This product is amazing. I at first thought that it was going to be too much for a simple band website with only one artist, but it proved me wrong... The support has been excellent, quick replies to simple and complex questions and even an offer to customize for free. Germi, the developer of Music Collection is top-notch!

NICE, NICE JOB!!!!

there's no extension like this for joomla if you run a music website or you want to have just a music area on your site.
I'm still discovering how configurable it is. no limits. it's fantastic

I love the genre - subgenre feature and the ability of switching between templates.

no much more to say. just AWESOME. a must-have!!

and besides of the great extension, the support included is something you'll never find on any other joomla extension. instant answers and things like that

10 out of 10!

I have purchased this app and really cannot find any fault with this....I have had questions and they were answered in a timely fashion.

For what the program cost, it is a great deal !!! And the support is second to none .....I am a seasoned computer user and I have never, ever seen a Developer offer support to this degree.

This was Germi's response to a question of mine:

"Quote" - when it comes to support service, to make the "original" component work properly on a customer's website, we dont charge a single penny to anybody, because the component has to work OK for everyone, it does not matter if it takes us 50 hours to set things right. when you pay for a component, it has to work. this includes also just setting up confguration paramters, because since we dont have a user's guide yet (we're on it) some users can get confused at some point. (unQuote)

Having read the reviews I am bound to conclude that they must apply the version 1.02 because 1.5 has a number of issues that I haven't been able to resolve. To be honest it feels a bit 'beta' and not what I would expect from a commercial extension although the new features are very promising.

My biggest gripe is that it no longer uses Keithplayer which I consider superior to JW Player in both looks and performance - JW Player also has problems with some versions of IE (cannot display the site etc.) and is not as easily configured.

There was no warning of the loss of Keithplayer with the upgrade promotion or I would not have upgraded until a decent choice of player was available. Isn't the idea to add features, not remove them?

On the plus side I do like some of the added features, especially the Buy Track/Album option so listeners can follow a direct link to one of the music websites.

I'm sure that a stable version will appear soon. Unfortunately I've had to uninstall 1.5 and go back to v 1.02 which works well and does exactly what I need it to do.

If you're considering an upgrade, do make sure you back up your database first. That way you can revert to the old version but if you're already happy with it on your Joomla site, don't fix what isn't broken - the new version still needs some work.

The extension is perfect, stability excellent, design poor but unambiguous. Satisfied I am the support, a drawn express and helpful ones they were. I recommend it to everybody. Cheap, reliable.

I ported my old custom site to joomla/music collection a couple of months ago and I am really amazed by the ready-to-use features and very very good backend of this component. It is a real time saver for large collections. The code is written as it should be which make customizations really easy, new modules and plugins are coming very often and the help/support from the developer is excellent. Thank you.

The best MUSIC COMPONENT EVER!!! The Developer is helping with everything he can. You will miss a BIG TIME if you dont take this component. I havent seen anything like it here so its your choice guys :) be sure that the owner will help you with everything you need, no problem with install no problem with anything.

Music Collection is a great Joomla extension. I would highly recommend it. The developer is very nice, quick to answer questions and does so personally. Although I'm still getting used to it, because I am a newbie to adding music to a site... I think it will work out fine. Definitely a must have if you want music on your Website.

well worth the money, creates instant playlist type albums for your sites visitors.easy to install and the easiest extention i have used yet to upgrade. The one thing that could make this better is integration with jomsocial profiles section. this would be an Aplus at that point

This is the first review I have really felt the need to write for a Joomla component, quite simply because it is fantastic!

It is exactly what I was needing for my website and it came along at exactly the right time. I purchased the component but had a small problem after it had been installed, this was down to my fault. Not to worry, I simply contacted the author (germi) through the support forum on the website and within an hour the had helped me solve the problem and it worked like a charm!

The component has already gone from version 1.0.0 to 1.0.2 because the author listens to the users and is dedicated to making this the best component for Joomla. Any problems you have or any suggestions you have for the future of the component and related modules, the owner takes on board and tries his quickest and hardest to help!
If only all Joomla authors were as helpful as this, it would make the Joomla community amazing!

Now the component it's self. Looks fantastic, works fantastic, installs easily and I can't fault it. Everyone will have a few tweaks or ideas as to how to improve it but as a fairly new component, it's great and will only get better!

This is worth the small fee to purchase it as it has so many possibilities and option for your music collection or a music database website!

Support the Author and purchase this component, I promise you won't be disappointed!

We all remember the MusicBox component I guess. Music Collection is far more better and has a lot of WORKING functions that MBox didn't.

Installs in a second and you can learn how to use it in two. So, you all are three seconds away from having a perfect music based web-site !

This saved my life! Just what I was looking for. It saved me weeks of work!!

I signed up just to say that this application ROCKS!

Music Collection is one of those Extensions, I've longed to build or see built for a few years now. The developer has created a good-looking, versatile, functional tool, which also is very easy to use. It is one of the few commercial extensions that I not only found interesting enough to purchase (for my needs, anyway), but which has not disappointed in the least, afterwards. It's also one of those rare extensions, in which the developer seems to have left few stones unturned, when designing and coding. It's usable right out of the box, and really seems to leave very little left to be desired.

Though designed primarily for those who wish to display their music collection, I've found that with very little customization, it also suits the needs of a label or artist, to display a catalog of material and samples. Samples are played in an embedded Flash MP3 player which appears every time that particular song is listed and the albums themselves automatically pull all relevant album tracks into a "master" player, so that the full album can be previewed in one shot. It comes with a great player, but you also have the ability to swap it out for the compatible player of your choice.

Music Collection comes with a great variety of options from frontend display styles, customizable genres, types, and more. It also allows you to write reviews/info for each album and/or artist, allow your users to preview each track, plus get additional detailed information for each track and album. This also includes things like catalog number, release date, price, and much more. There's even a place to input lyrics for display!

There are also built-in search and browsing features, plus some "smart" functions, requiring only minimal effort - Music Collection easily makes the connections between related artists, albums that are part of a box set, and it also recognizes subgenres that are the same between one master genre and another. An example in that case would be... if you have a genre Rock ->Pop ->Brit Pop and you also have a genre Soundtracks ->Modern Rock ->Brit Pop, an album search would correctly yield appropriate results for any Brit Pop searches. And you have full use of keywords and tags. The search does not yet include lyrics at the time of this writing, but I believe this is on the way, as are other things.

Music Collection also comes with access to customizable modules such as "Random Album" and "Top Rated Album," the latter of which you can choose by genre or artist, if you desire. And you can also implement SEO extensions to make your links much more search engine-friendly.

Music Collection also has its own forum, where you can ask questions, make suggestions, or access straightforward documentation, which is steadily being added and reveals even more hidden tricks and features. The creator is very user-friendly and actually has answered my questions rather quickly, and taken my few suggestions seriously. He's also been very much on the ball with updating on when new modules are available, and the downloads are easy. You also have access to the modules and the extension itself, through your account... indefinitely, should you ever need to re-install again.

That's all I can think of at the moment. If your site involves albums or singles, I can't think of any better way to implement it into your Joomla site than this.

This extension saved my life. Works out of the box, no tweaking required. It can sort your music in every possible way. Very nice minimalistic interface. It *really* does work with Joomfish.

This app is a really interesting one. You will se how it handles different albums, how it allows you to find different songs and albums or makes it easier to the users to find whatever they want...
Moreover, the graphic interface is grate, the users can listen songs life, and of course it is awesome if you wanna have your personal music well classified...
The best thing you could do is try it, you will find one of the best tools to manage music in your web sites, thats for sure!

Ease to use, good gui...I like it

It works perfectly well. It lets you organize your music nicely and provides a smart searcher to find whatever you want really easily. The design is cool as well... 5 stars!