Alex Feinman
Boost this if you still have tunes downloaded from Napster in the original summer of awesome, 2000.
Nov 19 at 3:21pmWeb
Show threadOGJester has movedNov 19
@afeinman like, over a thousand!
Show threadOzzelot Nov 19
@afeinman I was sadly barely a conscious being in those times, but others' memories of them forged my views on media acquisition.
Show threadHenning Paul DC4HPNov 19
@afeinman 128kbit/s IIS codec 😬
Show threadPhillip UptonNov 19

@afeinman @OGjester

What if we had already bought all our music on CD 10 to 15 years earlier?

Show threadAlex FeinmanNov 19
@philsplace I still have those CDs too. Useful for re-ripping everything every so often...
Show threadWooShellNov 20
@afeinman I think the oldest MP3s I've still got around came from AudioGalaxy, years before Napster was a thing. And the reason why they're still around in their awful original quality (like 128kbit Xing codec) is that I was never able to legally acquire them in a better quality (e.g. no longer sold on CD, never ended up in any of the usual MP3 shops.. or simply unidentifiable.)
Fun fact: I got my best music recommendations via mislabelled files in Napster.. discovered whole new genres I liked.