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How do you listen to music? (self.music)

submitted 2 years ago by Lionir to c/music

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I've personally started buying music from Bandcamp and iTunes to have my own music collection outside of a music service and better support artists.

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[–] tomf 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use Foobar2000 on my HTPC and also the FB2K iOS app, which is great, but not perfect. Everything is FLAC (16/44 for the most part).

I also have Spotify, but I only really use it for alarms -- mostly their mixes, which are pretty good for the most part.

[–] Lionir 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How do you get the music to play it with Foobar? Any preferred services?

[–] tomf 3 points 2 years ago

A mix of straight stealing via the main two trackers and also usenet or bandcamp -- it depends on the band. With classic records I am picky when it comes to pressing, so bandcamp and other not-legal avenues aren't always the best option.

The two trackers are great and its pretty easy to maintain a good ratio with a home connection. Usenet doesn't have as much music, but its really nice since there's no seeding or any of that 'gotta keep it around' business.