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[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

So what is the best for audiophile piracy? I'm asking for a friend who is a total audiophile. Spotify rips? Youtube rips?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Spotify and YouTube have such low quality audio that they should be immediately disregarded. Soulseek has a lot of really high quality audio but also regular mp3s otherwise QBDLX is phenomenal since qobuz has high quality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe Plex/Emby/Jellyfin paid shares.

Many people will download everything that exists, and paying a small amount is cheaper than the hardware you'd need to get it all, assuming you invest the difference in a global index like Vanguards VT.

https://github.com/embyshares/embyshares.github.io/blob/main/index.md

I used to buy 8tb disks for 200$ a pop, and I stopped at 800$, with barely enough to fit a reasonable number of 1080p movies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

What the heck how do vanguard funds relate to this?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago

Soulseek. Its the way to go honestly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

flacs from qobuz/deezer. lucida.to

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Lucida.to is great.

Or for faster downloads, just register for a Qobuz trial with a throwaway account, download all you want with stream rip or similar tool. Rinse and repeat.