[Music] Music Streaming Services...Which one do you use?

[1066familyman]

Having done a lot of review reading of the various music streaming services lately, and the various offers currently out there, I'm now giving Deezer Hifi a free trial. Very happy with it so far, but curiosity might get me to try another free trial of some of the other ones to compare and then decide which one to stay with from there.

If you use a music streaming service. Which one do you use, and why?

 

[Guinness Boy]

Spotify Premium with family access because it links well with my Sonos One but my son can also stream on his phone.

Also stream Mixcloud and Soundcloud on the Sonos.

 

[Timbo]

Apple music family. Six people on there and the quality is better.

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Spotify, had it for a number of years. Brilliant service.

 

[Swansman]

Mainly just Youtube and then I download all the stuff I want and put it in my Winamp & my MP3 player.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Mainly Youtube and just a little Amazon Music. Not a fan of streaming as nothing visual and nothing tactile.

 

[Arthur]

I was on the closed beta for Spotify. The CEO of the company I was working for at the time was an advisor for them so got me on it. It was quite frankly a massive game changer then so I've had a bit of brand loyalty since. Sadly I have to pay now but well worth the tenner a month in my opinion.

 

[Badger]

Spotify, had it for a number of years. Brilliant service.

The same. I got suckered in with free Spotify Premium for a year when I signed up to a mobile contract in 2015. I've been paying for it since the free period expired and it's really worth the money. There's very few days when I don't use it.

The "Discover" feature is brilliant. It recommends music based on my previous listening and even compiles playlists for me. It nearly always comes up with music I like, which I then add to my library.

 

[schmunk]

I have a Youtube Premium subscription, which includes Google Play Music and Youtube Music, and pay about £2.50 a month...

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[schmunk]

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[1066familyman]

Mainly Youtube and just a little Amazon Music. Not a fan of streaming as nothing visual and nothing tactile.

I get that, and is why I was a long time coming to fully join the party. I still play vinyl, cd's, cassettes and listen to FM radio.

However, Qobuz in particular has a very nice layout with credit notes and good write ups akin to album liner notes or reviews, judging by the little play around I've had with it.

The other advantage of a streaming service is it's almost like having a whole record shop in your house, with a massive music library at your fingertips. Even getting pretty obscure, it's not too often I can't find what I'm after.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Apple Music and Bandcamp.

Not sure Apple, Spotify pay the artists a far share though. So try to buy as much as I can, that I like.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

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[Wozza]

Amazon HD while I'm working from home.

 

[herecomesaregular]

I used to have the student Spotify on my Squeezebox Touch and loved it - but they then stopped compatibility.

Nowadays I use Tidal because you can get 3 months for £2.50 on ebay and can easily copy over playlists without hassle.

Also tried Deezer and enjoyed the access to 6music's playlist.

 

[Norman Potting]

Another vote for Spotify. Have used it for ages and at the equivalent cost of a CD each month. I WFH so it gets a lot of use and the "Discover" feature has encouraged me to listen to lots of random artists that I otherwise would have not come accross.

 

[schmunk]

Squeezebox Touch

Blimey, that takes me back - I remember the faff with Logitech taking over and then buggering up the software. These days I have a Google Home in its place.

 

[Whoislloydy]

Spotify Premium since 2009

 

[Is it PotG?]

Used Spotify a couple of times.

 

[BeHereNow]

Spotify - for free.

Listen to pretty much any tune or album I want to, with a couple of adverts every 4 or 5 tracks, or even get 30 minutes of songs without adverts sometimes. Seems a good deal to me.

Plus I’ve made a couple of great playlists, so I hardly ever have to skip tracks, not that there seems to be any limit.