> Ron M wrote > I really like having my own collection of "owned" (or, let's be honest, > in a few instances "stolen") music. I love using LMS, and enjoy > tinkering. But if I were starting out on the music appreciation path now > I'd probably be using streaming services almost exclusively, and > discovering new music that way, taking in live music when I could, and > discovering new music THAT way as well, and gleefully taking advantage > of the all-you-can-hear buffet.
I too have a lot of my own music, but generally burn my own CD copies, for the car, the cottage, etc. Some I make direct Hi-def CD copies. Other times I will rip a CD to mP3 to get more music on a single disc..Then if they get scratched up, I still have the original new CD. I listen to Pandora a lot , on my SB2s and that way I hear new music, or from various radio "stations" too. As for my Squeezboxes, I have 2 SB2s. A major panic when one lost an output channel, but this great forum suggested get a TOS/digital cable, and use the digital output into a compatible stereo receiver. Well I have an old Pioneer VSX-820 and now that SB2 is sending 2 channels again to my KEF 105.4s. Second SB2 is in our bedroom. I too am listening to streaming music a lot, mainly Pandora with my favorite music channels , Cat Power, Joni Mitchel, Sneaker Pimps etc. The ability to stream any online radio station *in the world * is cool too. I had a friend visiting from Ottawa, Canada, and I quickly was streaming his favorite CBC station from my system.. I do worry what will happen when/if the Squeezbox server goes down for good. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chamonix's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64929 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107925 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
