Jake Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 Having been a Rhapsody subscriber for the past 7 or 8 years I hadn't bothered with this new fangled Spotify thing until now. But I have to say it is pretty good. I love the way it streams straight to our two tablets (ipad and Samsung)' something that is sorely lacking with Rhapsody (in Aus). On the 30 day Premium trial now, and it might be hard to decide which one to cancel. So who else is into it? And if not, why not??? 1
soundfan Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 I use it all the time to check out music I might like. Have done so for a while. I only use the free version though, save my funds to buy hard copies of anything that takes my fancy. There's not much music I buy unheard these days, unless its a fave artist. Spotify can often save me buying something I might not like. 2 1
caddisgeek Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 I use the free one at work, handy for drowning out office chatter and checking out recommendations from currently spinning
Saxon Hall Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 Having been a Rhapsody subscriber for the past 7 or 8 years I hadn't bothered with this new fangled Spotify thing until now. But I have to say it is pretty good. I love the way it streams straight to our two tablets (ipad and Samsung)' something that is sorely lacking with Rhapsody (in Aus). On the 30 day Premium trial now, and it might be hard to decide which one to cancel. So who else is into it? And if not, why not??? I prefer Grooveshark. When I first tried to join Spotify it seemed as though you needed to be on Facebook so I did not bother. BTW Grooveshark is free
Jake Posted June 17, 2013 Author Posted June 17, 2013 I need a paid subscription service to feed the Sonos, and now to feed the tablets as well. Can't stand being tied to the PC just to hear some music!
GPK Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 I really like MOG. Especially since it's unmetered on my phone since I'm a Telstra customer. Great way of discovering music. 1
LogicprObe Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 I try not to listen to anything less than wav.................see the golden ears thread for why.
proftournesol Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 I have a premium subscription, I use it to decide if I want to buy stuff on vinyl. Once you start to look deeply there's lots of small independent bands that don't feature at all and even some major artists have gaps in their Spotify catalogue. I also don't like how little they actually pay artists per listen, despite that I still use it. If Apple can duplicate the same service I'll probably drop Spotify though. 1
Guest Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 Love spotify and the family use it everyday - the download option is great for my 13 year old who has a limited phone plan and likes to select stuff for her school bus trips - as other do great for checking out music or filling in gaps of artists you love but dont have the full catalogue - find it most handy after a GTG and wanting to repeat artists you have heard - just star them and then you can remember their albums when you get home - havnt got into sharing functions with others etc - reckon thta could be a great option - spotify me some reccomendatiins Jake :-)
madamesimplifi Posted June 17, 2013 Posted June 17, 2013 Pandora has a really nice feature in that it keeps recommending music that you like and builds on it.
murrmax Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 I prefer MOG, higher standard bit rate 320kbs and cleaner less cluttered interface
Jake Posted June 18, 2013 Author Posted June 18, 2013 I prefer MOG, higher standard bit rate 320kbs and cleaner less cluttered interfaceMog only claims the same as Spotify. "Up to 320 kbs".
wolster Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Jake, I use Spotify premium every day, at work and home on the SBT. At first it was a bit flaky in connection but I haven't had a dropout in months now. At first I used it, like others, to play albums I was interested in. I then started to build playlists and now have several for different occasions and moods. Lately I have been using the 'Radio' feature, building a radio station around an artist or genre with Spotify recommending tracks and artists just like Pandora. As with Pandora you can use 'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down' and can add a radio track to one of your playlists. The interesting thing is that I still buy CDs and vinyl, usually as a result of Spotify so the artist does not miss out as far as my use age goes.
Jake Posted June 18, 2013 Author Posted June 18, 2013 I've been doing the same with Rhapsody for years Wolster. The drawcard for me now with Spotify is the ability to play straight to the ipad, and if I resume going to the gym I guess I can fill an mp3 player with music too like in the old Napster days. Rhapsody has music sorted into genres which is a nice feature, helps leads you down the garden path so to speak. Jake, I use Spotify premium every day, at work and home on the SBT.At first it was a bit flaky in connection but I haven't had a dropout in months now.At first I used it, like others, to play albums I was interested in. I then started to build playlists and now have several for different occasions and moods.Lately I have been using the 'Radio' feature, building a radio station around an artist or genre with Spotify recommending tracks and artists just like Pandora.As with Pandora you can use 'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down' and can add a radio track to one of your playlists.The interesting thing is that I still buy CDs and vinyl, usually as a result of Spotify so the artist does not miss out as far as my use age goes.
murrmax Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 I believe not all Spotify songs are at 320kbs , all MOGs are by default. Spotify - "We use the Ogg Vorbis format for streaming. There are three quality ratings that we use:* q3 (~96 kbps)* q5 (~160 kbps)* q9 (~320 kbps)Note: not all tracks are currently available in high bitrate. "
Jake Posted June 18, 2013 Author Posted June 18, 2013 Yeah, just done a bit of digging, and it seems that almost all of Mog's music IS 320. Well, that's enough for me to change over to Mog right there.
ferchersan Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 I really like MOG. Especially since it's unmetered on my phone since I'm a Telstra customer. Great way of discovering music. Brilliant! I'm downloading it now! Thanks GPK
automated Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 When I checked last Mog was limited to 64k when streaming over 3G, has this changed?
murrmax Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Not sure over 3g; it looks like it will downsample automatically for slower connections https://moghelp.zendesk.com/entries/21411023-What-audio-quality-bitrate-does-MOG-support-
kesa32 Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 We're enjoying spotify premium atm , I'll give mog a go soon as well as others have said its great for finding music and ramdom playing via " radio " Like others l'll still buy music when l feel the need
Keith Anderson Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 I only use to check out new artist or albums I'm thinking of buying on vinyl
Phantom Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Is there any way of using Spotify without a Facebook account?
Jake Posted June 18, 2013 Author Posted June 18, 2013 When I checked last Mog was limited to 64k when streaming over 3G, has this changed?48!
automated Posted June 18, 2013 Posted June 18, 2013 Is there any way of using Spotify without a Facebook account? Sign up here https://www.spotify.com/au/signup/premium/ without Facebook. They changed it a while back.
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