It's all what you like 😎 Some day, people may once again be blown away by Mozart. But not for now.
I don't know about future generations thinking our sound as primitive considering what the kids listen to today.
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On Apr 27, 2015, at 1:53 PM, David Smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:320 is big-time compression 😎Believe me, future generations will find today's sound primitive, just as we find 78 rpms.The imagination is a wonderful thing. We see or hear a poor reproduction of something and, especially if we're convinced that reproduction is state-of-the-art, we're delighted.Spotify (for premium users) can stream in 320 .ogg format. It's a Spotify setting. Thing is, I don't sit and listen to how much a song is compressed. I will notice it sometimes but mostly I listen for the enjoyment of listening.
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On Apr 26, 2015, at 5:20 PM, David Smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Spotify sounds good, then. Unfortunately, so far as I know, they still compress everything drastically.The problem I have with iTunes Radio is that I put in an artist, choose the artist, play the artist and it's not only the chosen artist being played but what iTunes considered similar. Spotify lets you listen to full albums of the artist I search for. It also lists what Spotify thinks are similar artists to the one I choose.
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On Apr 25, 2015, at 4:26 PM, David Smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:A big Tidal problem for me is that much of the music I listen to is not available from them in CD quality. Yet, their big distinction from other streamers is that they say they do offer CD quality. Add to that some big holes in their catalog and their relatively high price, and I'd say they have a serious survival problem. I wonder whether Apple will come out with a CD-quality option. If they do, I imagine they'll blow Tidal out of the water. If Apple don't bite that bullet, and if Tidal don't get their act together, someone else surely will.Pat, it may be that what you were listening to on Tidal was not, in fact, CD quality. The only way to tell if an album's high quality - other than listening, of course - is to note whether or not "HIFI" is or is not greyed out in the album view.I tried Tidal for a month, but felt that the quality of my speakers was not such as to hear a difference. I've subscribed to Rhapsody for several years for half the cost of Tidal.Pat
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On Apr 25, 2015, at 3:52 PM, David Smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:I know nothing about Spotify, but I'm unhappy with the incompleteness and sound quality of Tidal's catalog.> With streaming services out there, like Spotify, one doesn't really need an iPod anymore. I have subscribed to Spotify a few months ago and find I rarely use my iPod anymore.
> Alice
Spotify – and Beats, Pandora, etc. – is the modern equivalent of listening to various radio stations in my youth.
The MP3/AAC collection on an iPod or iPhone is the modern equivalent of the records and tapes of my youth.
We used to use BOTH: listen to our records, our tapes, and turn the radio on as well.
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