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n0nsensical · 12-19-2006, 05:52 AM

I used to listen to it years ago when they had free 128 kbps streams, and it was basically my introduction to electronic music too. I still love electronic music (seems weird to me how there are apparently so many people who like it and then don't), but I've held a "grudge" with DI ever since they downgraded the free streams to 96k, although I seem to have been the only person there who cared. I just feel like it was a bait and switch, like get the site popular with good quality free streams then go for the $$$. The response I got when I brought it up in the forums was basically, there are still free streams, you should be happy with that, blah blah.

I would have had no problem if they just introduced subscription streams at like 160, 192, 225, or whatever, its the fact that they downgraded the free service that indicates an obvious money grab and bothers me. It would be like the TFP adding some new subscription forums as well as making the current member forums subscription only. (and in case anyone might ask, yes I've donated to TFP in the past, not a lot, but probably will again soon, and I also would have been happy donating to DI to keep a free service going, but it's not like they asked as in, "donate or good quality free streams will be going away", they just disappeared) Obviously that might not be much of a business model for the TFP since there aren't that many potential paying customers but DI had them and didn't mind going for them. But I did manage to rip most of the Trance channel stream at 128k while it was still free so I've got a nice archive of it circa 2003 (hmm, that gives me an idea involving a new hard drive and a one-month DI subscription..

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just my 2c, I know nobody's going to agree with me because nobody did when it happened. it's not about the money, in fact I've spent hundreds of dollars on records most of which are either songs I first heard on DI or by artists who I found out about through DI, its just the principle of the thing.

anyway it's nice to see some TFPers interested in electronic music. here are some Really Free stations to check out, if you haven't already:
http://www.philosomatika.com/ Goa/Psytrance
http://somafm.com/
http://afterhoursdjs.org/

12-19-2006, 05:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
n0nsensical Junkie Location: San Francisco	I used to listen to it years ago when they had free 128 kbps streams, and it was basically my introduction to electronic music too. I still love electronic music (seems weird to me how there are apparently so many people who like it and then don't), but I've held a "grudge" with DI ever since they downgraded the free streams to 96k, although I seem to have been the only person there who cared. I just feel like it was a bait and switch, like get the site popular with good quality free streams then go for the $$$. The response I got when I brought it up in the forums was basically, there are still free streams, you should be happy with that, blah blah. I would have had no problem if they just introduced subscription streams at like 160, 192, 225, or whatever, its the fact that they downgraded the free service that indicates an obvious money grab and bothers me. It would be like the TFP adding some new subscription forums as well as making the current member forums subscription only. (and in case anyone might ask, yes I've donated to TFP in the past, not a lot, but probably will again soon, and I also would have been happy donating to DI to keep a free service going, but it's not like they asked as in, "donate or good quality free streams will be going away", they just disappeared) Obviously that might not be much of a business model for the TFP since there aren't that many potential paying customers but DI had them and didn't mind going for them. But I did manage to rip most of the Trance channel stream at 128k while it was still free so I've got a nice archive of it circa 2003 (hmm, that gives me an idea involving a new hard drive and a one-month DI subscription.. ) just my 2c, I know nobody's going to agree with me because nobody did when it happened. it's not about the money, in fact I've spent hundreds of dollars on records most of which are either songs I first heard on DI or by artists who I found out about through DI, its just the principle of the thing. anyway it's nice to see some TFPers interested in electronic music. here are some Really Free stations to check out, if you haven't already: http://www.philosomatika.com/ Goa/Psytrance http://somafm.com/ http://afterhoursdjs.org/ Last edited by n0nsensical; 12-19-2006 at 06:51 AM..