# The best online music store

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-online-music-store/605535>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 8, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-online-music-store/605535 "2011-12-08T17:55:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-online-music-store/605535/1 "2011-12-08T17:55:18Z")

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I’m trying to come up with some awesome presents for my awesome husband for Christmas, and one of the things he said he might like would be a gift certificate or subscription or something for buying music online.

What’s the best way for me to do this, and what’s the best site to do it on?

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-online-music-store/605535/2 "2011-12-08T18:30:45Z")

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[Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com).

[ul][li]All of their MP3s are easily downloadable (to iTunes, etc.).[/li][li]The files are actually MP3s, not any weird proprietary format or something you have to convert before you burn them to an MP3 CD. [/li][li]Every MP3 you buy automatically gets stored in Amazon’s Cloud Player, and you can access them from any computer and/or most smartphones. [/li][li]The prices are competitive.[/li][li]If you get your husband an Amazon gift card he can decide how much to spend on music vs anything else he might want.[/ul][/li]I use iTunes to manage my music, but I buy as much of it as possible from Amazon.