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What music streaming service do you use?

  • 21-04-2018 2:10pm
    #1
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭


    Which service do people use?

    I'm trying to decide between Spotify, Google Play Music and Deezer.

    Anyone have experience with them?


    I've tried free trials with them, but can't make up my mind.


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  • #2
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Spotify I use and set up a free trial on Amazon for 30days.

    Why not try Amazon 30 day trial and see.


  • #3
    pitifulgod
    Registered Users Posts: 1,282 ✭✭✭pitifulgod


    Pugzilla wrote: »
    Which service do people use?

    I'm trying to decide between Spotify, Google Play Music and Deezer.

    Anyone have experience with them?


    I've tried free trials with them, but can't make up my mind.

    I've used Spotify and Google music. Currently on Spotify but probably gonna move back to Google Music. Find the autoplaylist stuff to be great and the application to be better overall. Plus not blocked in work which is a nice extra.


  • #4
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Spotify I use and set up a free trial on Amazon for 30days.

    Why not try Amazon 30 day trial and see.

    I'll check out the trial, but saw on amazon UK it costs £12.99 a month? I don't have a Prime account either.

    All the other services are offering €10/month.


  • #5
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #6
    pawrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭pawrick


    I use spotify but have my collection backed up to google music. I find both ok, just what you get used to really.


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  • #7
    Masala
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,504 ✭✭✭Masala


    Spotify for my family... 6 of us for €15 a month. All the family happily sitting in the car with earphones on!! Except the Driver who get 'shotgun' on the radio and so he plays his playlist without earphones!!


  • #8
    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,580 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    Play music, I have my whole music collection uploaded to it and can use it across all my devices and it's invaluable if I need to download something off of it whatever corner of the world I'm in...


  • #9
    jcd5971
    Registered Users Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭jcd5971


    I find Spotify the best personally.
    I like metal and it does a good job of notifying me of new releases or playlists etc.

    I had Google music as well but too often it'd throw acdc or nickel back into metal playlists while being a small thing it was enough to sour me on it.


  • #10
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    If you go with spotify, be sure to check out the family plan thread here

    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057655713/175/#post106748887

    Think there is a thread for google play also here but dont have the link for it.


  • #11
    testicles
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  • #12
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    If you're with Vodafone Spotify is €5


  • #13
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Pugzilla wrote: »
    I'll check out the trial, but saw on amazon UK it costs £12.99 a month? I don't have a Prime account either.

    All the other services are offering €10/month.

    You can cancel at end of 30 day.

    It's £3.99 in UK so they are really gouging us here


  • #14
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    You can cancel at end of 30 day.

    It's £3.99 in UK so they are really gouging us here

    I was wrong, Amazon Music is €9.99/month in Ireland as well. I think the £3.99 offer is for use with Amazon Echo/Dot only.


  • #15
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    I used Play Music but get Spotify free as part of my package with Vodafone. Play Music is a bit better but the there's feck all in it


  • #16
    Phil.x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭Phil.x


    I'm using spotify a few years now and I find it great, I much prefer it to tidal, tidal IMO is set up for the American market.


  • #17
    hiphophead2003
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭hiphophead2003


    I just use Itube. I'm a scumbag.


  • #18
    flazio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,254 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    Regarding Spotify on Vodafone, I believe it's €5 credit for PAYG customers, free on the two higher tariffs on bill pay (you choose between it and some mobile version of Sky Sports) or as a €6 add on to the 30day SIM contract or the €40 per month tariff.
    I haven't used Play music in a while but the playlist set up on Spotify is why I chose them while Play was finding it's feet.
    Not heard anyone mention Apple's service yet.


  • #19
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,653 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    I use both Spotify and Tidal.

    Tidal is good if you have a decent pair of headphones to listen to it with. If you like to hear depth and nuance in the music that just about makes it worth it, just. But its interface sucks and there's still a few gaps in its catalogue. But I can still justify it for sound quality.

    Spotify is still my goto 80% of the time. It's easy to use and user friendly. Discover weekly is an excellent playlist and it has pretty much everything you'd want in terms of selection. If you had to pick just one streaming service it'd get my vote.


  • #20
    Yossrrhighes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Yossrrhighes


    I use Pirate Bay.


  • #21
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    Arghus wrote: »

    Tidal is good if you have a decent pair of headphones to listen to it with. If you like to hear depth and nuance in the music that just about makes it worth it, just. But its interface sucks and there's still a few gaps in its catalogue. But I can still justify it for sound quality.

    Do you mean Tidal HiFi with FLAC?


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  • #22
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,853 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    For a one off payment of €16 I have access to approx. 9k tracks. I bought a 64Gb memory card and copied my music collection on to it then popped it into my phone.


  • #23
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    donegal_man wrote: »
    For a one off payment of €16 I have access to approx. 9k tracks. I bought a 64Gb memory card and copied my music collection on to it then popped it into my phone.

    Pretty much the same, but never got around to copying all the CDs onto the PC. Must start using Spotify a bit more as I have a free account and like the idea of apps generating playlists of what it thinks I might like. Youtube has been throwing some quite decent stuff at me of late.


  • #24
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #25
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,314 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Deezer it's good can use my three credit against it


  • #26
    Macy0161
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,484 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Google Play Music, but haven't really used loads of others. Took up a 3 month free trial and it does everything I want, so ended up subscribing!


  • #27
    noby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭noby


    Depends on your listening habits.
    I use spotify free. An ad every half hour, and shuffled playlists is fine by me when I'm on my phone at work. At my desk I use it on the PC (spotify free on a PC is fully featured).

    Other than that I copy a few albums from my pc to phone. When I'm at home I listen to physical albums.


  • #28
    EdEd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭EdEd


    Pugzilla wrote: »
    Which service do people use?

    I'm trying to decide between Spotify, Google Play Music and Deezer.

    Anyone have experience with them?


    I've tried free trials with them, but can't make up my mind.

    Currently I use Spotify. I get it as part of my mobile plan. It has a nice layout which is an added bonus.


  • #29
    wtspd_2018
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭wtspd_2018


    They've improved spotify lately so it can't really be faulted.


  • #30
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #31
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,841 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Just going by this, Apple Music far behind.

    They really missed the boat with music streaming. Tough to catch up


  • #32
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    callaway92 wrote: »
    Just going by this, Apple Music far behind.

    They really missed the boat with music streaming. Tough to catch up

    Actually, Apple music has second largest number of paid subscribers, about 36 million compared to 70 million of spotify. I just don't like Apple, the company, itself.


  • #33
    Irish_rat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭Irish_rat


    Spotify is fine but if I want to plug in headphones, the high quality option is only about 320 kbps.

    FLAC is obviously superior sound wise with a higher bitrate so bandcamp to buy the official album.


  • #34
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #35
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Had Spotify but moved to play music. Still on the 7.99 plan, and prefer it over Spotify.

    Will be interesting to see what happens all the uploaded collections when they shutter play music later this year.


  • #36
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    Irish_rat wrote: »
    Spotify is fine but if I want to plug in headphones, the high quality option is only about 320 kbps.

    FLAC is obviously superior sound wise with a higher bitrate so bandcamp to buy the official album.

    99% of people can't tell the difference between 320kps and flac. It's snake oil.


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  • #37
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #38
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


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  • #39
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    Patww79 wrote: »
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    I got decent headphones, Fidelio X2. Honestly can't tell the difference between them. Probably are subtle improvements, but vast majority of people aren't going to notice.


  • #40
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #41
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    Patww79 wrote: »
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    No, they're wired with a 3.5mm connector. They've a low impedence (30 Ohms) so can driven fine even from a phone. They sound better from a decent amp though.


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  • #42
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #43
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    Patww79 wrote: »
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    You can get an Amp/DAC that are the size of a phone , Fiio E10K is one such example. Some are small enough to be used on the go. Only really specialised headphones even require a dedicated amp. Any recent phone/tablet/computer will drive most headphones fine with their onboard amp. There's diminishing returns though, a €500 headphone will not sound five times better than a €100 one.


  • #44
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Pugzilla wrote: »
    99% of people can't tell the difference between 320kps and flac. It's snake oil.

    But 99% of people will notice the difference between 48kHz and the "masters" section in Tidal. 96 kHz/24 bit.

    Only available on the desktop app at the moment but its a huge jump in quality.

    Am giving Tidal a month but very impressed thus far. 48m songs vs Spotifys 30m aswell.


  • #45
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #46
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    The Nal wrote: »
    But 99% of people will notice the difference between 48kHz and the "masters" section in Tidal. 96 kHz/24 bit.

    Only available on the desktop app at the moment but its a huge jump in quality.

    Am giving Tidal a month but very impressed thus far. 48m songs vs Spotifys 30m aswell.

    Peer reviewed double blind studies have found that vast majority of people, bar a few expert critical listeners, can't tell the difference between 320kb/s and lossless audio files. I'll take that over anecdotes. What you're experiencing is the placebo effect.


  • #47
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/02/411473508/how-well-can-you-hear-audio-quality

    Try this yourself, you'll be surprised at the results.


  • #48
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Patww79 wrote: »
    Is that new thing included in the €20 or have they upped it?

    20 quid a month? Thats steep, regardless of quality, you can get spotify for 30eur for the year on a family plan.


  • #49
    OldMrBrennan83
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  • #50
    Quackster
    Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,843 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    Patww79 wrote: »
    I only have Spotify myself and I wouldn't sign up with strangers so it's a tenner a month for me. It's steep for Tidal but when I'm already paying half that then I'd consider going back to it. I see it works in Android Auto now too.

    Nobody needs to be paying a tenner a month for Spotify though when it's only a fiver a month with Vodafone. If you're not with Vodafone, you can pick up a PAYG SIM purely to use for paying the Spotify subscription.


  • #51
    Pugzilla
    Site Banned Posts: 1,765 ✭✭✭Pugzilla


    Quackster wrote: »
    Nobody needs to be paying a tenner a month for Spotify though when it's only a fiver a month with Vodafone. If you're not with Vodafone, you can pick up a PAYG SIM purely to use for paying the Spotify subscription.

    Do you just register the vodaphone number with spotify and pay with debit card, or do you have to pay using vodaphone credit?


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