Im a bit gutted, will be overseas when they tour next year. It will be a great show I reckon.
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I have Spotify premium, it’s not perfect, and when the family members jump on, it overrides what you’re listening to. So some people have to be offline. There’s a bit of random albums and artists that are missing, but it’s got a lot.
The other thing I use a lot is the PBS Listener app. Just go back and listen or download shows you like. It’s free obviously, and more of a wider listening experience.
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I use apple. I’m in their ecosystem and have a bundle deal for cloud, arcade etc.
Seems good enough to me. I only miss Spotify this time of year for the Unwrapped.
I don’t stream a lot, but Community Radio Plus is a good app for accessing independent radio across Aus. Prolly not exactly what you’re looking for, but worth a look if you’re willing to search for what you like.
I have Spotify, purchase albums on Bandcamp, and stream RRR, PBS and KEXP (Seattle) community radio from the apps
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Saw Air at the music bowl last night. Great night for it, and a good show.
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If it’s purely for music I use tidal for the high quality. Amazon and Apple Music also higher quality than Spotify.
Is the catalog of songs seemingly just as broad across all three?
And probably a dumb question do any permit downloading to mp3?
I have some mp3 player headphones i use for exercise. So would be good if that was possible.
No idea about Apple or Tidal, but Amazon doesn’t have the (local) catalogue of Spotify
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Catalog very similar. There’s only one song from my Spotify playlist I can’t find and it’s a specific remastered remix.
You can download songs to listen to offline but you can’t obtain the actual song via a mp3 or file.
If you like podcasts Tidal is not great for that like spotify is.
You can always do a free trial as you may not notice the quality.
Edit: I find bass to be heavy on Spotify, but to listen properly on tidal you need to wire in headphones. Bluetooth will diminish quality. And then I use a WiiM to convert tidal to stereo to not lose quality.
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Thanks for the info! They all seem fairly similar if you know what your looking for.
Id imagine mp3 download is difficult. I might need to find a different way to get those.
Most of my listening isnt hi def. Just through a sonos setup. I probably wouldn’t notice the difference
Local catalog super important. I like to find local bands online that might be gigging.
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I use Youtube music. It comes with Youtube premium as a bonus too, which is pretty much the reason I have it.
Plus the YT music app also pulls in user-uploaded music from the normal YT, so you can get a bunch of live / rare stuff that you can’t get on Spotify.
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Yep, same here. I use it mostly to access the rarer stuff users have uploaded.
Also find the audio quality on YT seems to be pretty solid. Spotify ain’t audiophile, that’s for sure.
I checked out YT its a bit exxy.
Do you know if they offer a music only sub?
I thought is was the same price as Spotify?
I googled yt premium 16.99? Seems high
Just checked spotify 13.99. Not a lot more i guess
Oh geez, I think that’s gone up, quite a bit. I’ve got a locked-in legacy price from the old Google music days, so I’m only $8.99 a month.
$16.99 is getting a bit steep
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I use Apple and is $12.99 a month.