On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:18:43 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:05:25 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:39:01 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

12:48
On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:27:40 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Yeah, I don't download "torrents" or music/video files from usenet
sources.
This is mostly kids "sharing" large files, mostly pirated.
I was never happy with the software they want you to load.
These days most music is on Youtube anyway. Movies show up on Amazon
or Netflix pretty fast
.......

Music I usually go to Grooveshark, AOL radio, or some 'underground' station..

A lot depends on exactly what you are looking for. There is some
obscure "ripped from vinyl" stuff you will only find on the usenet
binary groups. You can usually find very good rips on Amazon of things
with commercial value. If you just want "radio" grade music with any
popular following, it is usually on you tube. The actual quality will
vary on that. It seems fine for playing in the car or out by the pool.
If you actually have an engineered listening room, a real good system
and good ears, there are probably unacceptable defects in that stream
but I am OK with them. ;-)

My ears may suck, but I've been pretty happy with much of the classical music and
bluegrass I've found on YouTube. Some of those folks take a bit of pride in what they
put up.
If you get Total Recorder" or some other similar program you can save
that audio stream. There are also some you tube specific recorders.
I like Total Recorder because if you hear it on your speakers you can
save it. It actually saves the digital input to the sound card tho.
Obviously, garbage in garbage out but you have something to work with.
I also have Sound Forge so I can sweeten it up a bit if I need to
(like remove tape hiss and pops from old vinyl)