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Switched to Rdio (from Spotify) over the summer. Loved the syncing (your position in a song/album/playlist is synced across all devices - start listening on you
by prezjordan 13y ago
Switched to Rdio (from Spotify) over the summer. Loved the syncing (your position in a song/album/playlist is synced across all devices - start listening on your phone during your commute and resume at your desk), loved the design, and loved the social aspect.
That being said, it _really_ bothers me that they are not transparent about the quality of the music they serve. Every Rdio fanboy I've talked to says "Yeah it's definitely 320" but they don't explicitly say it anywhere. They won't give a definitive answer, leading me to believe it's not really that great quality.
For that reason (and the app crashing a lot), I unsubscribed and returned to Spotify.
EDIT: I was avoiding the quality argument - but I have a pair of Denon AHD-2000s and the difference in quality between Spotify and Rdio was noticeable. I worry about placebos, though, and wanted to go by the numbers.
- smnrchrds 13y agoWhy do you need to be told the quality of their music? Does it matter what the bit-rate is as long as you can't hear the difference? If it sounds bad, switch. If it sounds good enough, stay.
- prezjordan 13y agoIt does sound worse, but I want some numbers to back it up.
- signed0 13y agoI'm pretty sure it's 192kbps.
- icpmacdo 13y agoHey this is unrelated to the topic but I was wondering why you put undersocres between "it really bothers". I have seen a few people do this on hack news and I am unsure of the meaning.
- zheng 13y agoThey're trying to italicize the word via markdown (which accepts either _ or * ), but HN only supports * . So _really_ should be really
- prezjordan 13y agoJust for emphasis :) Some chat clients convert _x_ to x. I feel it does a better job than a pair of em tags.