Comment on Spotify to raise prices in September

• Solventbubbles@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I use Qobuz! It works well most the time. And it has a huge library. Some things are not as polished as some of the bigger companies. And there’s a lot of Initial setup to get it working…

  That said, I would say it’s a great option. I do wish it had better continuous play options, as sometimes I listen to a playlist, and then it just stops. But that may be part of the learning curve. I’m not really a big “playlists” guy… I’d like to start a radio and have it find similar artists (similar to Pandora 12 years ago) But that doesn’t really seem to be the way companies are going anymore.

  I have several Google mini devices (I know, I know. I’m working on it, but that’s a whole other process) and they don’t really seem to get along with qobuz all the time.

  Overall, I like it, but it still needs work.

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  • sudoer777@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I just switched from Tidal to Qobuz and when using Soundiiz like 1/4 of my songs didn’t transfer, and when I look songs up a lot of them aren’t there at all. The personalized playlist is also disappointing in my experience, so I’m considering switching back.

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    • Solventbubbles@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I have noticed that the search function is very unforgiving. Like, you have to search the exact title, because it will not find a partial name.

      That sucks that a lot of songs didn’t come up. I’ve actually been pleasantly surprised with the content. Personally. A lot of my stuff that I thought was pretty niche I’ve been able to find.

      Are you noticing any specific genres are more difficult than others?

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      • sudoer777@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The ones I’ve noticed so far were somewhere in between metal, hyperpop, and generally chaotic electronic music. Specifically:

        • DEATHWISH by poutyface
        • MONSTER ENERGY GUN! by KevinKempt
        • PIN CUSHION by Siiickbrain Also:
        • Little Game by Benny
        • mi tawa lon pimeja ni

        There’s a bunch of others that I haven’t looked through yet. I downloaded a list of songs from my Tidal library with soundiiz so I should do the same with Qobuz then do a diff.

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