Do you use Pandora?
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I used to use it a lot. Now I'm hooked on Last.fm
Tom
Tom
I like it when I am on a computer at school.
Sir.Byrd
Lunatic Member
Its blocked at school for me
That sucks for you!
possibly the best tool for becoming un-bored at school on a computer ever developed.
spartanmanor
Lunatic Member
All day long at work running to my Sansui 8080 and AR 7's. Makes work just a little more enjoyable. The quality may not be that great but it beats the pants of local FM.
Filmboydoug
Nikko Freako
The sound isn't the best, tis true. But the LONG list of new artists I have discovered makes it well worth it.
Sir.Byrd
Lunatic Member
There was one artist that I heard and liked so much that I went out and bought ALL of their albums on vinyl. Then I made a radio station of that artist and found EVEN MORE artists that I like. Its also great to put in artists you are already interested in because sometimes they have something you don't.
There is no poll choice for me.
I tried it for a while and found that it did not know what to do with my preferences. It either picked things I already had, or pulled up things that were way off. It turned out to be entirely unhelpful and unentertaining.
But that was a couple years ago. Maybe I should give it another try. Perhaps its brain has gotten bigger.
I tried it for a while and found that it did not know what to do with my preferences. It either picked things I already had, or pulled up things that were way off. It turned out to be entirely unhelpful and unentertaining.
But that was a couple years ago. Maybe I should give it another try. Perhaps its brain has gotten bigger.
Sir.Byrd
Lunatic Member
Perhaps option #3?
Maybe listen to it for a couple months and then vote, this poll does not have a set close time.
Rick Vestal
Have a nice day and duck!
Pandora + Squeezebox = Awesome!
Jeffhs
Super Member
I've been using Pandora for some time now, and like it a lot. I like 1960s-'70s rock; Pandora has a very wide selection of this type of music, including songs I either haven't heard in years or just plain don't hear on terrestrial radio anymore (if they ever played them in the first place; I'm convinced some of the songs I hear on Pandora but have never heard on local radio here in northeastern Ohio were strictly regional hits, never having gained enough popularity to go national).
I've all but given up on terrestrial radio since I found Pandora (I have Winamp and links to several other media streams as well, including WLS-FM in Chicago [http://www.947chicago.com]). IMO, it sounds great through my stereo system; I wonder if some of you who say Pandora has "poor sound quality" are listening through a pair of generic computer speakers (most of which, the ones that come with most computers as standard equipment anyway, have only one speaker and terrible frequency response).
Pandora mentions on its website (http://www.pandora.com), however, that its music streams will sound very good through any stereo system; the site even has detailed instructions on how to connect your computer to your audio system. I did just that some time ago (long before discovering Pandora) and, once I heard the results, I knew I'd never want to go back to the puny "Infinity" speakers that were included with my computer.
I've all but given up on terrestrial radio since I found Pandora (I have Winamp and links to several other media streams as well, including WLS-FM in Chicago [http://www.947chicago.com]). IMO, it sounds great through my stereo system; I wonder if some of you who say Pandora has "poor sound quality" are listening through a pair of generic computer speakers (most of which, the ones that come with most computers as standard equipment anyway, have only one speaker and terrible frequency response).
Pandora mentions on its website (http://www.pandora.com), however, that its music streams will sound very good through any stereo system; the site even has detailed instructions on how to connect your computer to your audio system. I did just that some time ago (long before discovering Pandora) and, once I heard the results, I knew I'd never want to go back to the puny "Infinity" speakers that were included with my computer.
shimniok
Super Member
Been using the crap out of last.fm lately. Will have to try this other site.
I think this type of site has to be one of the best ways to quickly sample entire genres of music... In a matter of days I've explored a bunch of new-to-me rockabilly and blues artists and learned a lot more about the history of rock. My music "wish list" has grown rather rapidly
I think this type of site has to be one of the best ways to quickly sample entire genres of music... In a matter of days I've explored a bunch of new-to-me rockabilly and blues artists and learned a lot more about the history of rock. My music "wish list" has grown rather rapidly
Botched
Botched, Botched Surgery
I like it a lot for discovering new artists, however on artists I already know I find it has the same problems as commercial radio- that is, it plays the well-known songs, and rarely the 'deep cuts'....you know, every other album it pulls up is a "Best Of" type thing, which gets extremely irritating after a while.
Are you taking advantage of the "I like..." or the "I don't like..." feature?
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