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Gifts for Music Lovers

Looking for the best gift for a music lover? Can't imagine picking out the right music for them? We have a few unique suggestions of the best gifts for the music lover who already has all the music.

Portable Hard Disk Drives

That's right. They might look at you a bit funny when they open their gift and find a hard drive, but they sure will be happy when they realize how perfect this gift is for them and how far you thought ahead.

Most music lovers have lots of mp3s on their computer. They have either bought these online on sites like iTunes and Rhapsody, or they have ripped them from their CD collection. When their hard drive goes bad (and it will go bad - just a matter of time), their entire music collection goes with it. Even if they do have all their music on CD it will take them hours to re-rip everything again.

So give them peace of mind for the holidays. You can buy giant hard drives very cheaply. Here are some of the best deals we have found this season:

LaCie Brick Desktop Hard Drive - 250GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

LaCie Brick Desktop Hard Drive - 250GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive

The new Brick expresses a ludic playfulness in a user-friendly high-performance hard drive. Stack & Play multiple LaCie Bricks together to brighten your desktop and your mood. With Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface, it offers the fast data transfer rates required for substantial jobs like downloading digital photos, saving MP3s or transferring home videos from a camcorder.

LaCie Brick Mobile Hard Drive - 60GB - 5400rpm - 480Mbps USB 2.0, 400Mbps FireWire 400 - USB 2.0, IEEE 1394a - USB, FireWire - External - White

LaCie Brick Mobile Hard Drive - 60GB - 5400rpm - 480Mbps USB 2.0, 400Mbps FireWire 400 - USB 2.0, IEEE 1394a - USB, FireWire - External - White

The new Brick expresses a lucid playfulness in a user-friendly, portable storage solution. Stack & Play multiple LaCie Brick Hard Drives to add vibrant colors to your computing life while expanding capacity and saving desk space. Use this compact and lightweight drive to conveniently back up important files on the road or share and exchange data with others anywhere.

DiskGO! PE196349 External 80GB Hard Drive (Firewire/USB2.0)

DiskGO! PE196349 External 80GB Hard Drive (Firewire/USB2.0)

This sleek, aluminum-encased 3.5 80GB portable hard drive quickly and easily stores hundreds of CDs worth of data. Perfect for home or office use, this portable drive frees valuable hard drive space and provides a fast and convenient way to perform routine back-ups. With transfer rates up to 480Mbs, the DiskGO! Portable Hard Drive can back-up an entire notebook or desktop hard drive in just minutes. Plus, DiskGO! is flexible due to its dual FireWire and USB 2.0 connectivity. Incredibly light-weight, this drive is easy to transport and easier to install thanks to its plug-and-play technology.

Music Service Subscription

If you really want to give your music lover music, then consider a subscription to a music service. They will be able to play the music they want and it lasts all month!

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Perhaps the best subscription music service is Rhapsody .For $9.99 a month you can play any song or album in their catalog.

If your music lover wants to own the music instead of subscribing to it, try eMusic . For a low monthly fee you can download lots of mp3s (not encrypted!) from a catalog full of independent-label artists.