• ikt@aussie.zoneOP
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    19 hours ago

    tbf Spotify is easily the best subscription I’ve got, according to my wrapped I was listening to the equivalent of 82 days straight in the last year

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      11 hours ago

      Glad you’re enjoying it, that’s awesome. I used it a decade and more ago, but Spotify never worked out for me for a few reasons:

      • I discovered hi-fi music, have multiple good setups and for years Spotify was lower quality. It took them close to a decade to do FLAC quality.

      • I listen to a large variety of stuff from multiple countries, and Spotify would often lose rights to tracks I liked. At one point something like 10-15% of the music on my list disappeared.

      • I prefer to own my music in high quality, have bought a ton of albums and have around 1.2 TB of FLAC on my NAS.

      • I don’t like how artists get completely screwed on pay by Spotify.


      My home setup has multiple budget hi-fi setups with passive speakers and mini-amps, and a 5.1 system in my living room. I’ve got a mini-PC server that runs Lyrion with Bliss mix plugin, Plex (for PlexAmp), and AssetUPnP. I still have Qobuz for streaming and discovery (and it integrates in Lyrion to mix with my local collection), but prefer local music overall.