What MP3 Player do you use? Any with high storage?

tbergs

PJ_Soul said:

Zod said:

My biggest complaints about streaming is the audio quality and fee's.

I spent the last 10 years ripping my cd collection to flac which means for zero cost I have a fairly extensive digital archive of all the music I like at CD quality.   I don't really need to pay a monthly fee to a streaming service or to satellite radio.   Give how small storage devices have gotten and how much space they have, it's really easy to have several hundred albums in FLAC at your fingertips.

I fully realize I'm in the minority though.   I imagine the majority of people are perfectly happy with streaming.   Just like the majority is pretty happy with netflix (and I still buy bluray's).    The same masses who don't really care about mp3 vs. flac

For me, Spotify isn't about just having a music library though. It provides me with a FAR superior way to DISCOVER music, and to share it. That is what I pay $10 a month for. Not the song library itself.

Ditto for me and Google Play. I have bought all the music I know I love, but without access to everything I don't own, it's hard to discover new artists I didn't know I love. Plus, if someone mentions a band on here I can just hop on my phone and stream them to see if they're my jam. Priceless.

PJ_Soul

tbergs said:

PJ_Soul said:

Zod said:

My biggest complaints about streaming is the audio quality and fee's.

I spent the last 10 years ripping my cd collection to flac which means for zero cost I have a fairly extensive digital archive of all the music I like at CD quality.   I don't really need to pay a monthly fee to a streaming service or to satellite radio.   Give how small storage devices have gotten and how much space they have, it's really easy to have several hundred albums in FLAC at your fingertips.

I fully realize I'm in the minority though.   I imagine the majority of people are perfectly happy with streaming.   Just like the majority is pretty happy with netflix (and I still buy bluray's).    The same masses who don't really care about mp3 vs. flac

For me, Spotify isn't about just having a music library though. It provides me with a FAR superior way to DISCOVER music, and to share it. That is what I pay $10 a month for. Not the song library itself.

Ditto for me and Google Play. I have bought all the music I know I love, but without access to everything I don't own, it's hard to discover new artists I didn't know I love. Plus, if someone mentions a band on here I can just hop on my phone and stream them to see if they're my jam. Priceless.

For sure. Yes, this can be done with youtube for free, but that method is not nearly as comprehensive or user friendly, and it doesn't curate it all anywhere near as well. I agree, the Spotify curation/recommendations features are priceless! It's the best $10 I spend each month, without a doubt.

Zod

Those are solid arguments... maybe I should try it

PJ_Soul

Zod said:

Those are solid arguments... maybe I should try it

You should. I must say, my vinyl purchases have definitely been helped by the service. I have been able to refine and improve my vinyl buying decisions way better with the help of Spotify, and now own plenty of amazing albums that I wouldn't have bought otherwise because I never would have heard of them.

Travelar

I'm using an iPod classic, which I modified and put a 1TB mSATA SSD in. It runs like a champ and holds more music than I can put on it. Still hate itunes... 

darthvedder

PJ_Soul said:

darthvedder said:

PJ_Soul said:

mrk2 said:

iPhone with Spotify and Apple Music. No need to store or move files anymore. Don't miss those days at all. Unlimited data is pretty much de-facto over here in all mobile subscriptions.

I understand this mindset, but the thing about streaming services is that that library is NOT yours. I also use and love Spotify, but I have no real control of any of my library in it. Spotify could go away someday, someone could hack it, artists could withdraw their music from it, who knows, and you're left with nothing. So, while I still use the paid service, and it's awesome, I am also much more comfortable with ALSO maintaining my own music library, where I actually control the files and they are mine forever. Of course, doing this is somewhat more time consuming, so I suppose someone has to feel kind of invested in their digital music to do both.

Streaming's not going away anytime soon. It's the answer to record company concerns about piracy, for the exact reasons you list.

I don't think streaming is going away. I said Spotify in particular could (or not), or any other specific service could. Who knows. In any case, the lack of ownership doesn't sit particularly well with me, which is why I double up. And I don't think the music industry has a specific desire to prevent people from buying music directly. On the contrary. Vinyl is becoming their second biggest money maker, because streaming services don't earn them enough.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the music industry eventually goes away from all physical releases of music.

PJ_Soul

darthvedder said:

PJ_Soul said:

darthvedder said:

PJ_Soul said:

mrk2 said:

iPhone with Spotify and Apple Music. No need to store or move files anymore. Don't miss those days at all. Unlimited data is pretty much de-facto over here in all mobile subscriptions.

I understand this mindset, but the thing about streaming services is that that library is NOT yours. I also use and love Spotify, but I have no real control of any of my library in it. Spotify could go away someday, someone could hack it, artists could withdraw their music from it, who knows, and you're left with nothing. So, while I still use the paid service, and it's awesome, I am also much more comfortable with ALSO maintaining my own music library, where I actually control the files and they are mine forever. Of course, doing this is somewhat more time consuming, so I suppose someone has to feel kind of invested in their digital music to do both.

Streaming's not going away anytime soon. It's the answer to record company concerns about piracy, for the exact reasons you list.

I don't think streaming is going away. I said Spotify in particular could (or not), or any other specific service could. Who knows. In any case, the lack of ownership doesn't sit particularly well with me, which is why I double up. And I don't think the music industry has a specific desire to prevent people from buying music directly. On the contrary. Vinyl is becoming their second biggest money maker, because streaming services don't earn them enough.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the music industry eventually goes away from all physical releases of music.

I would be completely shocked. As long as they can make any money off of it, they will keep doing it, and their earnings are going up again in this context, not down. There will always be people who buy physical formats.

AO253126

Travelar said:

I'm using an iPod classic, which I modified and put a 1TB mSATA SSD in. It runs like a champ and holds more music than I can put on it. Still hate itunes... 

Nice! Was it easy to do or do you need to have some level of expertise in order to pull it off without damaging your iPod?

eeriepadave

dmbkc said:

I have the iPod classic with 160GB but it is almost full.  All web searches I do show that as the highest storage (GB) of mo3 players out there.

What do you guys use (for the few non-streamers)?

i had a 160 gb ipod as well.  Unfortunately mine died about 6 months ago.  Went to the apple store to see if they could repair it or get a new one but I wasn't aware that they stopped making them.  So i was disappointed. Had an iphone 4 which was about ready to die and it eventually did so i just got an iphone 6s.  should have probably gone with a 64 or 128 one though.  i got the 32.  works fine though.

Indifference71

eeriepadave said:

dmbkc said:

I have the iPod classic with 160GB but it is almost full.  All web searches I do show that as the highest storage (GB) of mo3 players out there.

What do you guys use (for the few non-streamers)?

i had a 160 gb ipod as well.  Unfortunately mine died about 6 months ago.  Went to the apple store to see if they could repair it or get a new one but I wasn't aware that they stopped making them.  So i was disappointed. Had an iphone 4 which was about ready to die and it eventually did so i just got an iphone 6s.  should have probably gone with a 64 or 128 one though.  i got the 32.  works fine though.

Same thing happened to me about a year ago with my ipod.  Was bummed that they stopped making the classic.  But now I have the 256GB iphone....it is pretty nice to not be carrying around my iphone and ipod all the time now.  And so much easier to play music in my car via bluetooth.

darthvedder

PJ_Soul said:

darthvedder said:

PJ_Soul said:

darthvedder said:

PJ_Soul said:

mrk2 said:

iPhone with Spotify and Apple Music. No need to store or move files anymore. Don't miss those days at all. Unlimited data is pretty much de-facto over here in all mobile subscriptions.

I understand this mindset, but the thing about streaming services is that that library is NOT yours. I also use and love Spotify, but I have no real control of any of my library in it. Spotify could go away someday, someone could hack it, artists could withdraw their music from it, who knows, and you're left with nothing. So, while I still use the paid service, and it's awesome, I am also much more comfortable with ALSO maintaining my own music library, where I actually control the files and they are mine forever. Of course, doing this is somewhat more time consuming, so I suppose someone has to feel kind of invested in their digital music to do both.

Streaming's not going away anytime soon. It's the answer to record company concerns about piracy, for the exact reasons you list.

I don't think streaming is going away. I said Spotify in particular could (or not), or any other specific service could. Who knows. In any case, the lack of ownership doesn't sit particularly well with me, which is why I double up. And I don't think the music industry has a specific desire to prevent people from buying music directly. On the contrary. Vinyl is becoming their second biggest money maker, because streaming services don't earn them enough.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the music industry eventually goes away from all physical releases of music.

I would be completely shocked. As long as they can make any money off of it, they will keep doing it, and their earnings are going up again in this context, not down. There will always be people who buy physical formats.

It has already happened in the software and (for the most part) movie/tv industries.

LukinFan

BF89905 said:

Tim Simmons said:

my iPhone with 256GB.


I have a 160GB classic, but its kinda pointless at this point. Both our cars have bluetooth. I use Sonos around the house. No real reason to use it. I just keep it to remind me of a simpler time.

'Love the Sonos speakers ..... I use Google Play Music with mine and a turn table connected to my Play 5.

I keep hearing about Sonos.  Are they expensive?

InBetweenIsMne

LukinFan said:

BF89905 said:

Tim Simmons said:

my iPhone with 256GB.


I have a 160GB classic, but its kinda pointless at this point. Both our cars have bluetooth. I use Sonos around the house. No real reason to use it. I just keep it to remind me of a simpler time.

'Love the Sonos speakers ..... I use Google Play Music with mine and a turn table connected to my Play 5.

I keep hearing about Sonos.  Are they expensive?

Listening to mine out on the back patio right now. They are fantastic! I have 5 running throughout the house (4 of the Play 1's and 1 of the  Play 3's. They run $199 and $299, respectively. 

My my wife even love's them. We have certain ones set to play certain things at certain times (ex: Sunday mornings, the kitchen Speaker kicks on to XRT Chicago Breakfast with the Beatles). They are what we run most of the music thru the house. I save my stereo system set up for my vinyl collect and movie nights. Red of the time it's thru a Sonos.