Spotify or Pandora
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Thanks for mentioning TIDAL . I have just tried it at HIFI quality and it is amazing. Significantly better than Spotify in quality,dynamics are staggering better. Works through wireless CarPlay well so far but have not tested it extensively yet. I will look at the plan costs soon as still just on free one month trial period, and if similar to Spotify will def swap over..
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I've got spotify premium, and quite apart from using it in the car what I am really liking is the suggestions that it makes. I had been getting a little bored with music and only heard new things from soundtracks to movies or clips, but Spotify's algorithm has sorted me out very nicely. I have come across many artists that fit my tastes that I never would have known existed and it has really given me a new lease on my music life, and now my missus has gotten into it in a fairly big way as well for the same reason. We would be using it 2 - 3 hours a day easily between us, so I suppose we really get our money's worth.
So every so often after a playlist has run I will click through the recommendations, more often that not I will come across something that I like and explore that artist, set up a new playlist quick as a snap. As someone who can get very obsessive about music (or pretty much anything) it has really been a game changer.
So every so often after a playlist has run I will click through the recommendations, more often that not I will come across something that I like and explore that artist, set up a new playlist quick as a snap. As someone who can get very obsessive about music (or pretty much anything) it has really been a game changer.
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Actually, the one who has a premium account on Spotify can enjoy better sound quality, download music offline, and stream songs without ads. The listening experience is better.
However, the subscription fee is unaffordable for me. For this reason, I finally turn to a Spotify music downloader from AudBite for help. It easily and efficiently converts Spotify music in batch and saves in MP3 format at 320kbps for my offline playback. The one who has the same issue with me can give it a try.
However, the subscription fee is unaffordable for me. For this reason, I finally turn to a Spotify music downloader from AudBite for help. It easily and efficiently converts Spotify music in batch and saves in MP3 format at 320kbps for my offline playback. The one who has the same issue with me can give it a try.
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I already pay for Sirius XM in both of my cars and I have Pandora through my Android Auto app. I wish the sound quality of both were better, I don't think it even approaches FM radio. I have the free Spotify app at home and would like to have the upgraded app in my cars but I'm just tired of all the nickel and dime monthly charges for things like phones, internet, cable, and mobile music apps.
If Sirius XM were to step up to the plate and improve their fidelity I'd be happy but I won't hold my breath. Same with Pandora.
If Sirius XM were to step up to the plate and improve their fidelity I'd be happy but I won't hold my breath. Same with Pandora.
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I'm afraid the SiriusXM poor audio quality is probably from JLR's implementation, not SiriusXM - at least, plenty of folks have decent quality on other platforms - it wasn't bad on my previous Mercury Milan. I let mine lapse; I listen to mostly classical and thought most recordings on SiriusXM in my F-type sounded like a 78rpm vinyl recording (some could be, but not all.) Plus, they kept deleting the few channels I listened to.
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I'm getting more and more into YouTube music. I like to let it 'rabbit hole' I enter a song I want to hear and then sort of let it go from there. I've rediscovered some great songs I've forgotten about and found some that I never knew. My only gripe is they seemed to have changed the algorithm lately so it doesn't provide as much variety.
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We recently got a quite big screen TV and have a good soundbar, I am finding the TV excellent for youtube viewing. While it has voice control, I actually mainly use a keyboard for searching and then the recommendations do the rest (my missus queries why a lot of the recommended videos have large breasted ladies in the thumbnail, I honestly dont know how that has happened unless the TV can read minds). But yes I think that while spotify makes excellent recommendations, youtube is doing likewise, and I am getting to enjoy some great clips along the way. Recents worth a look are Odesza's Love Letter, and a bunch from Neelix. I am setting up playlists in youtube as well as spotify, though with youtube I find it harder to have it in the background as I want to watch it as well.
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I have been listening to Pandora for years, in cars and streaming at home. Last week I decided to try Spotify on their subscription platform. They (Spotify) advertise that the "subscription sound quality is better..." than their free access. Aside from their superior download logic, the sound quality in my opinion is indeed considerably better. I'm curious if anyone has had this experience?
And rip CD's onto my USB.
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We recently got a quite big screen TV and have a good soundbar, I am finding the TV excellent for youtube viewing. While it has voice control, I actually mainly use a keyboard for searching and then the recommendations do the rest (my missus queries why a lot of the recommended videos have large breasted ladies in the thumbnail, I honestly dont know how that has happened unless the TV can read minds). But yes I think that while spotify promotion makes excellent recommendations, youtube is doing likewise, and I am getting to enjoy some great clips along the way. Recents worth a look are Odesza's Love Letter, and a bunch from Neelix. I am setting up playlists in youtube as well as spotify, though with youtube I find it harder to have it in the background as I want to watch it as well.
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