http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/12/03/amazon-launches-uk-mp3-store-with-bargain-prices/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/12/03/amazon-launches-uk-mp3-store-with-bargain-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-159041 Stephen Wright Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:37:03 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/12/03/amazon-launches-uk-mp3-store-with-bargain-prices/#comment-159041 I have been using the Amazon UK download site for a while, and although I have in the main found it easy to use, there are one or two small-ish issues that need addressing. Despite the fanfare, not all of the tracks on Amazon are encoded at 256kbps, and when I contacted them regarding this I was told that 'in the small print' it states that 256 is only available 'where possible'. Secondly, another irritation that I have come across is that some tracks are 'clipped'. Not clipped as in overmodulated, but the leading edge of the first note is cut off. Only a small issue for most people you might think, but if Amazon is going to try to attract customers with a higher encoding rate, the people that CAN tell the difference between 128 and 256 will certainly notice that the beginning of the track is chopped off! Again, when I conveyed this view to Amazon, I was just given an offhand reply, which was not what I wanted to hear. If anyone from Amazon or anyone responsible for loading music for download from the Amazon site needs someone to show them how to do it properly, please get in touch! I have been using the Amazon UK download site for a while, and although I have in the main found it easy to use, there are one or two small-ish issues that need addressing.
Despite the fanfare, not all of the tracks on Amazon are encoded at 256kbps, and when I contacted them regarding this I was told that ‘in the small print’ it states that 256 is only available ‘where possible’.
Secondly, another irritation that I have come across is that some tracks are ‘clipped’. Not clipped as in overmodulated, but the leading edge of the first note is cut off. Only a small issue for most people you might think, but if Amazon is going to try to attract customers with a higher encoding rate, the people that CAN tell the difference between 128 and 256 will certainly notice that the beginning of the track is chopped off!
Again, when I conveyed this view to Amazon, I was just given an offhand reply, which was not what I wanted to hear.
If anyone from Amazon or anyone responsible for loading music for download from the Amazon site needs someone to show them how to do it properly, please get in touch!

]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/12/03/amazon-launches-uk-mp3-store-with-bargain-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-150557 mrsverdantgreen Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:09:15 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/12/03/amazon-launches-uk-mp3-store-with-bargain-prices/#comment-150557 I hope customers in the U.S. can buy from the UK MP3 store! I hope customers in the U.S. can buy from the UK MP3 store!

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