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(I could look into other ways to hook my phone up directly to the speakers, but it's nice to not tie up my phone that way if I don't need to.) Pandora sent me an email that their rates are going up to match Slacker, and I cancelled Slacker after a few months (I tried it a couple of years ago when I cancelled satellite radio) because it didn't give me any *more* than Pandora but cost more money. I don't know yet how I feel about their price increase; for now I signed up for Amazon Prime and I'm going to let my Pandora subscription lapse and see if I miss it. Since signing up, I've added a dozen songs to the kids's playlist on my phone and I've seen several more that I want to add. (I want to try them out with the kids first and see if they like them.) I use iTunes and Google Play for my own library, but am going to look at whether Amazon can import my iTunes library (the way that Google does) and then I'll start going through their library for myself. I like their playlists, and especially like that it can be mixed into my own music; I have to get my own music into my Amazon cloud so that I can stream everything from the cloud rather than storing it on my phone. |
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07-23-2014, 12:19 PM | #137 | |
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Several hundred thousand songs and hundreds of playlists added:
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07-23-2014, 01:25 PM | #138 |
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Still waiting for Roku access.
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07-23-2014, 01:33 PM | #139 |
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Still waiting for sideways use.
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07-23-2014, 06:24 PM | #140 |
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Okay, I can play that game:
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07-24-2014, 02:03 PM | #141 |
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I'd be satisfied if there was a good way to set up playlists; I downloaded the computer app specifically to manage my cloud playlists and it's terrible.
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07-25-2014, 08:25 AM | #142 |
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While I wish Prime Music had a larger catalog, I have found the existing catalog (and the nice integration with my Ford's SYNC system) to be more than enough to ditch Google Music.
So now I'm getting the functional equivalents of Netflix, Google Music AND 2-day free shipping for less than the cost of Netflix or Google Music alone. Plus a free Kindle book a month through Prime Lending Library. What a deal! |
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My biggest complaint about these "curated" playlists is the use of re-recorded songs, instead of the originals. If they can't get the rights to the original hits, then don't bother. While listening to a new playlist, I frequently find myself deleting a bunch of re-recorded songs.
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They've added new stuff to Prime Music today.
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I finally selected 2 songs which appeared as free Prime offerings. However, I noticed I could not download them to my Amazon Music PC App. I was able to download them to my Kindle Fire HDX 7 and Amazon Music App on my Samsung Galaxy s5 phone.
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Prime Music can only be downloaded to mobile devices; no computers.
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I like the idea of it and I found some great music on prime, but I have to listen to music through my stereo speakers hooked up to my receiver/TV etc. So I have to wait for the Roku app.
I can't listen to music on ear phones and the only other option is some tinny speaker I sometimes use for audio books. Also not useful for me to listen to music too. I just keep adding stuff to the cloud in anticipation of the Roku app. Otherwise I am out of luck. |
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I have a pair of these http://www.polkaudio.com/products/tl3 plugged into a Cambridge Sound Works sub/amp which is plugged into my pc. Sounds great!
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