Tony, the Empeg has renewed my interest in quality ripped music. I hardly download music anymore because most people don't care about how their rip sounds. Instead, because I'm still cheap, I buy cuts and promos from half.com for about $3 per album.

Despite the "still cheap" part, that still counts as buying more CDs, so the poll options are still valid for you.

Good point about the quality. I have only ever been interested in high-quality MP3s, and I, too, have noticed that most of the stuff on the web is crap.