Interesting thread. I nearly asked about Spotify use patterns in the audiophile forum. Is it sacrilege? :-)
I am what many would call an "audiophile", yet I *adore* Spotify. Their collection is amazing, audio quality is great (shut up you "I could only listen to the mouse fart in a corner of the studio in the 192/24 HD re-issue" people), and convenient as hell. I have a huge collection of music, and Spotify these days probably covers 80% of it. Awesome. It means I basically wasted over $25k on stuff I could get for $10 a month. Do the math. I love my 1TB music collection but if I was starting off... it'd be Spotify playlists. There are only about 5 albums where I can or care to tell a difference between MP3 and uncompressed. Spotify is not selling out. It's just about embracing a convenient way when it comes to enjoying a huge choice of quality music. Which is why we embraced CDs initially, no vinyl temperamental stuff (which some people embrace and love now again, not me, ever again; but to each their own). I'll keep buying music, but Spotify or whatever follows is there to stay in my arsenal for sheer convenience. ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine (on VMware Workstation 14 Pro) running Ubuntu 16.04 + LMS 7.9 System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- NAD M22 Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- Totem Element Fire Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> NAD D7050 -> Totem DreamCatcher + Velodyne Minivee Sub Computer audio: workstation --USB->- audioengine D1 -> Grado PS500e/Shure 1540 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108382 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
