[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by jlp

If, as I understand it Janus DRM is time locked, based on you renewing your subscription forever (and that means ALL your descendants if they want to keep your music, like you could keep your grand parents LPs), there is nothing interesting about that!!

It is just that if I read correctly. The model is fundamentally different than the current CD-purchasing model. It's more like a subscription to the radio station of your own composing. I'm not saying it's for everyone, and in fact Steve Jobs has decisively nixed the idea. But if it was only a few bucks a month, it'd be a great way to discover new music.

Originally Posted by baralong

I must have bad ears, or low standards. I have a heap of MP3s ripped of CD at 128 and it's fine for me.

No two people's ears are the same -- you might hear things I don't, and vice-versa. Speaker quality also makes a difference. But in my case, I can hear certain pieces at 128kbps that actually sound harsh to me. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse... :lol:

(It's worth pointing out, incidentally, that I didn't notice it at first, but after extended listening to music at 160kbps I started noticing what I was missing, and now I can't go back.)

--janak

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by jlp

If, as I understand it Janus DRM is time locked, based on you renewing your subscription forever (and that means ALL your descendants if they want to keep your music, like you could keep your grand parents LPs), there is nothing interesting about that!!

It is just that if I read correctly. The model is fundamentally different than the current CD-purchasing model. It's more like a subscription to the radio station of your own composing. I'm not saying it's for everyone, and in fact Steve Jobs has decisively nixed the idea. But if it was only a few bucks a month, it'd be a great way to discover new music.

Originally Posted by baralong

I must have bad ears, or low standards. I have a heap of MP3s ripped of CD at 128 and it's fine for me.

No two people's ears are the same -- you might hear things I don't, and vice-versa. Speaker quality also makes a difference. But in my case, I can hear certain pieces at 128kbps that actually sound harsh to me. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse... :lol:

(It's worth pointing out, incidentally, that I didn't notice it at first, but after extended listening to music at 160kbps I started noticing what I was missing, and now I can't go back.)

--janak

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by jlp

If, as I understand it Janus DRM is time locked, based on you renewing your subscription forever (and that means ALL your descendants if they want to keep your music, like you could keep your grand parents LPs), there is nothing interesting about that!!

Are you that angry about the fact that your descendants don't get to keep books that you've read from the library? Same concept. ;-) You can't think of it as owning the music, you're getting a subscription. Cable TV, renting DVDs - it's all the same basic concept.