When I want to listen to Atmos music, I can use Amazon Music Unlimited or Tidal on a Google TV streamer in my living room where I have a dual setup. Atmos or Stereo.
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Question for users of less expensive music streamers - How are you using them?
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I will just mention that my 600 odd cd's have been successfully accessed from a Seagate hard drive for the last three years. (Via Sonos).
However, perhaps three months ago, the library disappeared from the app. I can see that they are still there on the Seagate, but, play them, not a chance up to now!
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Thanks everyone for the ideas and insights. It's interesting hear what people are doing. It seems a lot of us have a higher tolerance for dealing with software user interfaces and networking than I do.
In the end, I think things here are OK the way they are.
In case anyone is wondering...
I back up all my music files to a 4TB HDD, duplicated on a second 4TB HDD. That satisfies the maxim that data doesn't truly exist until it exists in three places. None of the drives have died yet, but I really doubt all three will die at the same time unless some kind of major catastrophe happens, after which I'll have bigger things to worry about than digital music files.
For new music I rely on radio stations (special shout out to WKCR-FM in NYC!), friends and family, word-of-mouth, just like I've always done. I find I don't enjoy listening to algorithm-curated streaming services like Spotify. I don't know why.
For mobile music I have a 256GB uSD card in my phone, with a bunch of 256k and 320k MP3s on it. Websites give me radio stations from around the world, and I can stream music from YouTube if I really want to. I don't worry about ultimate sound quality from the phone. In this case things are good enough for the car, in a hotel room, etc. Not to mention how horrible it is to try to listen to music in a plane. In that situation I'm happy just to shut out the world for a few hours.
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In the end, I think things here are OK the way they are.
In case anyone is wondering...
I back up all my music files to a 4TB HDD, duplicated on a second 4TB HDD. That satisfies the maxim that data doesn't truly exist until it exists in three places. None of the drives have died yet, but I really doubt all three will die at the same time unless some kind of major catastrophe happens, after which I'll have bigger things to worry about than digital music files.
For new music I rely on radio stations (special shout out to WKCR-FM in NYC!), friends and family, word-of-mouth, just like I've always done. I find I don't enjoy listening to algorithm-curated streaming services like Spotify. I don't know why.
For mobile music I have a 256GB uSD card in my phone, with a bunch of 256k and 320k MP3s on it. Websites give me radio stations from around the world, and I can stream music from YouTube if I really want to. I don't worry about ultimate sound quality from the phone. In this case things are good enough for the car, in a hotel room, etc. Not to mention how horrible it is to try to listen to music in a plane. In that situation I'm happy just to shut out the world for a few hours.
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