malkav11

I agree about the tone of my first post on the issue. I realize that it started off well enough, but eventually turned into more of a rant. In either case, I'll check out OOMPH and see what I think. I listen to plenty of foreign music, ironically (mostly German/Russian), so I'm sure that I'll enjoy it.

I don't purchase CD's too much anymore, as I usually end up ripping the tracks to my hard drive, anyway. I find that http://www.allofmp3.com/ has a great selection of foreign music, and it typically only costs around $.15 per song if you choose to encode at 192kbps.

I preferred http://delit.net/ for a long time, but their "instant" credit card payment typically takes 2 or more days to affect your account's balance. However, I prefer this site for Russian music, as they actually make an effort to translate the Russian characters to their respective English characters, which makes it so much easier for me to find the one I'm looking for in my playlist.

Naturally, downloading Russian music from peer-to-peer services isn't much of an option, as it's typically very difficult to find many users with Russian music who actually stay connected for very long.

If you actually want the physical discs, however, you may want to try Coconuts Music (if you have those in your area), as they can typically order imports for you. That's how I managed to get one of Megaherz's albums, so I'd certainly give that a look.