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

[Whitechapel]

Had Spotify since it was invite only, the fact the Xbox One app means I can play music through my TV but control it through my phone means I’ll probably stick with it.

 

[Eeyore]

Spotify. The best tenner I pay each month. Many a late evening with some long forgotten tracks. Worth every penny. Happy to pay as they have struggled financially too.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

I’m a philistine and buy my music and dump it all on my phone and iPod. I have more than enough to satisfy my tastes. Like everything else though, I will one day join the party, and threads like this will enable me to hopefully make an informed choice.

 

[maltaseagull]

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.

https://youtu.be/ZifmiFkgZlc

 

[AmexRuislip]

I’m a philistine and buy my music and dump it all on my phone and iPod. I have more than enough to satisfy my tastes. Like everything else though, I will one day join the party, and threads like this will enable me to hopefully make an informed choice.

This, plus I use the YouTube music app, where I can play music playlists and listen when on nights.

 

[1066familyman]

Interesting that convenience, playlisting and music discovering over sound quailty is proving most popular so far. Hence Spotify and Youtube being very popular choices.

I totally get that, and it seems to me to be the big strength and draw of streaming services over sitting down and listening to vinyl say, and thumbing through a physical collection and all the artwork and sleeve notes that go with it.

Exciting times for this old timer, as we can seemingly have the best of both worlds these days.

 

[BeHereNow]

Spotify. The best tenner I pay each month. Many a late evening with some long forgotten tracks. Worth every penny. Happy to pay as they have struggled financially too.

Why do you pay for it?

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

https://youtu.be/ZifmiFkgZlc

 

[AmexRuislip]

Interesting that convenience, playlisting and music discovering over sound quailty is proving most popular so far. Hence Spotify and Youtube being very popular choices.

I totally get that, and it seems to me to be the big strength and draw of streaming services over sitting down and listening to vinyl say, and thumbing through a physical collection and all the artwork and sleeve notes that go with it.

Exciting times for this old timer, as we can seemingly have the best of both worlds these days.

I used to own a shed load of vinyl, which I painstakingly transfered onto my ipod classic, which sat in its own docking station plugged into stereo.
Decided to upgrade to the ipod touch, which we stream our music via bluetooth onto our Ruark R2Mk3
Its a great sound for the size of our abode.

 

[Raphael Meade]

Spotify is my main one - so far ahead in terms of editorial playlisting and interface for me. Working in music it's the only real one that makes a difference/people care about so that's a factor for sure.

Subscribe to Apple Music too mostly so I can poke around for work but have never really been a fan.

And an +1 for Bandcamp that was mentioned here - still really has a solid place in the hierarchy just a little different to the standard streaming services but massively important for small/midsize bands and you can download in lossless, etc.

 

[Ludensian Gull]

Spotify Premium, used it for a good few years. Excellent value for money in my opinion.

 

[Nitram]

Spotify family premium, 4 users, had it for years.

 

[redoubtable seagull]

Spotify premium, family is a bargain.
I’ve pretty much stopped buying vinyl/cds though which makes me a little sad.

 

[swindonseagull]

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.

This

Works well on my Bose speakers and in the car

Also when my account was hacked on Christmas Day by some French Rap freak Spotify got my access back in about 15 mins after a few simple questions it name your playlists and what did you play last.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Bandcamp
Mixcloud
Soundcloud
Spotify

In that order. Use all streaming devices like a radio, if I like it it goes in a playlist, if I really like it I buy the physical release. Distrust Spotify particularly their suggestions.

 

[Eeyore]

Why do you pay for it?

No ads. More facilities.

 

[maffew]

Deezer

 

[Barham's tash]

Spotify early adopter here and now get it ‘free’ through my vodafone contract.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

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

Being young, cool and Swedish, I thought you'd blow me away with words I don't even understand (blue-filtering to your main prong, then back-jizzling via a red-tooth cortical implant, or somesuch). Instead....that's exactly what I do! Nurse. Nurse!!

 

[herecomesaregular]

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.

One of the best purchases I made a decade at least ago? Plugged into my stereo and with Tidal Hifi premium, still sounds good to me.