The first thing that strikes you about MP3 Audio Station is the promise of UNLIMITED mp3 downloads, a very tempting proposition when the site gives you access to 800 million songs and videos.
MP3 Audio Station is a one-stop shop for all your mp3 downloads, including music, video, and software, so they better offer fast download speeds. Of course, fast download speed is only half the story; It is not an advantage to get your music quickly if the audio quality of the downloaded music really sucks. With MP3 Audio Station, you get quality audio downloads at fast speeds, so you’ll be filling your mp3 player with quality tunes right from the start.
You purchase your downloaded music through a subscription and you can choose from three different levels of subscription:
– $29.95 buys you a year of downloads, the equivalent of $2.49 a month.
– $32.95 buys you two years of downloads, the equivalent of $1.37 per month
– The best buy of all is the unlimited access offer at $34.95, which gives you unlimited downloads of music, video and software for an indefinite period. (I’m loath to use the words ‘forever,’ because who knows what’s going to happen to downloads in the future, right?) deal compared to 79 cents a track on iTunes.
If you love your movies, you can upgrade to the Unlimited Full DVD and CD package, which delivers what it says for just an extra $14.95. Just remember that to download movies successfully, the faster your internet connection is, the better.
Your subscription also includes a full suite of additional software, and we’re not talking about some backroom high school projects here. Software from developers like LimeWire and Azureus is included, so you’re really getting software that will enhance your PC, not clog it up with useless blogware.
Included in the software package is a nice program that allows you to burn your favorite tracks to CD in a matter of minutes, so you can travel with your songs in your car without the need for an iTrip or similar mp3 streaming device. You can even burn movies to DVD, which is great for watching movies with friends on TV from the comfort of a couch, instead of huddling around your PC monitor!
In these days of pop-ups and spyware, it’s comforting to know that MP3 Audio Station doesn’t promise any adware or spyware (and it should, thank you very much!). To really be sure of your PC’s security, MP3 Audio Station downloads also include anti-spyware and antivirus software, so you can rest assured that your PC remains safe when using MP3 Audio Station.
One thing to keep in mind; the offerings on MP3 Audio Station and MP3 Musiq appear to be identical, and I suspect from the way the websites are presented that the same owners could be behind both sites. However, the dedicated mp3 music download fan should be on the lookout to see if one site ever decides to undermine the other in the future…
MP3 Music Download Sites Review
