Using Spotify
I'd been holding back from paying for Spotify, but recent developments there convinced me to give it a try. You can now download your playlists onto your iPhone or iPod Touch using the special app, and listen to them off-line, and since last Monday, that's what I've been doing. I don't know how many playlists they let you download at a time; at present, I've been loading up two or three albums for the day. The sound quality is excellent, the choice is very good indeed (I check out the recommends you people have been making, and most of the time I find them), and for 10 a month, I think this will be replacing eMu from February when my contract comes up for renewal.
The only drawback so far has been that if you're listening on-line, the music breaks off from time to time. But the facility to make a playlist available off-line gets round this particular problem. Very nice.
The only drawback so far has been that if you're listening on-line, the music breaks off from time to time. But the facility to make a playlist available off-line gets round this particular problem. Very nice.
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No such concerns for my daughter, I hear Spotify coming from her bedroom 24/7.
You say: "The only drawback so far has been that if you're listening on-line, the music breaks off from time to time.". Do you mean there's a pause of say a minute between tracks sometimes, or what? I've been using Spotify for some time on the standard free package, and the ads are making me feel that it might be worth paying to get rid of them. Do you think the pauses are where the ads are in the free version?
No - the gaps are longer than the adverts, and probably a function of signal strength. It's more likely to be due to my wifi set-up than to Spotify itself (we have a house with very thick concrete walls and this causes problems). Although if you Google, you'll find that some people have had interruptions when feeding Spotify through in iPod, which is what I've been doing (computer upstairs, music downstairs)