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mick · 15-04-2004, 17:10

Anyone know of a good site to download FREE mp3 music from ?
i'm after a a CD of a old group Boney M any help would be great

K.S.H · 15-04-2004, 17:22

try kazaa,http://www.kazaalite.com/
its what i use

WINGY · 15-04-2004, 17:23

I use winmx mick its pretty good. give it a whirl
http//www.winmx.com

Sparkologist · 15-04-2004, 18:12

i also use WinMX. i've not had any problems with it so far, but i cannot seem to be able to download at more than 55kbps even though its a broadband connection alledgedly running at 572kbps.
Heard a few horror stories about kazaa being rife with viruses. I remember someone posting about it on Accyweb a couple of weeks back, but i can't remember who.
Currently got 9 downloads in active progress on WinMX, as i write. If you play around with the settings, it can be very productive. No wonder 'Our Price' shut down.

SuperAccyStan · 15-04-2004, 18:41

Do NOT use Kazaa. It's absaloutely full of viruses and Kazaa lite isn't much better. You're better off saving up money and buying a CD.

ShortStuff · 15-04-2004, 19:03

Anyone else had trouble getting onto the WinMX website? Would really like to try downloading some music - bought some blank CD's nearly a year a go & not figured out how to do it yet!!! (without paying that is)

Sparkologist · 15-04-2004, 19:05

just done a search for Boney M on WinMx. 880 matches including 'Gold' their 'best of' album, and various other albums. i hope this is food for thought, Mick.

AccyStanFan · 15-04-2004, 21:13

i use kazaa lite++

along with 2 spyware and adaware removing programs and norton 2004, no problems

K.S.H · 15-04-2004, 21:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by AccyStanFan

i use kazaa lite++

along with 2 spyware and adaware removing programs and norton 2004, no problems

Same here, never had a virus downloading music off there, had a few while downloading programs though but anti-virus always stopped them.
I have tried the winmx but it was too slow compared to Kazaa, dont know if it speeds up like Kazaa when you share a lot of files though, With Kazaa the more you share the faster you download

AccyStanFan · 15-04-2004, 22:02

with kazaa u can preview, not spending 5 hour downloading a video file if its the wrong one.

mick · 16-04-2004, 17:20

thanks to all i know have what i want winmx used

Ceejache · 25-05-2004, 21:04

Kazzalite is a cracked version of Kazza - I use it and haven't had any probs, although I aint saying that that is gospel - just my experience. Some Kazza users have been taken to court in the USA and it will happen over here as well in a while so I hear.

Sparkologist - It doesn't matter how fast your connection is..the download speed depends on the other persons connection amongst other things such as traffic. If the other person has a dial-up 56k modem then it doesn't matter if you have the dogs connection/transfer rate...if they cant send it at 20/30 or 55 kbps then you wont get it at that speed regardless of your set-up. Think of it as a tube running from tyem to you - at your end the tube might have a large diameter and therefore able to receive large amounts of data, yet at their end the tube has a narrow diameter and they aren't capable of matching the flow you are able to receive. Sorry if this is telling you how to suck eggs!...it bugged me for a while too!

Ceejache · 25-05-2004, 21:07

By the way it's not Kazza the program thats full of viruses, its the evil little buggers who share virused files on there!