[MSSG]

I have around 35 invites. If you're interested, pm your email adress to me, enjoy  

 

[TCM]

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I also have some invites (around 25). If you're interested, pm your email adress to me

*BUMP*

 

[ounwx]

Spotify is useful for me. Sure, the interface is clunky and annoying and the files are sub-par in quality. However, I'm not using it for serious listening; nor would I expect any true music lover or audiophile would. Instead, I use it to sample and explore new artists and albums before buying. For the past decade, I've done that with BitTorrent, which is a cumbersome and risky process. Spotify allows me to sample albums in their entirety and in reasonable-quality with just a couple clicks and no illegal downloads.

 

[Novalis]

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Spotify is useful for me. Sure, the interface is clunky and annoying and the files are sub-par in quality. However, I'm not using it for serious listening; nor would I expect any true music lover or audiophile would. Instead, I use it to sample and explore new artists and albums before buying. For the past decade, I've done that with BitTorrent, which is a cumbersome and risky process. Spotify allows me to sample albums in their entirety and in reasonable-quality with just a couple clicks and no illegal downloads.

This.
 
But as it turns out, I don't really listen critically as much anymore, so Spotify is being used alot.
 
 

 

[scompton]

That's what I've been using MOG for.  I need to spend time comparing the selection in MOG and Spotify.   It's a shame there's no trial period for Spotify on the iPhone. I never would have started paying for MOG if I hadn't been able to evaluate it on my phone first.

 

[kchapdaily]

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Spotify is useful for me. Sure, the interface is clunky and annoying and the files are sub-par in quality. However, I'm not using it for serious listening; nor would I expect any true music lover or audiophile would. Instead, I use it to sample and explore new artists and albums before buying. For the past decade, I've done that with BitTorrent, which is a cumbersome and risky process. Spotify allows me to sample albums in their entirety and in reasonable-quality with just a couple clicks and no illegal downloads.

 
this is exactly why i love spotify. soo much better for listening to a few songs off of a cd before purchasing
 
 

 

[Rainbow Randy]

UPDATE! Spotify (USA) now has tabs along the top for Overview, Biography, Related Artists, and Artist Radio. The last two are rather helpful.

 

[bobeau]

It's been mentioned a few times in this thread but comparisons on the net say MOG is the leader in sound quality.  Their selection also seems a bit better (ie. they have Floyd's entire catalog).
 
If you only stream to a PC they're only $5 a month for 320kbps streaming.  Been using it for about 6 mos now, love it dearly.  New releases usually come out instantly.

 

[scompton]

I haven't seen a reason to switch from MOG to Spotify.  I've found a few albums on Spotify that aren't available on MOG, but also and equal number on MOG that aren't available on Spotify

 

[DougofTheAbaci]

Eh... I'm not worried about their catalogue of older artists. I have most of that as lossless already. What I'd like to know is which has more newer artists, especially the less top-50 guys.

 

[Apalachian77]

Spotify seems like a more legitimate version of grooveshark. Liking it so far.

 

[scompton]

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Eh... I'm not worried about their catalogue of older artists. I have most of that as lossless already. What I'd like to know is which has more newer artists, especially the less top-50 guys.

What I've been looking at is new releases and genres, or just albums, I haven't heard before, new and old.  I'd guess that unless it's obscure, new releases are on both.  The few new releases I haven't found, aren't on either.

 

[LETE]

I'm enjoying it for the purpose of listening to any old stupid tune that enters my mind instantly. I have most of the music I want for now, but now and again I'll get a silly old song pop into my head out of nowhere and spotify lets my listen to it right away. It's nifty.

 

[J.Pocalypse]

I tired having Spotify as an iTunes-esque replacement for my Atrix. It seemed that Spotify has no comprehension of proper editing of ID3 tags ( for my MP3 library ), I uninstalled it from my laptop and phone.

 

[Voicecoil]

I like spotify it is ok, I have not signed up for the paid subscription as I sdtarted using it early
there is now a 5 play limitation I think this is very reasonable.
 
cheers
 
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