Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread ftlight
castalla wrote: > You could always create a public John Peel Playlist ... When I worked at BBC Bush House (1968-71) we had clean feeds of Radio 1, 2, 3 & 4, plus audio channels for BBC 1 and BBC 2 TV. Enterprising staff in the Central Tape Room would record Top of the Pops, Pick of the Pops,

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread d6jg
castalla wrote: > You could always create a public John Peel Playlist ... Mr Peel had an advantage over most in that aspiring artists would send him their albums etc FOC. He was our arbiter of good taste and a necessary filter of the mundane. Spotify doesn’t fulfil this role. I do listen to

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread castalla
d6jg wrote: > In the UK Spotify has replaced John Peel? No I don’t think so either. You could always create a public John Peel Playlist ... Touch, Logitech Radio, Logitech UE Radio, O2 Joggler + SqpOS UPnPBridge - 2 paired Sonos Play1 speakers; Rocki - Sony SRS-BTM8 speaker; Pioneer WX-SMA1

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread d6jg
In the UK Spotify has replaced John Peel? No I don’t think so either. PI3 PCP/LMS STORAGE QNAP TS419P (NFS) *Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining

Re: [slim] New Qobuz streaming service: Qobuz Sublime +

2017-12-12 Thread didjean
ronaldwanders wrote: > Qobuz Sublime Plus works perfect on LMS (Logitech Media Server Version: > 7.9.1 - 1511768958 @ Mon Nov 27 07:56:56 CUT 2017) with the Qobuz > plugin. > I have tested 44.1/24 (1522kbps), 48/24 (1635kbps), 88.2/24 (2549kbps) > and 96/24bit (2713kbps). > Haven't found

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread bakker_be
usbethjim wrote: > THAT was funny...I spewed beer. > > Jim You should be severely punished: spew water, coffe, tea, soup, whatever, but NOT beer ... :p Main System: Touch; Marantz SR-5004 + TMA Premium 905 + TMA Premium 901 + Teufel Ultima 20 Mk 2 + BK Monolith+ FF + Lenovo T460 + Kodi +

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread usbethjim
slartibartfast wrote: > I don't have a clue what any of that means. THAT was funny...I spewed beer. Jim All wireless (TM-AC1900) except NAS (ReadyNAS PRO - OS 6.9.1 - 3GB RAM - 3 X 4TB drives - XRAID2 - LMS 7.9.1 ) Squeezebox Boom - Anywhere with an AC outlet Squeezebox Touch > Bose Radio -

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread usc95
I used to use Spotify as a "try before you buy" kind of service but now I feel foolish for buying an album when for all intents and purposes I have all the access to it I need with the Spotify subscription. I had to really take a hard look at how I listen to music and also accept that I cannot

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread castalla
SlimChances wrote: > Perhaps but to me while there is a wealth of music to choose from > quality has steadily gone downhill for over 20 years Can't argue with that ... Touch, Logitech Radio, Logitech UE Radio, O2 Joggler + SqpOS UPnPBridge - 2 paired Sonos Play1 speakers; Rocki - Sony

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread SlimChances
bb1959 wrote: > Um, dude, you're doing it wrong. > > FWIW, I bought my first album when I was 8...in a gadda da vida Perhaps but to me while there is a wealth of music to choose from quality has steadily gone downhill for over 20 years Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.1 - 1504317335 @ Mon

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread bb1959
Um, dude, you're doing it wrong. FWIW, I bought my first album when I was 8...in a gadda da vida SlimChances wrote: > https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-problem-with-muzak-pelly > > I could never understand the allure of services of Spotify which seem to > spoon feed listeners rather than

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread bakker_be
Peter Galbavy wrote: > Curated music services are just the status quo (no pun intended) > returning to where the music industry was 30 years ago - and it is an > industry with huge vested financial interests. > > I was working at the periphery of groups that were very much the > utopians of the

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread slartibartfast
Peter Galbavy wrote: > Curated music services are just the status quo (no pun intended) > returning to where the music industry was 30 years ago - and it is an > industry with huge vested financial interests. > > I was working at the periphery of groups that were very much the > utopians of the

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread Peter Galbavy
Curated music services are just the status quo (no pun intended) returning to where the music industry was 30 years ago - and it is an industry with huge vested financial interests. I was working at the periphery of groups that were very much the utopians of the disintermediation fashion in the

Re: [slim] The Automation of Selling Out

2017-12-12 Thread drmatt
I think Spotify/tidal/iTunes are the future. Seems to me that buying physical media or even bothering to purchase digital media will be a side show, a curiosity for the old and nostalgic in ten years time. The industry wants subscription, and now it has a taste for it physical media in