CDs are for me what cassettes were in the 90s: I buy only albums that I know are great, in most cases, greatest hits or classics. Stuff I can throw on in the car and not worry about skipping tracks or whatever.
I get the majority of my music via streaming now. Here's my checklist:
1. Amazon Music - comes with Prime, you have this, a great collection, though doesn't have everything, and tends to miss the new releases (though not all the time). When I deep dive into an artist or a best-of list, usually half of the albums I can find here. I check if an album is available here first. I can download onto my phone, which is key for me.
2. Youtube Music - improved greatly in the last few months, their collection has rivaled Spotify. Their commercials are less irritating (and, like youtube, often short and/or skippable after a few seconds). Also the free version on the phone plays albums in the correct track order (Spotify free plays on the phone an album in random order, often with related tracks from other artists). Only detriments to the free version is the commercials and I have to keep the phone "on" and the app opened to listen. My preferred listen while on the computer.
3. Spotify - has the best collection. Finding songs or albums are easiest here.
As for subscribing:
1. Amazon Unlimited is only $9/mo on top of Prime. If you don't have Prime, don't bother. I have done a "free month" and "three months for 99 cents" deals.
2. Youtube Music - $10/mo. I also did a "three months for 99 cents" deal, that just ran out.
3. Spotify Premium - $10/mo, though it seems to give me a "free month" deal every year.
4. Tidal -- going to try this out in the next month.Statistics: Posted by poorpete — Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:58 am
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