Streaming vs CDs

[Misanthrope]

Let me put a disclaimer first: Music taste is one of the most fucking irrelevant things in life so please don't feel personally insulted, yes I am a prick when it comes to music I understand that but I hope this is something we can talk about without making it personal.

 

That being said, you're kinda making my argument for me with statements like "So underground you've never heard of it" and "I can go for years without listening to the same song twice" At that point sir, you're clearly more interested in boasting about your knowledge of music than enjoying music. I've heard some pretty extreme and shitty grindcore bands but even in those cases I never though that I didn't needed to listen to them more than once. In fact even the simplest of song has enough nuances and subtle things to require multiple listens to completely comprehend. The only argument against that you could possibly make you cannot because extremely catchy and soulless pop music is not what you're listening to anyway.

 

You sir might as well just carry an html document that has a 200 pages long list of hyperlinks to wikipedia articles that describes thousands of bands and their work but never actually listen to any of it since you'd still be able to make your claims but you'd waste maybe 1/1000th of the space and basically have the same experience: 20 or so records you really do listen to while still being able to talk about underground 90s rock rap music so underground you probably have the demo tapes I worked on in the 90s.

[Dude]

Let me put a disclaimer first: Music taste is one of the most fucking irrelevant things in life so please don't feel personally insulted, yes I am a prick when it comes to music I understand that but I hope this is something we can talk about without making it personal.

 

That being said, you're kinda making my argument for me with statements like "So underground you've never heard of it" and "I can go for years without listening to the same song twice" At that point sir, you're clearly more interested in boasting about your knowledge of music than enjoying music. I've heard some pretty extreme and shitty grindcore bands but even in those cases I never though that I didn't needed to listen to them more than once. In fact even the simplest of song has enough nuances and subtle things to require multiple listens to completely comprehend. The only argument against that you could possibly make you cannot because extremely catchy and soulless pop music is not what you're listening to anyway.

 

You sir might as well just carry an html document that has a 200 pages long list of hyperlinks to wikipedia articles that describes thousands of bands and their work but never actually listen to any of it since you'd still be able to make your claims but you'd waste maybe 1/1000th of the space and basically have the same experience: 20 or so records you really do listen to while still being able to talk about underground 90s rock rap music so underground you probably have the demo tapes I worked on in the 90s.

I love you (no homo)

[ddbtkd456]

Let me put a disclaimer first: Music taste is one of the most fucking irrelevant things in life so please don't feel personally insulted, yes I am a prick when it comes to music I understand that but I hope this is something we can talk about without making it personal.

That being said, you're kinda making my argument for me with statements like "So underground you've never heard of it" and "I can go for years without listening to the same song twice" At that point sir, you're clearly more interested in boasting about your knowledge of music than enjoying music. I've heard some pretty extreme and shitty grindcore bands but even in those cases I never though that I didn't needed to listen to them more than once. In fact even the simplest of song has enough nuances and subtle things to require multiple listens to completely comprehend. The only argument against that you could possibly make you cannot because extremely catchy and soulless pop music is not what you're listening to anyway.

You sir might as well just carry an html document that has a 200 pages long list of hyperlinks to wikipedia articles that describes thousands of bands and their work but never actually listen to any of it since you'd still be able to make your claims but you'd waste maybe 1/1000th of the space and basically have the same experience: 20 or so records you really do listen to while still being able to talk about underground 90s rock rap music so underground you probably have the demo tapes I worked on in the 90s.

I pity total ignorance I really do. I am walking away from this before this gets outta control since I was the one that got the argument made against and decided to walk away. However I will just say this. Just because someone has that much music simply means he has been collecting it for a number of years, and just cause he has that much music doesn't mean he doesn't listen to it. Half of the stuff I listen to no one in this forum has probably even heard of since YouTube doesn't even have it. That being said I am not boasting in anyway regardless of what you personally may think. That being said you argument is invalid and any further argument will not be tolerate as I have no reason to respond. Now have a nice day it's too early for this right now. If you really want to continue this argument and think it is worth the time please do so in a pm not on someone's thread.

[fringie]

Bit offtopic but:

Anyone know if you can add songs to your offline spotify playlist? I'm thinking about getting the premium version after recently trying it but it doesn't have a fair few of the songs I like.

 

 

@ OP

I cant say what's good for you, if you notice a difference then you need to decide for yourself. I can't tell a difference between streamed music and high quality music tracks (I don't have audiophile headphones and am not one either).

[Dude]

Bit offtopic but:

Anyone know if you can add songs to your offline spotify playlist? I'm thinking about getting the premium version after recently trying it but it doesn't have a fair few of the songs I like.

 

 

@ OP

I cant say what's good for you, if you notice a difference then you need to decide for yourself. I can't tell a difference between streamed music and high quality music tracks (I don't have audiophile headphones and am not one either).

I think you have to get Spotify Premium in order to do that.

[Misanthrope]

 That being said I am not boasting in anyway regardless of what you personally may think.

 

And FYI I listen to rock rap and 90 percent of collection is shit that wouldn't dare be played on the radio. Shit you dream of listening to.

 

 My underground music is so large that I can go for several years and not hear the same song twice.

 

Oh good, I'd hate to see you really boasting it will probably end up being NSFW

[fringie]

I think you have to get Spotify Premium in order to do that.

That wasn't my question.. .

[MrTomnus]

I was thinking about this very thing today actually. I've been using Spotify for a while now, and I mostly listen to music that's already in my local library. The only reason why I use it is because of the songs I don't have which makes up 40% of what I listen to. That and the fact that Beyoncé's new album isn't on Spotify have kept me from getting premium. The desktop app is lovely - without the subscription, you can still switch songs whenever you want, queue them and have unlimited skips. I just don't understand why the mobile version doesn't have that same functionality in the free version... I wish my HTC One had an SD slot - it would make transferring my music library a lot simpler.

 

I love CDs though. I have a nice hi-fi at home and playing CDs on it vs. Spotify streaming, you can really tell the difference. Also, I'm not old enough to have collected vinyls and nobody makes them anymore, so I like collecting CDs

[ddbtkd456]

Oh good, I'd hate to see you really boasting it will probably end up being NSFW

Again it's not worth responding to if you believe you are

correct then that is fine but please stay on topic. Again you can pm me for further discussion

[skywake]

I have a bit of a process personally that involves a bit of both. I'll browse the 'nets for something new to listen to and if I see something new from a band I know of or something that seems interesting I'll stream it. Once I've streamed it I'll go to Rate Your Music and give it a rating so I can go back to it. If I really like it I'll remember that I really liked it and at this stage I'll probably pirate it with the intent of buying a copy later.

 

With all that done I'll browse music at JBs and physically buy the CD. I'll probably never actually listen to it as a CD and instead I'll probably just rip it. Why not iTunes? Well partly because not everything supports aac and I don't want to re-convert it but also because it's not cheaper AND I do like having my music collection physically on my shelf. Now in terms of quality, FLAC isn't really worth because of the inconvenience of things not supporting FLAC. Space isn't really an issue. I'll usually RIP it as a 320kbps MP3 if I don't already have it in my collection at that quality or better

 

Also for some perspective. I have rated 253 albums on Rate Your Music, 201 "albums" in my music folder and 93 CDs on my shelf.

[Guest]

youtube is annoying, if i want to listen to a whole album its annoying, and takes up a ton of mobile phone battery! I would never listen to music on youtube, other than watching a few music videos

 

£10 a month is barely any money so the price really isnt a factor for me

If you have an Android phone you can buy the app Ulisten. 75 cents and it takes the audio from a YouTube video and plays it like a music player.

[Dude]

If you have an Android phone you can buy the app Ulisten. 75 cents and it takes the audio from a YouTube video and plays it like a music player.

Hooray for exceedingly crappy audio! Compression rules!

[Guest]

Hooray for exceedingly crappy audio! Compression rules!

 

Who cares?

 

*Listens to tunes anyway no matter how much audiophiles criticize me*

[Dude]

Who cares?

 

*Listens to tunes anyway no matter how much audiophiles criticize me*

GET OUT!

[Guest]

GET OUT!

Grrr...

[SuperfastJellyfish]

I prefer flac files. While CD gives the highest quality, they are extremely fragile and a general pain to deal with if you have lots of music.

 

Could you pass a blind test to justify the use of lossless files? I find that approximately 4x the file size is in no way worth it over 320kbps MP3's.

[ddbtkd456]

Who cares?

*Listens to tunes anyway no matter how much audiophiles criticize me*

Agreed mine are in 128 kbps at the moment just cause of space issues. Absolutely no difference in sound quality.