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Re: Spotify Box

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Post by bayindirh »

sneak wrote: post #32
DenseComet wrote: post #5

Wow this is a super impressive project. I was originally expecting a device built around a Raspberry Pi, but this is a completely custom designed linux board!

I don't understand why they didn't just use a pi; it would have been cheaper and easier. It already has ethernet and analog audio out.

Raspberry Pi's analog audio out is not very high quality either. I run a HiFiBerry on a Raspberry Pi, and while it's really delicious to use (good sound, good app, good ergonomics), it's just mount, flash and play. It's not something you make from scratch.

I'd love to have time to work on something similar. My targets would be different audio-quality wise, but it's a very nice project. Kudos to its maker.

Re: Spotify Box

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Post by lucasverra »

BitAstronaut wrote: post #63
wussboy wrote: post #55

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Sure. But we’ll need some sort of centralized market or exchange on which to discover these artists and send them funds. Oh wait….

https://bandcamp.com https://rateyourmusic.com for discovery.

what about last.fm. Got an account like 10y ago, connected to my stream. Looks alive and well, probably selling my data but is there anything to know from last 5y ?

Re: Spotify Box

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Post by ThinkBeat »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #54

We should just be cutting out the middlemen like Spotify, and buying music directly from musicians. Then, we can just use standards compliant hardware, of our choosing, to play the music in any format we want (many modern musicians release as flac, old school musicians still sell CDs; either play as lossless, or recompress to chosen target).

I prefer buying physical media. I am partial to CDs but that might just be my age.

When CDs were everywhere, getting them was easy and prices more competitive.

The last CD I wanted I had to order from Germany and the company really took far too much for the shipping. (€ 15)

Once it arrived in Norway (ECC, not EU) I had to pay taxes on top of it.

Media downloads from the artist is good in that I get to direct the money directly (or at least a direct as I can) to the artist (I guess most companies in that space take a cut)

But they are easy to forget, easy to delete etc.

CDs are harder to throw out accidently.

Re: Spotify Box

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Post by eafkuor »

weq wrote: post #72
foxpurple wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did this for years. Finally gave up last year. It’s so much work, discovery is a huge pain, listening on all devices is a pain. None of it was worth it. Now I just use Spotify and don’t care. I don’t need the extra work in my life.

all my friends use spotify and everytime i am with them i hear the same music. sure its the music they like, but its the same over and over and over again with no variation. They tell me spotify is great at discovery but i havnt heard it. i listen to djs, radio stations and other internet channels that mix the music i like into new and exciting compositions.

Yes Spotify is great at discovery. I've discovered plenty of music thanks to it during the years – lately, for example, tens of Japanese jazz recordings.

Re: Spotify Box

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Post by hansel_der »

yccs27 wrote: post #74
weq wrote: post #72

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all my friends use spotify and everytime i am with them i hear the same music. sure its the music they like, but its the same over and over and over again with no variation. They tell me spotify is great at discovery but i havnt heard it. i listen to djs, radio stations and other internet channels that mix the music i like into new and exciting compositions.

Yeah, many people just don't care as much about discovering new music. I don't think it says much about Spotify though.

imo it tells that spotify has a conflict of interest were it sells "access to all music" and on the other hand has the means to steer customers towards economically advantageous consumption.

Re: Spotify Box

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Post by jensgk »

mikewave wrote: post #13

For anyone else who wants to do this, just set up the absolutely amazing Volumio on your RPi or any other computer. https://volumio.org/ The web app is great for use in your house, the Spotify plugin is first class - it's supported as a target in your Spotify app, or you can browse straight from the webapp, which means even a guest on your wifi can easily pop on and help pick the music.

Volumio is great, but I am now using moOde audio player (http://moodeaudio.org/) which is similar, but has much better DSP, in the form of CamillaDSP (it actually works..), also I find the GUI more intuitive.

Re: Spotify Box

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Post by jensgk »

mikewave wrote: post #17
bigtones wrote: post #9

A $30 Raspberry Pi with free Volumio serves the same purpose for me, and I can attach a DAC hat to the top of the Pi for high fidelity audio - but this looks so much better with it's beautiful wood finish.

Any recommendations for the DAC? I'm using a USB sound card right now on my Volumio Pi but haven't been thrilled about it. What I really want is SPDIF coaxial or optical output, on the cheap.

Before I got the Topping E30 DAC, I was using the Apple USB-C headphone jack adaptor, which is a great and cheap little DAC. You can read the review with measurements on Audio Science Review. If you want SPDIF output, you should consider the Topping D10s, also reviewed on ASR.

Re: Spotify Box

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Post by alias_neo »

weq wrote: post #72
foxpurple wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did this for years. Finally gave up last year. It’s so much work, discovery is a huge pain, listening on all devices is a pain. None of it was worth it. Now I just use Spotify and don’t care. I don’t need the extra work in my life.

all my friends use spotify and everytime i am with them i hear the same music. sure its the music they like, but its the same over and over and over again with no variation. They tell me spotify is great at discovery but i havnt heard it. i listen to djs, radio stations and other internet channels that mix the music i like into new and exciting compositions.

I was with Google Music for years, until the YouTube music fiasco then I jumped ship to Spotify.

I found discovery excellent in Google but Spotify is horrible, it thinks I want to listen to Pop because I put a playlist of "top" or "charts" on while I work, when really I want rock/metal albums and can't discover them for the life of me.

Re: Spotify Box

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Post by bambax »

bigtones wrote: post #9

A $30 Raspberry Pi with free Volumio serves the same purpose for me, and I can attach a DAC hat to the top of the Pi for high fidelity audio - but this looks so much better with it's beautiful wood finish.

Where can you buy a $30 Pi?? The 4 is about €120 on Amazon, and I can't find the 3B for less than €60...
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