What should I use?

[rob h]

I have used winmx, never seems to be what I want available, emule, very slow and kazaa lite, lots of fakes. In the past I have tended to download mainly single tracks or looked up the tracklisting for the album and downloaded the individual tracks, mainly with kazaa lite. I prefer individual tracks as I tend to mix and match on my mp3 player rather than having whole albums. As kazaa is deteriorating I want to change to a better way, which do you think would be best for me? If I download whole albums can I split these up into individual tracks once I have them? I have read some of the topics on here regarding bitorrents but still dont really understand how they work.

[Gripper]

Have a look at Soulseek,easy to use,can d/load singles or albums

[Phil_b52]

i like limewire Pro for downloading individual songs. good speeds > 50 kb/s

[dulcimer]

You have to be very patient with WinMX (even more so now it is running again) same with Emule, but between them you should find anything and everything. I would recomend Ares P2P - but NOT Ares Premium - and Shareaza as good clients. Regarding downloading albums; if an album is listed as "complete" or "wrapped" or similar you'll find that you can't split it up.

[twisterX]

I liked winmx but those SOB's shut it down. It had high bitrate mp3 and i always like that

[shorty427]

soulseek is good for whole albums and scene advance releases
limewire is fast but more jumbled

[Claw787]

I get amazing results with LimeWire PRO 4.9

[ahctlucabbuS]

Soulseek is very good for the rare tracks, and also looks to have a good community if you're into more than just downloading.

I mainly find that DC++ satisfies my needs....

I hear napster is back, you could have a go at that!

[twisterX]

i was gonna say a condum but ares would better suit you.

[Gripper]

Thing I liked about Shareaza is that it included torrents and helped me make the change to Bitcomet

@Vargas thanks for that restriction tip about setting u/loads to 80%,makes a hell of a difference.