pablolie wrote: > 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.
That's about the same way I feel about Spotify. I've initially taken out a family subscription for Tidal, on the basis of their lossless streaming and the purportedly better remuneration for the artists, but the gaps in their collection as well as the lack of "intelligence" behind the whole thing is now slowly but surely convincing me to keep just a single Tidal account for "dedicated" listening, and switch the family account over to Spotify. I just love the way they actually keep track of what I listen to and manage to make sensible proposals for stuff I don't yet know ... On top of that I have a 4TB personal collection and I do also still buy music. Main System: Touch; Marantz SR-5004 + TMA Premium 905 + TMA Premium 901 + Teufel Ultima 20 Mk 2 + BK Monolith+ FF + Lenovo T460 + Kodi + Pioneer PDP-LX5090H Workshop: iPad 32GB Wifi + Squeezepad (local playback activated) Wherever needed: Acer Iconia Tab A700 + Squeezeplayer Kitchen: iPhone 5s + Squeezepad (local playback activated) + NAD 312 + Teufel Ultima 20 Mk 2 Headphone (cozy corner): Lenovo T550 + Squeezelite-X + Aune X7S + Focal Elear Car: TBC ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bakker_be's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108382 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
