Review by: Museekster
Legalsounds.com is a music service with a look and feel that is different
from most other Russian services.
The music is available in MP3 with bitrates between 192 and 320 kbps.
Catalogue
Legalsounds supplies no information about the number of songs and albums in their catalogue. As far as we can tell the catalogue doesn't differ much from most other Russian services. Browsing the catalogue is not very user-friendly and the website is rather slow. Songs are offered in MP3 format with a 192kbps bitrate and up. The sound quality is excellent. Files are named like 04_-_This_Is_A_Song.mp3 but ID3 tags are filled like they should be. When you use the download manager all songs are properly renamed and placed in a subfolder with the name of the album in a folder with the artist name. If you sign up for Legalsounds be sure to install their download manager.
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Price
While the catalogue is like most other services, pricing is clearly not. Legalsounds is one of the cheapest of not the cheapest music service.
All songs cost $.09, albums are paid per track ($.09.) To be able to download you have to pay
in advance by buying download credit from $20 to $100. Payments from $25 to $100
will entitle you to download songs for free. I.e. 25 free songs in case you
invest $25 and even 200 when you pay $100. All major credit cards are accepted.
Legality
Many question the legality of the Russian services. Lengthy discussions on this subject can be found all over the Internet. The bottom line is that the Russian services are probably legal under current Russian law. Using these services from outside Russia could be legal as well. More information can be found on this page.
Pros
- very low pricing;
- fixed prices;
- excellent download manager;
- high download speeds when using the download manager;
- no DRM copy protections;
- good catalogue with all major artists;
- compatible with all portable players;
Cons
- MP3 only;
- slow website;
- files are not properly named when using your browser for downloading;
- browsing the catalogue is slow;
Conclusion
Legalsounds is one of the cheapest music services we know. One of the best
deals you can get if you can live with the fact that artists will probably
receive nothing from the money you pay to Russian music services.
Downloading is fast especially when using the Legalsounds download manager.