My problem with iTunes is the music you pay for is not the whole but a part. I will not go into file compression and what a mp3 really is at 128 or even 256. If I pay for a song or anything for that matter I would like the whole thing and not a part of it.

I like to see what some say. Everyone is doing it. Cars and so on ipod this and that. iTunes > all and so on.
My problem with ipod is the same as iTunes. It just can’t do anything right. Sure it does a lot but not one thing good. Take that back. It can surf the web like no other.

With Rhapsody you pay for what you get. You know it is renting. I look at iTunes the same way. It is renting music but I have to pay for every last song I care to hear. Renting.. wha..? Easy. Let me hook this sub par 256k mp3 up to my $5,000 NAD amp and hear good sound. It just down right sucks. What choice do I have but to buy a CD. With Rhapsody I can fire it up at work, car, home PC, laptop, phone ect. Sure it is not all great. Sure I can not fire it up on my home amp just as I can’t with iTunes. My point is you pay for what you get.

FYI do you use netflix? It is renting. For $15 a month I could buy 1 DVD a month. Sure buying is better but it will takes years to become better. Invest in w/e makes you happy.

Ever hook up good phones to a iphone or ipod? Not that good. Buy a Cowon if music is that important. Buy a Sony Lifestyle laptop tiny WiFi is what you need. I just can’t find anything a ipod or iphone gives to justify its price tag.

Rhapsody is the way to go so long you understand it is just renting and OK with that.

I hate any store or service that requires you to use their crappy software when all you really want is the song.

Seeing that I use [or used to use] my psp as my main music player itunes was not a choice for me. But now that my psp broke and I’m forced to use my ipod nano [1st gen] I still use rhapsody to buy music but just use itunes to organize my collection.

Rhapsody is awesome. I wish more people would see the benefit of using Rhapsody versus ITunes

Your iPOD will not work with Rhapsody subscription services, however, you don’t need to store your entire collection on your ipod either. I have a 20GB ipod with most of my CDs, but sync my 4GB sansa for rhapsody every week or so. I love it, I completely go with whatever I want every week – I don’t even know what I’m going to put on the Sansa till I start looking in the library. sometimes I just grab every album in the top 10 – no more thinking about money to listent to an album.

By far – Rhapsody is the service for people who like to hear new music all the time. I’ll bet I go through 150 new songs a month – for $15.99 a month. Did I mention it syncs to mention is plays on Tivo, 5 PCs and 3 MP3 players. (You do have to sync the mp3 player at least once a month to keep up the licensing – but that’s not a big deal.)

.89 cents a song to purchase with no buring restrictions if you want to burn a CD.

To me that means a lot.

For the price of one (!) CD a month, I can listen to any/all the music Rhapsody has, on my laptop, which plugs into the Surround in the living room. the Bose radio in the kitchen, the systems in my shop, or the one at the pool….you get the idea!

No one has mentioned “the Rhapsody Player”. I have 3 Sandisk Sansas…they are comparable in size/capacity to the original Ipod nano.
One subscription will allow 3 such devices, and 3 computers to be used.

Cannot say enough positive about Rhapsody!

CDs are so “20th century”!

Ipods/Itunes are for Suckers!!

TRY RHAPSODY!!!

Slacker.com looks pretty cool, but is limited.

I’m wondering if my wife and I can both share one $15/month Rhapsody account.

Also, it looks like artist like the Beatles are missing, and if a quick google search is correct, they’re soon coming to itunes. I wonder what else is missing. Still, it’s way better than the limited limewire songs that i can find. And $15/month is good peace of mind knowing that I’m not doing something illegal.

For music that I do want to own, I would NEVER download it from any service. The sound quality is still superior on CD, but if available, I’ll buy it on high definition DVD-Audio (special player required).

For those times that I am away from the computer, I have a Rhapsody compatible MP3 player, having an AUX in jack on my car stereo, and a Rhapsody compatible network media player on my home stereo. This hardware cost me less than $300.00, including my Shure earbuds (excellent!) and is quite satisfactory for even demanding audiophiles like me.

I will say that Rhapsody’s tech support is limited, but unless you’re completely inept at using a computer, you don’t need them.

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I’m a musician, and when I’m learning a classic tune (fiddle, guitar, mandolin) I can use Rhapsody to pull down 10 or 14 versions of it and pop them into a “woodshedding” playlist that I listen to over and over and learn the tune by hearing all the subtle shadings back to back to back. Rhapsody’s GUI, despite iTunes connection with Apple, is much more intuitive for me. What is simple with Rhapsody is sometimes frustrating with iTunes.

Rhapsody also has a much broader selection of music. If you want to hear what’s on commercial radio, then music selection is on par with both services. But if you are really interested in less commercial styles and genres, Rhapsody is the place to go.

Every once in a while I download iTunes again to see if the user interface has improved, and every time I’m disappointed and I uninstall.

Earlier tonight, I’m downloaded the latest iTunes on my wife’s PC so she can get the one thing she can’t get with Rhapsody: same-day downloads of the American Idol performances. Great marketing by iTunes given the size of that show’s audience. 99 cents to hear half a song. What a gold mine!

Anyway, downloaded it, it still sucks.