Subj : No traffic.
To   : Bob Roberts
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Jan 01 2021 19:56:00

Hello Bob!

** On Thursday 31.12.20 - 13:16, Bob Roberts wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> For a change of pace, I do still play CDs from time to time. I
 AA>> have a 5-disc carousel model in which I can play everything
 AA>> randomly and be pleasantly surprised every time.

 BR> I have one of these in storage and I keep thinking I should get it out
 BR> and hook it up... but I never do.  It's just too easy to pull up any
 BR> random thing on Spotify or Apple Music.

In my case, I don't stream Spotify at home, because I only have  
mobile data from my phone as a hotspot for internet.  The Spotify  
stream would consume my monthly quota with just a few albums.

CD carousel is my only way to enjoy house-filling sound.

One day, I would like to dedicate an old laptop as the Spotify  
server with collections that I have pulled for offline play  
(Spotify allows this). And when I want new music for offline  
play, simply take the laptop with me to my DSL service at the  
shop in town.


 BR> My favorite feature of Spotify is the music discovery.
 BR> Their personally generated playlists are really great at
 BR> discovering new music and bands I would never discover
 BR> otherwise.

I agree. The discovery suggestions have been fun to try out.


 BR> Back when buying CDs was a thing, I would have to goto
 BR> obscure record shops and hunt around in the Genre buckets
 BR> for new stuff.  Now there are machine learning algorhythms
 BR> studying the listening habits of millions of users and
 BR> generating recommedations.  They work pretty well and have
 BR> brought tons of new discovery my way.

My 2000+ collection acts almost like that now!  I have piles of  
CDs: some in boxes, some in towers on the floor, some in  
dedicated CD tower displays, some in CD drawers.  When I scan  
through them randomly I discover something new every time.  LOL

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