Lots of reasons.I wonder why folks use these closed sites - what's wrong with piratebay or newsleech etc?
Also, those nasty-grams from your ISP that you hear people getting in snail mail always seem to come from downloading things from public trackers like PirateBay, etc. Private trackers tend to have people that actually share and don't limit the upload speed so you wind up with torrents that max your download transfer rate.I wonder why folks use these closed sites - what's wrong with piratebay or newsleech etc?
Pretty much this. It's far more than just a "torrent site" for music. Being able to see all kinds of associated/like-sounded bands linked to ones you already know really lets you expand your library and discover new stuff. The strictness of the administration also ensures all the uploads meet specific standards.Lots of reasons.
If your into obscure things, oftentimes you simply can't find what you want anywhere else. You have a veritable army of music lovers under your control. The competition to fill requests is stiff. If you can't find it anywhere else, there's a really good chance it will be filled if you put up a good request/bounty.
It's a unique method of new music discovery with a very vibrant and active community of music lovers. They built an entire open source tracker code specifically for music and ease of use. Once you've tried it (it's called Gazelle), honestly it's hard to go back.
The assurance of quality is another big reason. Pirate Bay makes no promises towards quality--rips can be done with crappy encoders in ridiculous formats and no one cares. Scene rips are usually a good balance of quality versus size (LAME/V2 rips), but your limited to what the scene is interested in. And if your looking for archival formats, your out of luck.
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