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Pandora.com - revolution of internet radio?

Dec 23, 2006 at 8:58 PM Post #31 of 41
KEXP is right in my backyard! Ok, not really, but I'm in Seattle and it's a great station. Glad you found it and enjoy it.

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Congrats on 500! Could that have been "Live Plasma"?

Anyways, Pandora and Squeezebox are a great combo. Well worth the subscription. As I believe others have noted, you can listen to Pandora on your computer, through your web browse, for free without a subscription.

Edit: to wlai -- yes to all, plus you can set up your stations directly on the squeezebox. Get a squeezebox, it is awesome.

Incidentally, while we're on the subject of music on the internet, you guys might want to check out kexp.org. It's a great independent radio station out of Seattle. They play great music, have lots of bandwidth options (including an uncompressed stream!) and archive the last two weeks of programming so you can listen to whatever you want. Lots of great indy from the northwest, but also great hip-hop, country, and world music shows.

Cheers (and happy holidays to all)
Greg


 
Dec 26, 2006 at 2:33 PM Post #33 of 41
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Can you select your Pandora stations from Squeezebox?
I assume you will have to set them up via PC first. Can you vote up/down via remote control?

Also, not sure whether you mean you'll have to use the paid subscription for Pandora with the Squeezebox.

I've been looking at the Squeezebox for a few weeks and am getting close to buying one. I like the fact that it's open source, and that you can use Pandora with it.


Slimdevices has a special arrangement with Pandora, so the integration is pretty good. Using the Squeezebox remote, you can create new stations, select existing ones, and vote on the individual songs.

The Squeezebox does come with a 90 day free trial of Pandora, but after that, it's a paid service (at $36/year its well worth it). When you think about it, you're using the service without any ads, so it makes sense that they charge for it.

I happen to love my Squeezeboxes (I have two). If you want to try out the interface, you can download the server software and SoftSqueeze client for free.
 
Dec 28, 2006 at 4:17 AM Post #36 of 41
Well, yes it is a very cool bit of tech. especially when intergrated with my squeezebox for the initial 90 day trial. However, I soon grew tired of it and found many higher bit rate internet stations offering just as much variety as time would allow. It certainly has its place for utility in terms of searching for similar more obscure music by its critieria. And I would encourage others to try it out as I'm sure other folks would find it more useful, than I eventually decided it did for myself. So much other music and only so much time I suppose, as well as then asking for it to be paid for when used with the Squeezebox.

Thanks for the heads up that it is now free online with advertisements. I may toy with it again for grins ;-}
 
Dec 29, 2006 at 5:21 AM Post #37 of 41
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Well, yes it is a very cool bit of tech. especially when intergrated with my squeezebox for the initial 90 day trial. However, I soon grew tired of it and found many higher bit rate internet stations offering just as much variety as time would allow. It certainly has its place for utility in terms of searching for similar more obscure music by its critieria. And I would encourage others to try it out as I'm sure other folks would find it more useful, than I eventually decided it did for myself. So much other music and only so much time I suppose, as well as then asking for it to be paid for when used with the Squeezebox.

Thanks for the heads up that it is now free online with advertisements. I may toy with it again for grins ;-}


The point of it is to find new music, and I'd say the bitrate suffices for that.
 
Jan 13, 2007 at 11:38 PM Post #38 of 41
Let me bump this.
I discovered Pandora 3 weeks ago; great!
And, on my prefered browser Maxthon, no ads at all.
I hope the music industry is smart enough to sponsor this heavily, I already bought a lot of new CDs I discovered there.
 
Jan 14, 2007 at 12:17 AM Post #39 of 41
For free, don't overlook http://last.fm/ I believe their business model is sales linked through Amazon and marketing data sold to the labels.

Amarok on Linux and I suppose other Windows players work with the Last FM feeds and support 'scrobbling', or uploading the tracks you play for their information database.

Not sure of their bitrate, but it sounds pretty good to me.
 
Jan 14, 2007 at 8:02 AM Post #40 of 41
Last.fm is quite nice, and it's also interesting to note your listening patterns since you signed up. Also, I find it's radio is always enjoyable to listen to no matter what comes up, so it's just as good as pandora in that respect (sometimes better if you're looking for more of what you like)
 
Jan 14, 2007 at 8:21 AM Post #41 of 41
I've tried it multiple times and it has never recommended me a band that I both liked and haven't heard before. Kinda useless to me.
 
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