If this has already been discussed can someone shoot me a link? At any rate I wondered who you were using for a streaming service, I'd never used one. I looked at Tidal today. I assume most people just download an app to their phone, and start streaming once you've subscribed. I used to use Amazon a lot to hear bytes of music I might want to buy, however, they've done away with that. Now I use Bandcamp, but they don't have everything. Thanks.
The Mrs. decided that she absolutely needed to be able to hear her favorite 11 songsfrom any room and signed up for the Amazon thing. I haven't used it much yet, but it's an option. As far as I can tell you can no longer hear samples, not sure why.
I'd like Bandcamp a lot better if their app worked in landscape mode, so on a mobile device I'll sometimes opt for the website anyway. I signed up for Qobuz just to buy downloads, but they seem to have a decent selection for streaming. Almost all of my mobile listening is done via microSD cards and thumbdrives, or standalone players.
I use Apple Music everything is there. I have the family plan and every one can enjoy music. Listen to music all day long and at night. I can check out an artist that is posted here to se if I like them or not in a second.
I've been using Tidal (free version) for about a month and am very happy with it. I've found some pretty obscure stuff on there. If I ever decide to pay for a streaming music service, this will be the one.Originally Posted by hippypants
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I don't stream, but people I know tells me that Qobuz has the best sound.
Plus you can stream in lossless which is nice for the audio nerd. I switched over from Spotify because of this. Still buy CDs though! Streaming is a great form of discovery.
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I use the Amazon Music app on my Firestick 4K. It streams in full Hi-Res quality.
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I use Spotify because it has gapless playback which Amazon Music didn't at the time, don't know if they do now.
Thanks for the info. I've just been in the thinking stages and not sure if I want to make that leap or not. However I saw the other day that Tidal has a three month special rate for a buck a month. That might be a good way to test drive it.
When listening to the remixed Flower Power on Amazon Music, I don't recall any gaps. Perhaps due to the App/Firestick Player combination? I don't have to tell you there are gaps a plenty in Garden of Dreams.
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Tidal, Qobus, Spotify, Apple Music, ReverbNation, BoomKat and MidHeaven are all crap, compared to Pandora. Pandora has more depth and variety than even *I* can exhaust, and I'm a new music junkie.
Pandora music is compressed like crazy. I use to use it before Apple started their service.
Listening to Flower Power again on the Amazon Music Firestick App and can confirm it is indeed gapless.
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I concur - my Pandora station throws me surprises all the time
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Finally finished making files from all of my CD's. Used iTunes. Got to say it leaves a lot to be desired, but I am having a ton for fun rediscovering music I haven't played in years. Unfortunately, I was recording in AAC but somewhere along the line, I accidentally switched to mp3. No, I'm not redoing it anytime soon.
I have Amazon prime music and also use Spotify to find new stuff.
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I guess the behavior of a service is different on various devices. I can't remember if I had switched from Firestick to Roku (at the time Roku had an F1TV app but firestick didn't) when I discovered that Spotify didn't have gaps. Hopefully Amazon has gone gapless on all platforms.
Each service has its strong and weak points. Amazon has its HQ sound for some titles. Spotify tracks your listening across devices so I can be out listening on my iPhone and when I get home I can keep listening seamlessly on my Roku (don't know if Amazon does that). Spotify lets you "follow" an artist instead of just choosing favorite titles. Spotify's search isn't very helpful, it doesn't "pre-fill" as you type so you either have to type the entire search target or type a stem and hope it shows you what you're looking for.
One thing's for sure, there's no shortage of streaming options available.
Re: One thing's for sure, there's no shortage of streaming options available.
Yeah, that's for sure. Whether it's streaming music or movies, it seems there's no uniformity with any of the streaming services. Each one has their own way of presenting things, I guess that's part of their marketing ploy. I have both a Roku stick and a Firestick, but I much prefer the Roku. I find the navigation on it much more clear cut and easier to find stuff that's free to watch. I think Firestick is more a jumbled mess, much like Amazon's movie streaming site. It's hard to tell what's free or what they want you to pay for. I read they were working on that trying to streamline everything, but I don't know if they have yet or not. But just like most things with Amazon it's sort of Amazon-centric.
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