Features:

• Over 1 million songs from over 3,800 record labels
• All songs available on unprotected MP3 format for you to keep forever (fully compatible with your iPod or any MP3 player)
• Download entire albums
• Excellent reviews of top-selling albums, artists and tracks
• The Free Trial offer gives you full access to the site and 25 free downloads for you to keep forever
• Software supplied to play and manage all your downloaded MP3's
• No ads or pop-ups
• Guaranteed spyware, adware and virus free
• Available in all countries
• Compatible with ALL MP3 players, including your iPod

Tip: Your best bet is to experiment with these packages before you choose which one to buy. What may be right for some, may not be right for you. They each have free trials available, so why not take full advantage of that and sign up for free with all of them! Make an informed decision before you buy and be satisfied that you subscribed to the package that's right for you.

Cost to join:

• FREE TRIAL gives you 25 free MP3s to keep forever, then you can cancel free of charge or choose from 3 great packages...
• eMusic Basic: $9.99 per month (for 30 downloads). Equivalent to less than 33c per download
• eMusic Plus: $14.99 per month/50 downloads - that's $.30 a song
• eMusic Premium: $19.99 per month/75 downloads - that's $.27 a song (best value!)
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Pros:
	eMusic allows you to download copyrighted material legally, with all artists receiving royalties from your subscription fee.
	A huge database of online music
	MP3's are of outstanding crystal-clear quality
	Industry-leading columnists guide you through the site with reviews and recommendations on tracks and albums
	Smooth, intuitive user interface, allowing you to find your favorite tracks and albums with ease
	eMusic has excellent on-line tutorials and user manuals
	Excellent customer service
	All downloads are adware, spyware and virus-free - download with confidence
	eMusic is available in all countries
	The cost per MP3 is the cheapest we could find
	All downloaded files are unprotected MP3's and so are compatible with your iPod or any other MP3 player or digital music player.
Cons:
	You're limited in the number of downloads you can make each month, no matter which package you join
	There are some holes in the eMusic catalog, meaning that you won't always find the songs or albums you're looking for
	The Free trial requires that you hand over your credit card details and select a plan before you join. But don't worry - you won't be billed until your trial period (of 25 free downloads) ends and you are prompted to join.

Editor's Verdict:

eMusic has a huge array of songs from well-known established bands as well as from emerging artists, and the on-line album and single reviews are an excellent way to guide you through the myriad of music on offer from this site. The site is one of the few major music subscriptions sites to offer you all its music in the unprotected MP3 format, so you can keep all the tracks you download forever and play them on all your digital music players - from your iPod to your PC. Alternatively, burn all your downloaded tracks to CD and take them with you. However, you're limited in the number of downloads you can make to 30, 50 or 75 mp3's a month, depending on the package you buy - see the "Cost to join" section opposite for a complete cost breakdown. This works out as $0.27 to $0.33 per MP3, which is great value for money and much cheaper than the competition, so why is eMusic in 4th place in our list? Well, we found some holes in the catalog listings for eMusic, meaning that we sometimes couldn't find the songs we were looking for. This is partly because eMusic has just around 2 million songs online (compare that to the 2.5 million offered by Real Rhapsody and Napster!)

If you're at all undecided about eMusic then sign up for the free trial offer with no obligation whatsoever, check out the site and download your favorite 25 songs for free to keep forever. This is one of the simplest sites to use and download from with no small print and no hidden restrictions on your listening pleasure!

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