Music tunes into tech
Digital music has carried its tune into technology ranging from online stores and downloads to MP3 players, cell phones, and multimedia convergence devices. Find out how to get your favorites, legally, and what the future of music tech holds.
Inside this online guide:
- Seeking a cure for the music biz blues
- Roundup: HD Radios for $200
- Stream digital media at home
- Photos: Top music cell phones
- Photos: Best MP3 players
- Photos: Digital-audio enhancement gear
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Top 5 DRM-free music stores online
Looking for restriction-free MP3s? More and more online stores are offering downloads without DRM. Tom Merritt counts down the best places to get MP3s legally, without the barriers of digital-rights management. Watch video
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Top music cell phones
It might be the best-known, but the iPhone isn't the only music cell phone around. Several other handsets also play tunes, and they do so quite well. View slide show
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Top MP3 players
These players will have you dancing with joy, thanks to their ease of use and excellent audio quality. View slide show
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Digital-audio enhancers
These gadgets can improve your tunes with their ability to improve audio quality. View slide show
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$200 HD Radios compared
Until recently, it's been hard to find affordable HD Radio hardware, even as more than 1,000 stations in the U.S. now broadcast in the all-digital format. But that's finally beginning to change. View roundup
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Digital-media streamers
You've got a ton of digital music, photos, and video on your computer's hard drive, but you want to enjoy all that media on the big TV and stereo system in your living room--not hunched over the laptop screen. View roundup
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