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Written by Brian Crumrine
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Wednesday, 29 March 2006 |
I like online music. I have almost completly abandoned my MP3 collection (11,000) songs ripped from CDs. Having access to hundreds of thousands to millions of songs instantly has really got me spoiled. I haven't purchased a CD in over a year - since I have been using Real Rhapsody. Until recently I been happy with them, recommended to friends, etc. But alas, frequent server outages, application problems, REALLY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, etc. have made me go looking for something new. But I am starting to think that the service I want doesn't exist.
Yahoo Music Unlimited - I believe they purchased or partnered with LaunchCast to create this service. I thought I was going to be really happy with this one until my music browser started crashing every time I run it, tried to contact customer support (they make it difficult) - sent in a question a couple days ago and haven't heard back from them. Their server appears to be really, really slow - I have fast internet connections in the locations where I have tried their service, but I have frequent buffering issues and server timeouts, etc.
Granted, Yahoo's service is in Beta, and I just want something that will work. The interface is almost as nice as Rhapsody's new interface, when I can get it to run. I am more than likely cancelling this service unless they pull a rabbit out of the hat.
Next I am going to try Napster's new offering. Again, it looks promising. We'll see if it can pass the Crumrine test. Stay tuned for my report on Napster |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 02 April 2006 )
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