HD Tracks pricing

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BlueFox

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This week the last three Led Zeppelin remasters will be released, and I will buy the downloads versus the CDs. However, earlier in the week, I saw on HD Tracks the MC5 album from 1968 is in the new release category. Since I no longer have my old albums, I thought I should purchase it, but the $25 price for 192/24, and $18 for 96/24 seemed excessive. I ended up spending $9 for the CD on Amazon, and ripping it.

While I love being able to download music, the price for some selections are ridiculous. I seriously doubt the $25 192/24 download is three times better than the $9 44/16 CD. In fact, for a 1968 recording the CD is pretty good, but I had forgotten how bad the singing is. :)

Come on HD Tracks, lower your prices so I can buy more music.

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The model at HD tracks seems to be that you just wait a day or two and there will virtually always be a 10% or 15% discount coupon code.
I remember a few years ago when the raised all the prices, which In my opinion was simply so they could then discount back down a bit every few days.
I never make a purchase on HD tracks without a code.

While I've gotten some fantastic high rez downloads from time to time, in general, again in my opinion the promise of high-rez audio downloads being somehow superior to CD or vinyl is largely just a marketing gimmick.
 
... which is what he did.
The question is, at what price maximizes revenues when the cost of goods is almost mil, incrementally.
 
While I sympathize with you, I think people would be shocked by the major labels licensing and artist's fees. And companies like HDtracks (Classic Records is another one that comes to mind) have to jump through hoops to get the rights for bands like LZ. There's a lot more to releasing these files that meets the eye not to mention ROI eg. how many d/l will they sell vs. costs to acquire the rights. It would be interesting to see how many d/l files they actually sell and if it's much different than an audiophile LP reissue say 2000-4000 copies.
 
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