Press Release
unlinQ adds allTunes Vouchers
4 May 2007
The online music service and payment processor allTunes is based in Moscow, Russia. allTunes.com, a part of LLS Internet-Audit services, is an audio recordings archive with a convenient search and download system. The service was one of the best kept secrets of the internet until 2004 when it and Allofmp3 were discovered by the media. Rising consumer popularity has turned it into an Internet success story, much to the dislike of the Western Music industry.
allTunes and Allofmp3 are very similar. Currently, all accounts that are available at Allofmp3 may be accessed with allTunes. The items ordered with Allofmp3 are downloaded with allTunes when it is started. You may use Allofmp3.com accounts on allTunes. For ease of explanation allTunes and Allofmp3 will be referred to interchangeably except where noted.
Awarded in Europe as the best Music Service
Allofmp3 was awarded as the best Music Service by the leading German computer magazine C't. Even the official Consumers' Organization in The Netherlands chose Allofmp3 as the best place to download music. "The best service by far" was their conclusion after testing seven services available in The Netherlands.
Techcrunch: "The best service by far is AllofMP3.com"
The authoritative website Techcrunch analyzed several services that sell digital music:
The choice for best overall service is dead simple. The best service by far is AllofMP3.com. Music costs $0.02 per MB, about 9 cents per song at medium quality levels (prices have risen to $0.03 per MB since this review), and it can be downloaded in any common audio format and quality level. It is so cheap and easy to use that many people choose to download music from AllofMP3 in lieu of ripping their own CD collection. TechCrunch April 7, 2006... Read the entire article >
No copy protections
Unlike most other legal services the files are not protected at all. You can do whatever you want with the music files. Burn audio CDs, transfer music to your portable mp3player, there are no limits. Completely DRM free, the way music should be.
Catalogue
Alltunes has a very good catalogues. A quick look at their USA top 100 or European Top 100 just about says it all. They offer music from all major artists. But it's not just recent music, you can download just about any Beatles' song ever released. Their Classical music collection is extensive and of course contains some highlights of Russian recordings.
Prepaid downloads
allTunes charges for the size of the file you download, not for individual songs. To be able to download you have to pay in advance to receive download credit. The price you pay for a song depends on its file size. The average song in 192 kbps mp3 is 5Mb, so that will cost you just $0.15.
Online encoding
Ever heard of Online Encoding? It's a unique to allTunes.
Music can be encoded on request. You want MP3, MPEG4-AAC, OGG, MPC, WMA? Take your pick. That's an amazing feature already, but what is even more astonishing you can also pick your desired bit rate and encoder.
High quality encoding methods
Lame alt-preset –standard/extreme/insane are part of the advanced features.
All music is ripped from CD. When you order tracks they are transcoded on the fly to the format and bitrate you have chosen.
There is also their Online Encoding Exclusive that enables you to download music in the same quality as the original CD!
Online Encoding Exclusive enables you to:
- Encode music with lossless encoding algorithms (Monkey's Audio, FLAC and OptimFrog) using the data of the original audio CD as a source.
- Encode music with the usual encoders (MP3, Ogg, etc.) using the data of the original audio CD as a source.
Albums, that available for ordering through Online Encoding Exclusive service are marked with this label 
. Alltunes has without a doubt the best encoding selection menu of any on-line music merchant.
Mobile support
allTunes offers a downloadable application that offers access to their full library right from your PC, smartphone/PDA, UIQ, Windows Mobile and even many basic mobile phones that support only Java 2.0 and the Java.mp3 player.
Summary
- Low pricing
- Good download speeds
- No copy protections (DRM)
- Encoding on demand in almost every common format and bit rate
- iTunes and iPod compatible
- Great in-depth catalogue for popular artists
- The AllTunes application makes downloading an easy thing
- The new Music for Masses program allows you to download all music for free, you can only play these files using the Music for Masses player.
So, what are you waiting for? Purchase inexpensive Alltunes Vouchers and start enjoying your iPod or other mp3 player more than ever!
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