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Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I've not seen anyone recommend an alternative like Qobuz in these "fuck spotify" discussions - I think it's a good honest alternative?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I recommend .

    Jokes aside, the only reason I use Spotify is for discovery and the vast catalog (primarily the JP music market).
    And I havent seen Qobuz be mentioned in any capacity by japanese artists.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Ah this is an interesting point. I think Qoboz are active in expanding their libraries and they do take requests on site. Do you have any JP recommendations - its not a region I've ever really listened to?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Japanese are difficult to deal with.
    It sure was a process to get them to release on Spotify. Before that they tended to stay on Apple Music.

    Examples of artists I liked:
    Tokyo Health Club - J-Rap but a bit more lo-fi
    -> One of my favs: https://youtu.be/GSRfeUHZZN8
    -> Honorable mention: https://youtu.be/ErLSUsqERm8

    • Crazy Beats (Touhou - Eurobeat Remixes)
      -> Just open any of their songs and listen ;)
    • Akatsuki Records (Tohou Remix - All kinds of genre)
      -> Same here
    • Hololive (A group of vTubers that also release music of all kinds of genre)
      -> https://youtu.be/twUFbqyul_M
      -> https://youtu.be/WGgEFoI9MhE
    • Ado (Also very diverse voice and genre selection. But usually more towards pop and pop-rock-like releases)
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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Seen the recommendation plenty of times.

    Is it better than TIDAL? I'm interested in switching to either of those, perhaps.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I only used Tidal a while back during a free trial, so can't comment too much. I think Tidal might have more wide spread functuonality adoption than Qoboz - but they do seem to be pushing out updates to meet feature parity.

    Qoboz has been great to use though. I actually find I get a wider spectrum of recommendations than Spotify. Spotify seemed to type cast my current listening habits agressively, and it would take a while to break out of that loop each time.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Cool, thank you!

    Any experience with using it in a car system?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Like a caveman, I just plug in and use my phone to control it!

    At home I do use an amp thay supports direct play, there's a few companies that support Qobuz in thay way - and self hosted options too. To make use of the fidelity.

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