


AutoRip lets you listen to the music while you wait for the physical media to show up. Vinyl records and Audio CDs sometimes lag behind MP3 album releases by up to a month. You don’t have to manually rip your music anymore since Amazon provides top-quality MP3 copies of it. And, not all albums are available for the AutoRip feature.Īustin summed it up the benefits of AutoRip quite well in his previous post: Of course, the physical version with AutoRip isn’t always going to be cheaper, each title varies. You get to stream and download the album right away, and in a couple days have the official CD – not only an instant backup, but you get the artwork, liner notes, and more. Well, as I‘ve been looking, the digital MP3 version costs $11.99 which is two bucks more and no physical disc and artwork. Now, Maybe you don’t want the physical CD since they’re “old school”. The AutoRip version appears to be 256kbps Variable Bitrate which is decent quality. Also, since I’m an Amazon Prime member, I get free two day shipping for the CD. You can download the digital version right away. The price is $9.99 for the CD – which also includes the AutoRip digital version. I just ordered a newly released CD from Alice in Chains.
