soulseek gone to shit? | xltronic messageboard
 
You are not logged in!

F.A.Q
Log in

Register
  
 
  
 
Now online (1)
big
...and 390 guests

Last 5 registered
Oplandisks
nothingstar
N_loop
yipe
foxtrotromeo

Browse members...
  
 
Members 8025
Messages 2614130
Today 2
Topics 127542
  
 
Messageboard index
soulseek gone to shit?
 

offline xf from Australia on 2003-08-10 07:18 [#00816330]
Points: 2952 Status: Lurker



is it just me or the quality of the rips on soulseek these
days diminished incredibly?

isle's included in this statement, unfortunately.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-10 07:20 [#00816334]
Points: 23472 Status: Lurker



I don't even botherr with it now to tell the trruth, I have
not had it forr a long time. I'm just sick of shite MP3's
[fullstop]


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-08-10 07:46 [#00816363]
Points: 16065 Status: Regular



soulseek is going to shit, yes

but i dont care, it crashes every 10 minutes.


 

offline WeaklingChild from Glasgow (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-10 07:48 [#00816365]
Points: 3354 Status: Lurker



i dont mind it...


 

offline xf from Australia on 2003-08-10 07:53 [#00816377]
Points: 2952 Status: Lurker



herm, any other apps people recommend?


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-08-10 07:54 [#00816380]
Points: 27795 Status: Regular



i recommend you stop moaning about the quality of free music
you are stealing


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-10 07:57 [#00816382]
Points: 23472 Status: Lurker



the not frree music you arre stealing.


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2003-08-10 07:57 [#00816383]
Points: 12426 Status: Regular | Followup to earthleakage: #00816380



I totally agree with that.

It's not like you're paying for this program.


 

offline xf from Australia on 2003-08-10 08:04 [#00816394]
Points: 2952 Status: Lurker



i'm moaning?

i buy a lot of the albums i download; i guess the quality
being shit kind of encourages me, i guess. just sucks how
soulseek used to be such a cool p2p application, with such
high quality mp3's, and its getting to the point as being as
bad as kazaa :(


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-08-10 08:07 [#00816398]
Points: 16065 Status: Regular



hahah kazaa is infinitly worse

i agree tho, it feels like stealing.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-10 08:08 [#00816401]
Points: 23472 Status: Lurker



It does not feel like stealing to me, I spend shit loads of
money on CD's. And some of them arre shit but therre is no
'this is shit' label on it.

14 pound forr a CD seems like stealing to me.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-10 08:10 [#00816404]
Points: 23472 Status: Lurker



Yeah.. I have spend morre money on CDs. Much morre than the
total cost of the MP3's I have owned. I see it as taking a
bit of that 14quid back.


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2003-08-10 08:13 [#00816407]
Points: 2670 Status: Lurker



I think many people have downloaded more than they actually
listen to so they don't even know they have a bad rip...


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-08-10 08:14 [#00816410]
Points: 16065 Status: Regular | Followup to Anus_Presley: #00816401



14 £?? that was a double cd i assume?


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-10 08:15 [#00816412]
Points: 23472 Status: Lurker | Followup to JAroen: #00816410



No way man, not in HMV. If you want IDM and not charrt stuff
in generral some CDs stay at 16 pound.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-08-10 08:26 [#00816420]
Points: 16065 Status: Regular



hahahhaha.

no.

thank god for warpmart. 9-11 pound for a cd is not too bad,
imo


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2003-08-10 08:33 [#00816425]
Points: 11512 Status: Lurker



I'm sick of people complaining (nobody here does it I think)
about how cheap it is to make a CD, and how expensive CD's
are. For fucks sake, you're not paying for the CD, you're
paying for the music ON THE CD.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-08-10 08:35 [#00816426]
Points: 23472 Status: Lurker | Followup to DJ Xammax: #00816425



So why can some shops charrge you 10squid and otherrs
charrge 16squid.

But I agrree, the 'CD's only cost 50pence to prroduce
arrgument is shite'



 

offline Rambling Madman from the future (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-10 08:38 [#00816427]
Points: 1492 Status: Regular



I don't feel bad about d/l music, I pay money to be
connected to the net just like I pay for a TV license. Would
I feel bad about taping films or music from TV?....No, it is
encouraged & not at all frowned upon. Just because we are
cutting out the middle man (Government & thier taxes etc) &
doing it for ourselves. I say more power to the people!!!!!
;p


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2003-08-10 08:47 [#00816429]
Points: 2670 Status: Lurker | Followup to Rambling Madman: #00816427



"Would I feel bad about taping films or music from
TV?....No, it is encouraged & not at all frowned upon."

yes but it would be unethical to skip the commercials
because that's where program makers get their money from...
so you must watch the commercials :)


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2003-08-10 08:48 [#00816431]
Points: 2670 Status: Lurker | Followup to Rambling Madman: #00816427



"Would I feel bad about taping films or music from
TV?....No, it is encouraged & not at all frowned upon."

yes but it would be unethical to skip the commercials
because that's where program makers get their money from...
so you must watch the commercials :)


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-08-10 08:51 [#00816435]
Points: 27795 Status: Regular



i must watch the commercials...


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-08-10 08:52 [#00816437]
Points: 27795 Status: Regular



i must watch the commercials...


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-08-10 08:53 [#00816438]
Points: 27795 Status: Regular



i think ive been hypnotized...


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-08-10 08:54 [#00816439]
Points: 16065 Status: Regular



you bunch o phlappy's...


 

offline Rambling Madman from the future (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-10 08:54 [#00816440]
Points: 1492 Status: Regular | Followup to Laserbeak: #00816429



Pop-ups are like the internet equivalent of a commercail.
Microsoft should raise the price of pop-ups, that would stop
the swine ;)


 

offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2003-08-10 09:21 [#00816448]
Points: 11010 Status: Lurker



128K is enuogh for me.


 

offline mashnote from mol (Belgium) on 2003-08-10 13:09 [#00816604]
Points: 1098 Status: Lurker



talkin' about slsk, what are your nicknames ? so i can score
some good, reliable shit (?)



 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2003-08-10 13:23 [#00816615]
Points: 3476 Status: Regular | Followup to Rambling Madman: #00816427



"we are
cutting out the middle man (Government & thier taxes etc)"

a LOT more of the money you spend on a CD goes to businesses
than to the government
its not like gasoline


 

offline aquagak from Berlin (Germany) on 2003-08-10 13:23 [#00816616]
Points: 4397 Status: Regular



aquagak

but i only share live sets, cd covers, videos and
interviews....not albums


 

offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2003-08-10 14:07 [#00816661]
Points: 11010 Status: Lurker



Monoid obviously, Ill add you to my list if you ask nicley


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-08-10 21:25 [#00816940]
Points: 47414 Status: Moderator | Followup to Rambling Madman: #00816427



well, actually, you do pay a small amount of money for
copyright reasons for each tape that you buy.

this isn't true for cd-r's up till now.


 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2003-08-10 22:22 [#00816969]
Points: 3436 Status: Lurker



The only time I have trouble with soulseek is when the
server is down. The program itself never gives me trouble.
I have noticed lots more 128kbs mp3's showing up. Prolly
from former kazaa users. Queues are longer now too. I have
banned many people today alone for eithor not sharing
anything, queueing way to many files, or both. And I do not
consider myself a thief. I am buying more cd's now because
of p2p than I was before. Now when I buy a cd I already
know if I'm gonna like it. No one wants to spend $15 on
something they may not even like. I feel it is my right to
hear it first. It's true I would never buy some things I
have in mp3 and won't delete the mp3's. Simply because it
may be good music, but not good enough to buy even if I
could hear it no other way. So is it stealing if I wouldn't
buy it regardless of my ability to download it? I've bought
my share of cd's and plan to buy more. If anyone wants to
seriously accuse me of being a thief then go right ahead and
be part of thje problem. I'm done now...


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2003-08-10 22:25 [#00816972]
Points: 9601 Status: Lurker



i still need to get soulseek....

actually, a college did a study about a year ago on music
downloading, and the results showed that it didn't affect
record sales negatively - it actually BOOSTED record sales.


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2003-08-10 22:53 [#00816988]
Points: 9601 Status: Lurker



*1400


 

offline handoverthecart on 2003-08-10 23:14 [#00816994]
Points: 2017 Status: Lurker



It seems to me if you are downloading only to preview music,
a 128 kbps mp3 would be enough for you to decide whether or
not to buy. I mean, a lot of online stores just have lo-fi
streaming and that is enough for me. But I can't really
tell differences in sound quality very easily I guess.


 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2003-08-10 23:17 [#00816996]
Points: 3436 Status: Lurker | Followup to handoverthecart: #00816994



example: IF I download an album and think, "This is good,
but not good enough for me to buy it," then I at least want
a decent quality copy. You never know, it may grow on you
and then you want to buy, perhaps even a year down the road.
128kbs mp3's rarely make anything sound good enough for me
to buy it.


 


Messageboard index