Streaming via App vs Local Storage...what works for you?

"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
12/17/2016 at 01:36 • Filed to: None

Hey der opponauts, do you stream music from music apps in the car or do you, like I do with my iPhone, painstakingly scour the net (SoundCloud in my case) for music since I’m so picky, and then put it on the phone, because again, like me, I have such a specific, niche taste in music?

DISCUSSION (16)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
12/17/2016 at 01:44

The latter, primarily, though I do stream my local NPR station while I’m on the road.

Nick Has an Exocet > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
12/17/2016 at 02:02

It depends. Spotify for general listening. FLAC when I want to really enjoy it.

hellriaser > Nick Has an Exocet
12/17/2016 at 02:07

Can you really tell FLAC? Maybe my stereos all suck or my ears do but I cannot tell between high end MP3's & FLAC

hellriaser > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
12/17/2016 at 02:09

Mostly downloaded content but occasionally I will stream.... also if you really drive that pink spoon s2000 please post all about it please

Sam > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
12/17/2016 at 02:32

I have Google Play music and a playlist of stuff.

Echo51 > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
12/17/2016 at 02:45

Mostly downloaded onto a USB, since bluetooth is hit-n-miss on pioneer decks from experience, but sometimes i get fancy and stream from di.fm, or friend has his spotify hooked up for roadtrips.

Clemsie McKenzie > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
12/17/2016 at 07:30

I still buy CDs! I know I’m weird. But I like the quality, having a physical copy of the thing, and also my car only takes CD. That said I do download and stream too.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
12/17/2016 at 07:49

I only get 1GB of data per month, so streaming is out when driving. I do stream at home so that I can find out what new music I’m Discovering, sometimes recording via a DVD recorder for review later. I bought a phone with 128GB so I can load it with music and not have to think about it again.

I still have my first generation iPod, with a whopping 5GB of storage. I put a bunch of my favorite songs on it in 2002 and really have not had the need to update the music on it in 14 years.

deekster_caddy > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
12/17/2016 at 08:19

For me in-car is a mix. I keep my favorites downloaded on my phone, I listen to a lot of podcasts, and once in a while I’ll stream Pandora.

Fwiw I wish I could make Spotify work as well as Pandora as they seem to have a larger library to choose from.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
12/17/2016 at 10:00

All my music is sitting on a Plex server that is in my office at home as well as being on Google Play. In my current car (No Nav) I have a large collection of albums on an SD card if I don’t want to stream from my phone over Bluetooth.

Nick Has an Exocet > hellriaser
12/17/2016 at 10:04

It somewhat depends on the recording. You’re not going to tell on a green day song. The Beatles? Absolutely can.

My setup at home is decent though. AKG K702 headphones with xonar essence STX sound card (built in headphone amplifier).

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
12/17/2016 at 11:33

I almost always use local storage, especially when I’m driving, because I don’t want to use all my monthly data. On top of this is the fact that much of the music I listen to isn’t available for streaming in the U.S.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
12/17/2016 at 13:56

So techy! Hahaha

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart
12/17/2016 at 14:00

I’m lucky where T-Mobile provides great service where I live. T-Mobile recently released a cool perk, where any major music apps are able to stream freely and don’t count against one’s data plan. I rarely take advantage of it, but if it wasn’t possible I’d never try using SoundCloud in my car.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Clemsie McKenzie
12/17/2016 at 14:04

You know what, I still have two great CDs in my car I listen to once in a while. On a separate note, yesterday, I found a song on my iPhone that skips. I was like.... Whoa.

Clemsie McKenzie > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
12/17/2016 at 16:00

Haha yeah! On my phone, my copy of The Strugle Within from Metallica skips a bit also. But I won’t re-upload the disc because it’s a really small skip and it reminds me that it comes from my individual copy of that CD, and I like that.