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Cut-Throat Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 3.) Last.FM ----- 18,000,000 I like this suggestion, thanks! Free, OK quality, simple to join. Yes, if you don't mind poorer sound quality and Ads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Does Spotify play like a radio, or do you need to create the playlists? I've been a long time Pandora member and have never been dissatisfied....I use it for music exploration and streaming at work. I think Google is trying to do something similar now too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Is Napster still alive? Have it on my AVR, but never used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 Does Spotify play like a radio, or do you need to create the playlists? I've been a long time Pandora member and have never been dissatisfied....I use it for music exploration and streaming at work. I think Google is trying to do something similar now too? Yes it does, and it even has stations and playlist you can follow. Which from what I understand are playlist Spotify comes up with, that when you follow you get the different songs when Spotify changes the songs. But yes the radio stations are great. However I feel that if the internet has problems, since the quality of the streaming is up there you will have some streaming problems. So if this is true, then Spotify may not be for those who have slow internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 Found out I have to pay for premium account to stream through my Onkyo receiver. This would be a reason to pay we will call this reason number 1, what would reason number 2 be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 To stream Pandora? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cut-Throat Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) Found out I have to pay for premium account to stream through my Onkyo receiver. This would be a reason to pay we will call this reason number 1, what would reason number 2 be. $10 a month for basically unlimted music is pretty cheap. I belive that you also get higher quality streaming with Premium. And no Ads! I am starting to wonder how music artists will get paid for what they do with these streaming services. Edited March 10, 2014 by Cut-Throat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Found out I have to pay for premium account to stream through my Onkyo receiver. This would be a reason to pay we will call this reason number 1, what would reason number 2 be. $10 a month for basically unlimted music is pretty cheap. I belive that you also get higher quality streaming with Premium. And no Ads! I am starting to wonder how music artists will get paid for what they do with these streaming services. Pandora pays licensing fees to BMI, ASCAP I love their algorithm for selecting their music they play. I just wish I could skip around and play what I want like on MOG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Dude Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 To stream Pandora? No Spotify sorry for not clearing that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Dude Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 I know I will never pay for Pandora, considering what I get from Spotify for free. If I went from 64 aac on my computer, to 160 I could only imagine how good 320 would be. It may be worth the 10.00 Like Cut-Throat said. Its just the 10.00 here 10.00 dollars there that is adds up. Speaking of streaming, I seen since a lot of folks are streaming these days. Internet companies want to charge a extra premium for "streaming services". Which would be B.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 It's illegal to charge a premium for streaming services. There were a series of court debates broadcasted on Cspan on this very topic....it gets into a gray area with cell networks though, and Verizon got out on a loophole in that regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Found out I have to pay for premium account to stream through my Onkyo receiver. This would be a reason to pay we will call this reason number 1, what would reason number 2 be. Could you stream it from your phone to your Onkyo with a bluetooth audio receiver like this? http://reviews.cnet.com/home-entertainment/belkin-bluetooth-music-receiver/4505-6449_7-34505053.html Edit: Or plug your phone directly to the receiver? I have no idea of bluetooth sound quality... Edited March 11, 2014 by mungkiman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 The receiver doesn't have blue tooth capabilities as far as I know. However I haven't tried hooking up the phone via usb, which I might be able to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cut-Throat Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I know I will never pay for Pandora, considering what I get from Spotify for free. If I went from 64 aac on my computer, to 160 I could only imagine how good 320 would be. It may be worth the 10.00 Like Cut-Throat said. Its just the 10.00 here 10.00 dollars there that is adds up. Speaking of streaming, I seen since a lot of folks are streaming these days. Internet companies want to charge a extra premium for "streaming services". Which would be B.S. Spotify is $120 a year. I used to spend 4X that on music. Now with SPotify my Music Library is over 20 Million tracks. The $10 a month also gets you a much better sound quality. I'm saving money. How much do you spend on music per year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 How much do you spend on music per year? Oh you have very good points, it's a no brainer. I am just a cheap @$$, that doesn't like to spen money. So the answer to your question maybe $30-50, when the vinyl convention cones twice a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The receiver doesn't have blue tooth capabilities as far as I know. However I haven't tried hooking up the phone via usb, which I might be able to do that. Phone headphone jack to splitter to signal in on receiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Bluetooth receiver would plug into your receiver signal in, and your phone would stream wirelessly. I just don't know anything about bluetooth quality... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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