How to use www.classical.com

1. Welcome to Classical.com
Great music performed by great musicians

2. You choose how you want to listen
► As a SUBSCRIBER for just
► As a VISITOR
$11.99 / £6.00 / €11.99 per month
Listen online (audio streaming)
UNLIMITED online listening (audio
to a free extract of any track.
streaming)
Download 8 free tracks a month
Download a track for as little as - to your computer
$0.99 / £0.79 / €0.99 - to a portable player
- to your computer - to CD
- to a portable player … and keep them forever
Choose further permanent downloads
- to CD
from as little as $0.99 / £0.79 / €0.99
… and keep it forever
per track
FREE 15-day trial subscription
Unlimited listening
One free download to keep

3. What you will find out here
What you can do on Classical.com
What equipment you need
The sound quality you get on Classical.com
What you get as a subscriber to Classical.com

4. What you can do on Classical.com (1)
ENJOY Classical, Jazz, World Music & Spoken Word
On your computer
On your hi-fi
On your portable player
Make a CD
CHOOSE from 220,000 tracks
Listen to an extract free of charge Visitor
Listen online to the whole track Subscriber
Download the track for you to keep Visitor & Subscriber

5. What you can do on Classical.com (2)
ENJOY music by your favourite composers, performed by
your favourite musicians
DISCOVER
new music, new composers and new performers
more about enjoying classical music with Classical.com’s
recommendations, online guides, quizzes and special concerts

6. What you can do on Classical.com (3)
LISTEN ONLINE
to free extracts, entire tracks or entire albums & playlists
DOWNLOAD
single tracks or entire albums & playlists
Enjoy ready-made PLAYLISTS
or create your own at the click of a button

7. What you can do on Classical.com (4)
Choose your preferred AUDIO FORMAT
(MP3 or WMA)
Enjoy great music in HIGH-QUALITY SOUND
Classical.com’s bitrate is either 128k or 192k (higher than iTunes)
Transfer downloaded tracks to a PORTABLE PLAYER (eg
iPod*)
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BURN downloaded tracks to CD

8. What equipment do you need?
ESSENTIAL
Computer (PC or Mac)
Speakers connected to your computer
and / or headphones
OPTIONAL
Cable or wireless connection from your computer to your
hi-fi
Portable player (eg iPod)
Blank CDs and a CD burner
Relaying equipment (eg Slingbox)

9. Classical.com – sound quality
Sound quality that does justice to classical music
Audio streaming: currently 64k, will shortly be upgraded to
128k
Downloads: either
128k (same quality as iTunes)
192k (superior hi-fi quality)
320k an option for the future

10. What you get as a SUBSCRIBER to Classical.com
For just $11.99 / £6.00 / €11.99 a month you can listen
to every recording we offer (220,000 tracks)
UNLIMITED online listening (audio streaming)
on your computer
on your hi-fi system (via cable or wireless connection)
Download 8 free tracks a month (100 per year)
to your computer
to a portable player
to CD
… and keep them forever
Choose further permanent downloads
from as little as $0.99 / £0.79 / €0.99
per track

11. Enjoy great music on Classical.com
NOW
as a VISITOR or as a SUBSCRIBER