What is your go to source for music?

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Dramatic_Side_856@reddit

I normally use YouTube. But I’m thinking of using Sirius XM with three months free if I get it at Target.

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I use Apple Music for my streaming, but it’s not my favourite source of content. The algorithm doesn’t suggest anything that would make me feel uncomfortable. That’s why it’s important to keep using Allmusic and Pitchfork. My wife has fantastic taste in music as well. We watched Coachella over the past two weekends and we loved CMAT, Lil Sims and Geese.

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MommaGuy@reddit

Spotify. My car has the app so I don’t even need to have my phone.

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vertigocin@reddit

Apple Music or Spotify

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MinusGovernment@reddit

I mostly listen to sports radio when I'm delivering pizzas. We have a kickass local station that chased ESPN radio out and gives a bunch of local flavor.

If I'm streaming music I use the free version of Live One (was called Slacker long ago when I got locked out of my Pandora and switched).

Or I will find a full album of whatever I'm feeling on YouTube and play it through my browser to eliminate the ads.

I also recently started using my Google play credits for audiobooks so I've got a few of those now too.

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No-Travel-8949@reddit

Spotify.

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Sassca@reddit

Apple Music or sometimes smooth soul, smooth 70s and xfm chill in the car.

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CatapultingFeces@reddit

If I'm not at home, Spotify. At home it's physical media. I listen to entire albums so it still feels normal to pop in a CD or drop the needle on an LP.

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No_Builder7010@reddit

Funny, we had XM for years and years, then switched to Pandora. Now that we don't have XM, I listen to a lot more terrestrial radio. We don't have a huge selection of stations, but I have realized that XM was so specific that I was rarely introduced to genres, artists, etc bcuz you have your favorites you keep returning to. While playlists are weirdly short here on earth, I do get to enjoy more new-to-me things. Ads mostly suck but some of them are very engaging. I find myself sort of rating them, like a movie critic.

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skatoulaki@reddit

"While playlists are weirdly short here on earth"...

As opposed to...your home planet?

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omfgwhatever@reddit

Nanu Nanu. Shazbot!

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Martyinco@reddit

SiriusXM as well, the subscription is free with my vehicle so I can also use the app on my phone while at work. It covers all my listening pleasures

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birdmarty@reddit

Pandora via CarPlay in the car - or talk radio - and suffer through the commercials.

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omfgwhatever@reddit

If I'm in town, the local radio station. I live in a small city, so it takes about 4 minutes to get anywhere, 6 if people use the damn roundabouts incorrectly. Otherwise, I have playlists on YouTube music for long car rides.

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

My tastes are also all over the place. I'm a Spotify user, at present, though I also have vinyl and lossless digital video collections that I enjoy.

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Equivalent_Yogurt_58@reddit

Mainly Amazon music, SiriusXM otherwise. My drive isnt that far anymore.

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MienaLovesCats@reddit

YouTube music

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Used_Cheesecake5415@reddit

I use LiveOne. $10/or for unlimited skips, can shut off ads and channel host and has so many channels to pick from. They have artist stations that mix it up with similar artists. Great app.

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Street_Wash1565@reddit

Records. I ripped all my CDs, and listen to them through a raspberry pi media player. Bandcamp, soundcloud, spotify.
(Roughly in that order)

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Historical_Project86@reddit

Most streaming services are criminal. I used to listen to Spotify, now just tune in to BBC Radio 6. I did have a label subscription on Bandcamp for constellation records, but cancelled that as I only really like GY!BE on that label.

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Dracono@reddit

Personal MP3 collection and youtube.

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arafel3@reddit

Apple Music. We’re fairly heavily in the Apple ecosystem anyway, all have iPhones, so a family sized Apple Music subscription works for us.

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Bladley@reddit

KEXP

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chabs1965@reddit

I use Sirius in my car, YouTube at home but not a lot. I travel every week and it's hit or miss on what I get in my rental. About half the time it's Sirius which i love. Ofter l other half is radio which i absolutely cannot stand.

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DiogenesXenos@reddit

CDs and tapes.

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zoestar198728@reddit

I have a SiriusXM in my car. I have Apple MUSIC on my phone.

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DustyHound@reddit

Sirius and Apple usually. Vinyl on the good stereo after the bong rips.

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JJQuantum@reddit

Apple Music. I like a wide variety as well and they seem to fit the bill.

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OoklaTheMok1994@reddit

In my vehicles I have my entire 6,000+ song library on a thumb drive. No commercials. No need to be connected to the Internet or mobile network. Just the music that I like, curated over the last 40 years.

I also listen to this library when I'm working on my home desktop.

Other times it's usually Pandora.

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PossibleDiscipline90@reddit

I love my SiriusXM. I also have YouTube music.

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chilicrock_21@reddit

Spotify. I have dozens of playlists as do my grown kids and we follow each others playlists. It’s fun to discover new music that way

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IndividualText4931@reddit

My record collection.

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Schleprock11@reddit

I still love radio. I use Radio Garden to get worldwide radio, but mainly keep it on WWOZ and WBGO.

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jaerocc@reddit

I use a combo of iheartradio, pandora and soundcloud. Spotify sometimes too since I have 1 huge Playlist on there.

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lighthumor@reddit

I still keep Sirius. I live in the West and mobile coverage can still be iffy in spots. And it's a nice change of pace to not select what I'm listening to. But most of the time I use YouTube Music. I have a YouTube account and Music is included. Works fine for me for the most part!

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Onerustyrn@reddit

Slow Blues playlist on Spotify

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More_Pineapple3585@reddit

CDs in the car (I have my old collection and still buy new and used), ~~free~~ included Amazon Music Prime through Sonos at home.

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Realistic-Explorer69@reddit

Spotify and SiriusXM

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fxm727@reddit

bring back them old feelings

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Immediate_Many_2898@reddit

Apple but that’s because ages ago I spent a huge amount of time digitizing all my music on to my Mac. It has been moved from computer to computer since the 90’s and I don’t want to mess with it again.

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BlackfriarsBilly@reddit

Radio Paradise…..Main Mix.

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Kryceks-Revenge@reddit

Spotify for playlists. I still buy albums on mp3 if I like the artist. Spotify is ass to artists.

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stpaul1777@reddit

I agree, I use Spotify for finding new stuff but I also like to buy the albums.

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Kryceks-Revenge@reddit

Yesssss

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hiro111@reddit

YouTube Premium. Ad free YouTube is a game-changer.

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3rn76@reddit

I took advantage of a free trial and could not go back to ads. It sucks they raised the price another $2, but it's still a good deal IMO. YT music isnt exactly Spotify but still fairly close, and YouTube Premium is indeed what you said, a game changer.

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dmorgendorffer00@reddit

This is what I use. But I'm forever bitter that Google music left us with you tube music. It was so much better.

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spartacusroosevelt@reddit

I am a long time subscriber. YT music is fine, I use it a lot so I see the limitations but it's pretty good for streaming music. But I haven't seen a YT ad in a decade or more and neither have the kids (family plan) and that is absofuckinglutley fine with me. I can't go back to the cesspool of YT ads.

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Stfudeal@reddit

I run my on server, stream it to myself wherever I've got the web.

I've got a few songs.

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stpaul1777@reddit

Is there an app/software you use for that?

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Disastrogirl@reddit

WFMU and Soma Radio

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westfly29@reddit

Whoa soma takes me back….

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theyFOOLEDmeJerry@reddit

Shout out SOFA FM

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westfly29@reddit

Sirius or cds in the car, Sirius dark wave, Rovr, NTS, Amazon Music, Pandora - all streaming and old iPod and cds. Got a massive ripped library in my computer but my iPod is so old it won’t recognize.

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Grizzl0ck@reddit

Tidal for me, mostly. Also a few gig of rips from over the years. For the car I'll generally throw a few varied albums in .flac format on a mini flash drive and change a few out every now and again. If I have a passenger then they can browse tidal on a phone or tablet, it's more intuitive than using the old single DIN head units file explorer.

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introvertednurse75@reddit

Sirius and Amazon prime unlimited music. I have been thinking about locating all my ald CDs though and having a listen.

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nevermore90038@reddit

Spotify. I have so many playlists, many genres. I listen to it daily.

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Balasarius@reddit

YouTube with adblock. They have a lot of remixes I like that aren't available anywhere else.

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TyeMoreBinding@reddit

As someone who spent the better part of my youth with my entire identify being my taste in music, it pains me to say this…

I’m tuned into NPR about 90% of the time.

Teenage me would definitely find current me to be lame af.

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CoolDragon@reddit

Marketplace!

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LeanButNotMean@reddit

The hosts on NPR have such soothing, mellow voices they make me drowsy. Not good when driving!

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Mycatreallyhatesyou@reddit

I only listen to podcasts. I haven’t updated my old Amazon Music playlist in years.

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sherlockjr1@reddit (OP)

Before Sirius I was definitely there a lot. “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” “Fresh Air”

Yes, and I also like broccoli

What have we become Oo

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loulou9284@reddit

Same, it’s what happens lol

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Alit_Quar@reddit

Spotify. Classic rock, current rock, on demand. What else could I need?

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FlukeStarbucker@reddit

SiriusXM + Tidal + KEXP + The Current

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Truffleshuffled@reddit

KEXP all day!

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Vinyasa_Veritas@reddit

WFUV. i'm a sustaining member. best eclectic collection of music, awesome human DJs. music programmed by people, not an algorithm. download the app. excellent music all the time.

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Dragonnuttz@reddit

https://genxradio.cc

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D05wtt@reddit

80s, blend, yacht rock, 1st wave, ozzy’s boneyard, hair nation, turbo, groove, chill, various comedy channels.

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Fun_Independent_7529@reddit

Apple Music subscription. So many playlists, both user curated and Apple curated, plus radio stations, etc.
I get cranky sometimes when I think about how much stuff is subscription based these days, but it works fine for music.

I like trying new stuff in a variety of genres so I'm not stuck in a rut of listening to the same ol thing all the time.

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TattedAngel711@reddit

I have Sirius. I listen to music and a lot sports. I also use YouTube music when I get sick of it all and want certain songs. My reg stations here have some good music too.

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LeafyCandy@reddit

In my car, I use Sirius. Terrestrial radio is okay. I got Sirius so I didn’t have to listen to DJs only to have the folks on Sirius talk longer than the ones on terrestrial. 🤬

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Agent_Cow314@reddit

Dang, am I the only one that's still listening to the same mp3s ripped from my cds 25 years ago?

... And dl'd from napster/kazaam...

In my defense, I've bought quite a few cds from Amazon that came with the digital version for free before they stopped doing that.

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RAConteur76@reddit

You are not alone.

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Agent_Cow314@reddit

Oddly enough, I didn't rip that or any of the songs from that Michael Jackson cd.

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Max_Gerber@reddit

I still listen to rips and MP3s from…other sources…on the playlist of approx. 3K songs that is my go-to. If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.

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kicker7744@reddit

Every time I pick up Sirius for a month or two I get sick of it by the end. Too many repeats and all the same water down stuff.

YouTube music is similar but at least I can skip easily enough. On occasion it finds old stuff I haven't heard in ages but that's happening less and less.

I started listening to a foreign artist and it's slowly picked up their catalog so that's good.

But again for the most part it's 90% the same stuff every day just in a different order.

So now it's not just music it's music plus the John Stewart podcast or some other political pod blog.

I also have a thumb drive with the entire Beatles catalog on it but amazingly enough all of that is getting old as well.

This is what happens when you spend over a decade on the road running from place to place.

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OnThe5@reddit

Qobuz

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CrayonData@reddit

Just moved there from Tidal.

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MMXVA@reddit

My iPhone that contains purchased ITunes songs and songs that I burned from CDs.

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_Kajara_@reddit

Spotify. I have a family plan with my adult kids.

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Pattycakes1966@reddit

I have Sirius. I think an iPod would work

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DawnGW@reddit

I’m also all over Sirius XM and try out a lot of different channels. Sometimes though, I’ll listen to KCRW fm (they have playlists on Spotify) for new music.

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Lthrr9@reddit

I love Sirius. I also use Spotify. I still have my albums but rarely use them. I gave my CDs 💿 away.

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Wonderful_Adagio9346@reddit

YouTube.

USB-C to earphone jack on 2012 car. YouTube playlists, or podcasts. Sirius XM exists, but not worth the cost.

Older car, USB thumb drive full of music. Linear access like a giant 8-track tape, so I would occasionally skip songs.

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stychentyme@reddit

CD’s. I have a bunch of them. I still buy them once in a while either new or at thrift shops. Sometimes I play them on my CD player, and I also have a bunch digitized to listen to on my computer while I work. I never got into streaming.

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ReneeHudsonReddit@reddit

Local FM, Spotify (most used), Amazon Music and the free SiriusXM channels.

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Djcatch22@reddit

770 Radio K am Minneapolis

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buzzedewok@reddit

I still flip between FM, Sirius, and Apple Music.

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Icy-Cardiologist-958@reddit

Apple Music.

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jbmcfm@reddit

WXPN

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yangstyle@reddit

Great station. Go Birds!

Is that available by satellite radio?

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jbmcfm@reddit

You can listen on-line xpn.org

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yangstyle@reddit

Oh yeah, for sure. I meant in the car. I guess I can stream it through my phone.

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AlderanAthletic_5BBY@reddit

WRNR

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hu_gnew@reddit

Hundreds of ripped CDs on both my phone and at home. I also watch old concerts on YouTube.

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TheSwedishEagle@reddit

Mostly HD Radio but if I am streaming it is Pandora.

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MrRetrdO@reddit

Spotify & Pandora in the car. At home I'll discover some artists on Youtube when it randomly puts it in my feed.

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9inez@reddit

My main source is my own library that dates back to teen years (70s-80s), to which I constantly add new material. It’s pretty easy to pick an artist and branch out and search for adjacent sounds which eventually morph into other genres.

If you want new or new to you, it just requires that you continue digging.

Finding new music is accomplished by: - reading about music - music reviews - digging into new music within genres I’m already interested in - looking at what artists I like are listening to - exploration of recommended playlists (I have an Apple Music sub) - people create style oriented playlists on YouTube such as “Khruangbin vibes” or “Two Hour is Trip Hop” or “Best Indie of 2025” or “Top 100 Classic Jazz” and so on - recs here are Reddit in general and genre specific subs - friends

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TickingTheMoments@reddit

I listen to Pandora and SitiusXM.

When Sirius first began they offered a lifetime subscription for $500. I got one in 2003.

I’ve been enjoying it ever since then.

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pandmr1@reddit

That's what I did

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MyDadBod_2021@reddit

I had Sirius XM since Howard Stern joined, but $30 a,moth was a bit much. Plus, Howard got stale. Switched to Amazon Music and have not looked back

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djr650@reddit

Just cancel and wait a month and they will email you with a much lower "come back" rate. Wait longer and the rate drops lower. $6/mo was when I signed back on.

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MyDadBod_2021@reddit

They've been emailing me for months. I just don't want to have to do that every year or so. Not worth the hassle to me

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djr650@reddit

Fair enough!

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Punky2125@reddit

They offer a life time subscription for $10 a month for the premium service. I used to do the whole cancel and wait for a good deal thing. But I have 3 vehicles and I was calling a lot. Then one of their customer service people told me about the life time subscription that doesn't go up in price. Now all 3 vehicles are on that plan. With taxes and fees, it's around $36 a month.

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MyDadBod_2021@reddit

Interesting. I remember the original "life time" subscription from '06, '07. It was something like 3 years cost (at the time). I didn't have the cash to do it... 😞.

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_RLW_@reddit

Besides my couple thousand CDs, several hundred LPs (used to have tons more but I sold them before a move 20 years ago), all of my digital music stored on my computer (about 44,000 songs worth), my subscriptions to Sirius in two cars and the mobile app? I use Qobuz to stream.

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ElDeguello66@reddit

I subscribe to the gamut of streaming services but I'm starting to gravitate to Sirius xm, it's nice to hand off control and not worry about an AI track popping up.

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big65@reddit

My cds but most were damaged in a hurricane and I haven't been able to replace what I had.

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djr650@reddit

There was a post on an audiophile subreddit recently that was advertising Antra. It will let you get high quality music files.

I've already got a large music collection stored on an old iPhone that is plugged into an auxiliary port on my car and as a library on a PC. Now I can very easily add to that collection.

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Duran518@reddit

Spotify

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x86_64_@reddit

I would never pay to listen to music I already own

Navidrome, Musicolet and 100GB of rips dating back to the 90s stored on my home network

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MattyBeatz@reddit

Youtube Music. I pay for YT Premium and it's amazing, haven't seen an ad on the video website in like 10 years and ad free Music streaming comes with it. Which I like better than Spotify, I find its recommendation engine much better too.

My entire family is on Youtube all the time so it's worth every penny. Both services for the cost of one.

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Quadfather44@reddit

Nothing beats physical media. I've always been a music freak since the late 80's. "Own nothing and be happy" my ass. I'm my streaming service

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Oxjrnine@reddit

Apple

I originally used Apple to burn CDs Then I got a blue Nano iPod that could play video in 2007 “1234. Tell me that you love me more.”

I then discovered and fell in love with the Zune software and my first smartphone was a Microsoft phone. But still used Apple too. I never bought music on Xbox music

Then I got an HTC One Beats and went full Google Music. And I stupidly didn’t convert all that music to Apple when they cancelled it.

I lost a lot of music.

Then I switched to iPhone in 2021 and resurrected my dormant iTunes. And have been iTunes ever since

Full circle

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Max_Gerber@reddit

Feist!!! Love that song.

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bishpa@reddit

My iPod is full of old music.

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CoachOpen1977@reddit

I listen to the local college radio stations and when I hear a banger I SoundCloud it and find it on Spotify or YouTube. I use DJX and smart shuffle on Spotify.

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glasspheasant@reddit

Just Spotify these days. Can listen to it anywhere and have some excellent playlists saved off there.

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BadgerBoy1985@reddit

Amazon music premium...any album any track anytime...playlists..make my own playlists

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MementoMoriPendejo@reddit

Ditto. Because I'm old. And its easier than my ex-wife.

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Xiolaglori@reddit

I use Spotify, collect vinyl and still enjoy 3 local, non commercial terrestrial stations in my area.

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Flaky-Debate-833@reddit

For the $5 a month I pay, Sirius is worth it.

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ConstantConfusion123@reddit

Sirius in my Ram, CDs in my Beetle, FM radio in both sometimes. At home, sirius app, YouTube, or mp3s on my phone.

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No_Parking_4195@reddit

In the car, it's Pandora or FM radio. In the house, it's LPs, CDs, or whatever. (We're old.)

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Max_Gerber@reddit

SiriusXM in the car and via Alexa devices at home. Apple Music for streaming. And, we still have hundreds of CDs in the attic, all ripped to MP3 on laptop/external drives. Next step is a Plex server, but that’s more about wanting to own movies rather than pay for a long-term lease.

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PossiBlyeGoWrong@reddit

KEXP

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Far_Talk_74@reddit

Sirius XM in the car. Pandora or Spotify on the phone. I still buy music & have my brick iPad classic loaded with music.

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Coconutrumm@reddit

Tidal and Spotify

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Pristine-Lawyer-3260@reddit

My public library and the portable drive i hook up to my car.

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sherlockjr1@reddit (OP)

The library is why I like musicals. Worked my way through that section

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Pristine-Lawyer-3260@reddit

I live in OHIO... OhioLINK is the best damned thing ever it gives me access to every circulating cd in the public libraries. Public university, colleges. Community colleges in the state and select private college libraries as well... Fun?

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OilSlickRickRubin@reddit

Use Tidal when I'm working and Sirius/XM when I'm driving.

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thejohnmc963@reddit

Free trial on Apple Music. That app is all over the place as are my tastes.

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SkintagK@reddit

I've had Sirius for 20 years , bought a lifetime subscription for a 175$ ,best $$ I've ever spent

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Invisible_Xer@reddit

Same! I’m so happy I did that.

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UraTargetMarket@reddit

Apple Music and Sirius. Sometimes the Soma FM app if I have a hankering for something a little different.

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Invisible_Xer@reddit

Sirius/XM, but part of my train ride to work gets no service so I listen to downloaded podcasts or music on Pandora.

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BetterGoogleit17@reddit

I have about 5500 MP3s on my phone.

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CaptMerrillStubing@reddit

Spotify

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arothmanmusic@reddit

YouTube Premium. Unlimited music and ad-free video plus some decent little games too. Well under $20/mo.

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Mir_c@reddit

I still buy music, it's all on my phone.

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Budgiejen@reddit

I love Sirius but my car satellite radio broke so now I can only get it on my Alexa. So at home it’s about 20% Liquid Metal and 80% CDs in a boom box.

I got YouTube premium with my last phone upgrade so now I listen to YouTube in the car. I have an FM transmitter.

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polkastripper@reddit

One of the hundreds of albums on my phone's SD card.

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cracksbacks@reddit

SiriusXM, Nugs.net app

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ForgottenGenX47@reddit

Streaming radio through the Tune In app. I have so many go-to stations.

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positivepinetree@reddit

Apple Music plus local stations to me - KUTX, KMFA, KOOP.

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wwhacked@reddit

WPRB 103.3 Independent radio in Princeton NJ.

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LouBiffo@reddit

My preferred is my mp3 collection, failing that I’ll play the radio

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maryjayjay@reddit

Sailing the high seas, arr!

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UberBananaBread@reddit

A person of culture :) well done.

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maryjayjay@reddit

Ahoy, matey!

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sherlockjr1@reddit (OP)

Joke grenade. It took me way too long to get the reference.

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_Aardvark@reddit

We have one Sirius XM subscription, my wife loves music, but hates technology friction, so satellite radio is perfect for her. I love live DJs, so I became a fan too. I was very happy when they added streaming to the plan so I can listen in my car too - they charge way too much for me to pay for a second plan.

I also have YouTube Music. I've been a streaming music fan since Rhapsody, and had many services... but not having ads in normal YT is a great benefit keeping me here.

We also watch a DJ on Twitch once a week, Jake Rudh, it's basically MTV where he shows videos from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, mostly post punk and new wave.

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RadioBoy93@reddit

Jake Rudh is amazing. I discovered him about five years ago. He does some live DJ sets if you’re anywhere near Minneapolis (which, sadly, I am not).

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_Aardvark@reddit

Not near Minneapolis, I'm on the East Coast. However, I'm always in the chat on the Twitch show with a very similar screen name to this Reddit name. (Aardvark1972)

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FormerCollegeDJ@reddit

1) My iPod Touch and my iPod Classic with many songs burned from my CDs or that I individually bought.

2) Pandora (five personalized, curated radio stations I’ve created with thousands of thumbed up songs; those songs are then bought and added to category 1).

3) SiriusXM with 12 preset radio stations (would like if I could have another half dozen presets).

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suckafish666@reddit

My gf laughs at me because I still have an iPod plugged in my car. It has almost 4K songs on it. I just set it to shuffle and repeat and I do not hear the same for over 2 weeks. I also have XM but I use it when I want to hear something newer.

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FormerCollegeDJ@reddit

Coincidentally my iPods also have about 4000 songs on them.

I used the iPod Touch on longer drives, which in my case is a high percentage of my drives. I also it when I travel via transit or intercity rail/bus, or plane.

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Huh-what-2025@reddit

I pay for Apple Music. it’s easy. It allows me to discover so so much music. Of all the services I subscribe to it’s probably the last one I would ever cancel.

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idmont@reddit

I like Bandcamp. Tons of cool bands and any music you buy, the proceeds go directly to the artist.

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edorhas@reddit

My rather ridiculous personal collection. That I own. And can't be talked away from me legally. I know so, so many people who just pitched or sold their music media when digitally tracks came along. A few friends gave theirs to me. I didn't understand it then, I don't understand it now. The convenience gained is so minimal, especially compared to the cost. Just IMO, but I like owning media. And you can absolutely buy new music, still.

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Mbwapuppy@reddit

What media do you own?

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edorhas@reddit

Some vinyl where no other option is available or that has personal meaning. Hundreds of CDs, DVDs, a few Blu-ray, but there's ownership issues there (key revocation), thousands of single FLAC or, if not available, mp3 or ogg. Tons of cassettes that I'm in the process of eliminating (most were replaced with digital years ago)... I'm old, but this is Gen-X, so ... I've been collecting music (and to a lesser extent movies and series) for a long time.

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killervirgo@reddit

YouTube Music, and USB drive for high quality rips of the CDs I own

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elpollodiablox@reddit

There are albums I have in my library on YT music that aren't available to stream otherwise. I'm glad I ripped them back in the day. I can never cancel my subscription, though. That's kind of a bummer.

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sherlockjr1@reddit (OP)

How does that work. I have a USB port in the armrest. You just plug it in and you can play music as long as you tell your car that’s the source? I’ve done that with my phone, never a usb drive

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Oxjrnine@reddit

Radio Garden by the way is a great little app that lets you listen to local music stations all around the world no matter where you are

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magnottasicepick@reddit

Use this app quite often.

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Anon_user666@reddit

Along with Spotify and Sirius XM, I use AccuRadio. They have ads but they're not too intrusive. AccuRadio has an app and a website filled with multiple genres. It's good when I get bored of the same thing over time.

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RobertElectricity@reddit

Ripping CDs to MP3s.

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formercotsachick@reddit

Paid Spotify subscription for the last 5 years.

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bippityboppitybooboo@reddit

Amazon music, I'm tired of buying and updating my music, especially for different platforms (cassette, cd, digital).

I just ask Alexa to play my favorites or a "station" whenever I want to hear them

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kittyshakedown@reddit

Sirius XM. Agree cannot listen to regular radio ever again. There’s always something on somewhere on Sirius.

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Gai_Daigoji@reddit

I just rediscovered www.radio.garden. I have the app on my phone now and have picked out some favorite stations like KBSR and KUTX. Connected with Android Auto, I can get millions of stations! I listen to music podcasts too. I also ripped my CD collection and put it on a media server that I can also access from my phone.

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grandma-activities@reddit

I love SiriusXM so much. Have you seen all the extra streaming stations you can get online? I could listen 24/7 and still not hear everything. Anyway, until I got my SiriusXM-equipped car, I listened to CDs on the road and YouTube in the office. I can't deal with all the ads in regular radio.

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LazyDramaLlama68@reddit

Tidal

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VisualEyez33@reddit

The online streaming sites for individual non-commercial radio stations, namely WFMU, WXPN and KEXP.

KEXP also has a youtube channel for all the live performances they host, and I swear their recording engineer is often mixing/mic'ing artists better than those artists own studio albums.

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ScenesFromSound@reddit

Vinyl and paid subscription to Spotify.

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bandley3@reddit

Before I got unlimited data a few years ago I just kept an old 128GB iPhone 6 with my favorite music. I also have a collection of iPods, right back to the first one, a 5GB unit I bought new; it still works great a quarter century later.

Now that I have unlimited data I use YouTube music since I'm paying for YouTube premium and I've added CarPlay to my minivan. I still snag a few items via SLSK or by making MP3s from YouTube videos.

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PresentationKooky466@reddit

Vinyl. Nugs. Quboz. Roon.

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cowboygwe@reddit

Vinyl,cd, cassette

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GooseySill@reddit

Amazon Prime Music. But I do purchase CDs, and mp3s, quite often.

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TheHandsOfFate@reddit

I recently ripped all my CDs to my Plex server and can stream them to any device anywhere. It's been interesting to see what has held up and what hasn't. My taste from 30 years ago isn't the same as now.

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qualityskootchtime@reddit

I had Pandora, then moved to Spotify, then Tidal for years…it’s funny just got SiriusXM because it was a free trial with my new Bronco Sport purchase…not bad but had trouble sinking the car subscription with the app and plus their marketing is annoying calling early af on weekends so now I’m down to KCRW!

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fishegg808@reddit

Install the SiriusXM app

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qualityskootchtime@reddit

Yeah I tried to on my phone and laptop but kept getting an error message when I entered the account info from my car.

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Adept_Push@reddit

Just FYI, if you call Sirius and tell them you’re cancelling because of cost, they drop it to like $25 for 6 months.

I just rinse and repeat.

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qualityskootchtime@reddit

Yea they sent me a promo for 4$/mo for a year but I tried syncing my car account with the app and it kept taking me in circles and wouldn’t sync.

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flixguy440@reddit

The lossless audio files I've ripped from my CDs over the years and put on my phone with playlists made through poweramp for Android.

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NeverEverMaybe0_0@reddit

If they came from a CD, they are already lossy.

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purplishfluffyclouds@reddit

Di.FM , or, I just listen to classical on the local radio station with TuneIn Radio.

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mtcrick@reddit

I am old school and have ripped our CDs--12 feet of them-- and I use Onkyo on my phone to bluetooth with my cars.

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BerryLanky@reddit

I had Sirius for years but went back to the radio. I enjoy listening to the DJs and don’t mind the commercials. I listen to YouTube Music on my phone. They have everything you could imagine

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dreaminginteal@reddit

I have a group of stations I listen to in each of the two locations I spend a lot of time in. I also listen to my own collection on a USB drive or on my phone.

I can't think of any radio station currently that would play Angine de Poitrine followed by The Machine [Dutch] followed by classic Devo...

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DyrSt8s@reddit

KEXP will!

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dreaminginteal@reddit

I didn't think they had anything by The Machine...

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Txedomoon@reddit

SiriusXM was too repetitive and I REALLY hate their compression levels. I carry a tablet in the car loaded with 256G of FLAC encoded audio files. That or my local public radio station.

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fishegg808@reddit

Install the SiriusXM app on your phone. They have archived shows and online-only channels. They also bought Pandora, so all of those features are available.

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DyrSt8s@reddit

KEXP.org…..

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Jipsiville@reddit

100x this…

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krack1925@reddit

Youtube music... comes with premium...

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Inkdman73@reddit

Columbia House

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aWesterner014@reddit

My oldest convinced me to get a family subscription to Spotify several years back.

No regrets yet.

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2014Subaru@reddit

SiriusXM in car and the app on phone

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LeanButNotMean@reddit

Same here. Love the 1st Wave channels, Yacht Rock (on occasion, seems their playlist consists of 30-40 songs), and Classic Hip Hop BBQ. Bet you didn’t see that last one coming…

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2014Subaru@reddit

Classic Hip Hop is 🤘🏻

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scooterv1868@reddit

Apple Music is #1, but keep Sirius as long as they give me the intro offers. I loved Sirius before the passing of Jim Ladd.

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Crossfit46@reddit

Apple Music and I follow some reaction channels on YouTube to keep up with new releases and artists

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maghart@reddit

YouTube music.

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Dngrgrl_7@reddit

YouTube Music now … but have been a big fan of Radioparadise.com over the past 20-25 years.

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78judds@reddit

YouTube premium for the family. Nobody has adds and we have all the music we want.

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dh1971@reddit

Spotify, but only because my wife has like a 100 playlist she has made over the years. We are on a family plan.

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Mariner4LifetilDeath@reddit

Apple Music. Have been a user since the very early 2000’s. The latest update had given the ability to mix songs on a playlists as if it was a continuous mix. Love it!

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NotCool117192@reddit

the old iPod I hooked up in the arm rest usb does the job for me. 3417 songs always on random. And the battery in the iPod is dead so whenever you turn the car on you get a new mix.

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Mobile_Aioli_6252@reddit

YouTube Music for me

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disgirl4eva@reddit

My Apple Music library

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sakoide@reddit

Saaaaame

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Historical_Bath_9854@reddit

I listen to our local public radio station KXT, when I'm out of range I stream WXRT. I guess I'm just a radio girl.

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whitebean@reddit

30 GB of music collection on my phone. I camp a lot and go places with no service, but I’m never without my music.

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crazyroadlizard@reddit

80s on 8 SiriusXM. Oh, and a little Mom Jeans now and then

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_Losing_Generation_@reddit

I just listen to local stations. Don't drive enough to justify doing anything more than starting the car. If I go on a trip or a long drive I use a hacked version of youtube music

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demonsidekick@reddit

Apple Music, Instagram (my feed is nothing but music), and Reddit.

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Ok-Till-5285@reddit

Spotify or Prime Music

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Tiny-Albatross518@reddit

I can afford apple music. Its very simple.

You could afford it too. Youll have to skip a latte and two chupa chups.

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Biblio-Kate@reddit

Radio or CDs in the car. You can pry physical media out of my cold dead hands. I still prefer real books and still buy CDs and DVDs.

I will concede and listen to Pandora around the house if I just want something to listen to with no specific artist in mind.

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Capital-Tip-7890@reddit

Tidal.

I switched a couple years ago and I don't see myself going back

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No_Rain_1543@reddit

My own music. Ripped from CDs, recorded from records and cassettes and a couple downloaded over time. I’ve already paid for the majority of my music so I’m not about to pay a subscription to buy it again

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ShimmyxSham@reddit

I have all my CD’s on Itunes. Sometimes I have to re-upload them again, but it works for me

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basscat474@reddit

Apple Music and Sirius Xm

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MozzieKiller@reddit

I can’t stand the compression artifacts on SiriusXM radio, sounds like a mid 90s mp3 ripped at 16kbps. Like nails on a chalkboard.

Terrestrial radio is good enough for me, we have some good college and alt rock stations here in MSP.

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Puzzleheaded_Low_619@reddit

Tidal

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BusterBus75@reddit

I dig YouTube.

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Enochrewt@reddit

not Youtube music though. Everything I find on Youtube isn't available on Youtube Music.

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Yada-Yada-Yadda@reddit

Good point. I forgot YouTube has music. Haha. Definitely showing my age. Still know them as videos. Lol.

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Yada-Yada-Yadda@reddit

I do too. Especially if your favorite band still plays. You can search live concerts. Fun!

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BusterBus75@reddit

Absolutely!!

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Ok_Schedule5017@reddit

Pandora. The rest of my family uses Spotify.

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chipinserted@reddit

Columbia house

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TheBradAtl@reddit

It used to be Sirius and as an 80s music fan I got tired of being constantly reminded of the “original MTV” vjs all the time. Nina Blackwood sounds like she’s smoked a carton of cigarettes before every shift and Alan Hunter constantly talking about himself drove me away. Now it’s HD radio and iTunes.

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Gen7Malibu@reddit

Physical media, Apple Music, Sirius, terrestrial radio.

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Snickerdoodle45@reddit

Sirius. Coffeehouse music or DMB are my go-to's.

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nosrepmodnara@reddit

I have about 60gb of my ripped CDs on my phone. Have an additional cache on my computer of music that is not appropriate for work or public.

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Rearrangemetilimsane@reddit

Alexa, play Mellow 70’s Gold

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Quirky_Commission_56@reddit

I ripped all of my CDs ages ago and downloaded it to my iPhone.

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Majestic-Citron7578@reddit

Pandora or Spotify. Used to do XM but I figure instead of having to spend 15 minutes talking them down every 6 months I can listen to the same music for free plus a couple of ads every few songs.

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crazyirishbraveheart@reddit

Spotify Sirius XM for Stern.

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wildtech@reddit

Sirius XM and Apple Music. I'll look up nostalgic videos on AM and YouTube.

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iloveairportsushi@reddit

I’ve been a SiriusXM subscriber since 2009. I cannot do terrestrial radio anymore at all. It’s horrible.

I rotate between Sirius and Apple Music. I need Apple Music because I can download and listen on the plane (frequent flyer for work). And I need Sirius because the only radio station I like is on there (Liquid Metal).

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KatJen76@reddit

There's a great alt station in my area, so I listen to terrestrial in the car. Otherwise, it's YouTube.

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SignificantApricot69@reddit

We had one that went out of business last year after limping along and ending and restarting a few times in recent years, but from around 1991 to 2015ish I was blessed with a great actually independent local alt station that put on so many concerts and festivals, did giveaways, and had a lot of jocks who are well known and friends to many of us locally. When that station ended I haven’t listed to radio since.

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Yada-Yada-Yadda@reddit

Pandora.

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p001b0y@reddit

My Jeep is old and still under 60,000 miles. It has a CD player. I’ve been moving back to compact discs because I own them.

I also have Apple Music but I feel like the ever-increasing rents is a business model I am getting tired of supporting.

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No_File1836@reddit

Apple Music, Sirius XM, bbc radio 1, YouTube, sound cloud.

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timfinn1972@reddit

Apple Music - access to almost the entire history of recorded music for a tenner a month. That’s less than the price of a CD when I was younger. Astonishing

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Grafakos@reddit

And that tenner back in the day was equivalent to more like $20 today!

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fengShwah@reddit

KEXP and Apple Music

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midnight_to_midnight@reddit

Mostly MP3's on my cell phone. One of my vehicles has some crap free streaming service (with commercials), but I rarely listen to that because it's evolved into an ad and at least one promo to subscribe to their service between every song.

I'm anti-subscriptions, and everything is fucking subscription based anymore. Like, you can't even just download a fucking single MP3 from Amazon anymore, they push you to sub to their shitty Amazon music service. I'm starting to get that itch to just pirate everything again. If anyone knows the best places to pirate music these days, let me know (if that's allowed).

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Grafakos@reddit

Primarily Spotify or Apple Music for the past 15 years or so. There are also a few radio station streams that I listen to occasionally. Would do so more often if they had higher bitrates so they wouldn't sound like ass.

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SignificantApricot69@reddit

YouTube videos playlists run off my phone, or the free Amazon list or iTunes in which I loaded a couple hundred CDs

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curiousme123456@reddit

Same Xm. Been on it for like 25-30 years now. Sirius then xm etc.

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SadCheesecake2539@reddit

Spotify or Sirius.

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Delicious-Maximum-26@reddit

I’ve discovered Afrobeats and specifically Amapiano via Apple Music. I was always into house music and Apple Music started feeding me this stuff…

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lassita_48det@reddit

I work out to AfroBeats!

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Delicious-Maximum-26@reddit

Amazing! I should work out more LOL

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DocMcCracken@reddit

Just rip them and save them on my phone.

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BmanGorilla@reddit

I use Apple Music. It works well, has what I’m looking for.

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frog980@reddit

Media Monkey. That way I own all my music and it's stored on my PC and my phone. No monthly fees and I can play what I want when I want commercial and subscription free either from my PC or my phone and they sync together over wifi. I can make and manage my own playlists/make smart playlists and manage all my own music files. It also has a streaming option to stream from my Computer to my phone if I didn't have enough storage in my phone but I do so I don't use that feature.

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curmudgeon@reddit

Same. I Plex Amp though. Different mouse trap.

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DevilsLettuceTaster@reddit

I have a lifetime subscription to Sirius XM so I tend to run that the most.

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EmceeStopheles@reddit

I have an IPod Touch loaded with my record/CD collection (plus stuff I’ve downloaded off Bandcamp and, you know, Soulseek). I use Apple Music sometimes, but most of the time I’m off the grid.

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Gym_Rat222@reddit

Youtube for me....

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Pink_pineapple_pizza@reddit

Same, I upgraded my YouTube recently and have been using the music app ever since

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u2sarajevo@reddit

Vinyl. If not at my turntable I listen to podcasts.

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deadbeef4@reddit

I listen to https://nightride.fm/ all day while I work.

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dtoddh@reddit

I just discovered this, it's epic.

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deadbeef4@reddit

All Synthwave, all the time!

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Odd-Candidate-9235@reddit

About 10k songs ripped from cds and purchased from iTunes on my phone.

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lassita_48det@reddit

On Sirius, First Wave mostly for 80s alternative music. YouTube Music for the same genre.

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Key-Cattle-2866@reddit

SiriusXM, Pandora, Apple Music

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DryFoundation2323@reddit

Currently on a free trial for serious until August so that will be what I listen to until then. I'm not a big fan, especially since I've not done anything to upgrade their audio quality in the last 20 plus years, but right now that's what I've got.

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LionInternal1550@reddit

big wall of lps.

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sherlockjr1@reddit (OP)

Nice! There are some decent shopping options for turntables and needles online I hear

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LionInternal1550@reddit

honestly. it sort of grew naturally. tube stereos old turntables just turned up. records come from free boxes and yard sales. I mean its been a couple of decades growing. the internet doesn't own it and it can't vanish unless I give it away.

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sherlockjr1@reddit (OP)

That’s a great point. Same feeling I get when I hear I’m only renting software instead of buying it. And for some services, if the cloud goes down we’re screwed

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t0msie@reddit

AIMP and a 128GB SD card full of albums ripped to FLAC

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Plenty_Cress_1359@reddit

I own my music and don’t pay for any apps

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sherlockjr1@reddit (OP)

I have a friend like that. Massive library. He misses the iPod classic because it had a massive memory

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Plenty_Cress_1359@reddit

I still have my iPod, I just can’t add music. I have around 9,000 songs in my phone, though.

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TrueNotTrue55@reddit

iHeart Radio app. They’ve added programmable Presets not too long ago.

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joshua_addison_music@reddit

SiriusXM. I listen to Phish Radio, Lithium and Mad Dog Sports Radio, mainly.

Youtube Music is my primary source.

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Keefer1970@reddit

My CD collection. Yeah, I still buy em. Too old and set in my ways to change after all these years.

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PureOrange7049@reddit

I mostly use Spotify. I get a premium account for free through my job.

There’s also something called stingray here in Canada. It’s like radio with lots of different ‘stations’ so you can pick what you feel like listening to, but you can’t really skip through the songs. We usually listen to the classic rock station while we eat dinner. It’s included with our cable package.

I recently had a free trial of Apple Music, and I will say that the sound quality was alot better, but I’m not willing to pay for it.

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newyork_newyork_@reddit

Spotify only because the playlists I’ve made over the last 12 years are there!

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grateful_john@reddit

I have an six terabyte NAS dedicated to music, loaded with FLAC files of (mostly) live concert recordings from the '60s forward.

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DarkSad4202@reddit

I still listen to terrestrial radio. Not only is it free, but I’ve won tickets to over 100 concerts.

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Square-Wing-6273@reddit

Spotify

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Sore_Wa_Himitsu_Desu@reddit

I have my entire CD collection ripped to mp3 and loaded on my phone. I use that in the car.

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annarbor-guy@reddit

Playlists I create from Apple Music. Sirius/Xm just loops same stuff day after day in my opinion.

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LeanButNotMean@reddit

I’ve definitely found that to be the case with Yacht Rock. I think their music library is like 30 songs. 🙄

I love the 1st Wave stations. I alternate 1st Wave, 1st Wave Workout, 1st Wave Top 100, & 1st Wave Dance Party. I’m happily stuck in an 80’s new wave rut.

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tragiccosmicaccident@reddit

I agree, most of their stations are just playlists

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dixiech1ck@reddit

Spotify sucks. The sound quality is atrocious as they compress the music so you lose the depth of the bass, the percussion, everything. Try Tidal or Qobuz and you'll hear a very stark difference. I use Tidal and my CDs and records.

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freerangeXkid@reddit

I switched to Tidal from Spotify last year and you're right. The sound quality, even with Bluetooth headphones that can downgrade the sound, absolutely crushes Spotify. I have 12 years of playlists to transfer, but I'm not spending more $ to do so yet

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dtoddh@reddit

I gave in to the convenience of Spotify years ago. But I used to pay for Sirius, and I liked it a lot.

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Spiritualy-Salty@reddit

I use Apple Music and Nugs. I also discover a lot of new music on YouTube.

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ThatOtherOtherGuy3@reddit

What’s amazing is that no one is mentioning radio stations. (And for good reason)

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OG-BigMilky@reddit

I still buy music on Apple and on vinyl. Otherwise, SiriusXM for listening.

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Phobos1982@reddit

I have like 2000 songs on my phone I use for my car and at work. I hated how SiruisXM still had self-promoting commercials.

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Odd_Policy_3009@reddit

Apple 🍎 music

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gauriemma@reddit

Sirius - First Wave, Beatles Channel, EStreet Radio, Underground Garage, The Spectrum, XMU, Alt2K. A bunch of others, too, but for music these are my top batch of channels.

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ThatOtherOtherGuy3@reddit

I miss sirius so much. My newer car doesn’t have it and it can’t be installed in the dash. The app is a poor substitute.

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ZebraBorgata@reddit

I have 2500 .mp3 (songs) all on tiny media player. I’m a techie too and have the ability to listen to my entire mp3 music collection anywhere I have an internet connection. I also have a CD jukebox with 300 CDs in it. I don’t pay for music.

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believe_in_dog@reddit

Apple music for easy streaming on Sonos speakers and car. CDs for rooms with no speakers/ cottage. Also vinyl.

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Typical_Cook_7153@reddit

I have no patience for ads so already had a youtube premium subscription. Learned that came with youtube music and have been enjoying that ever since

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Silver_Money_9356@reddit

Nugs

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RoutineFollower@reddit

Apple Music

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najing_ftw@reddit

Yup. Fully lossless and great headphones is magical.

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StrangeAssonance@reddit

I do not own a car, so when I need one for extended things like family trip in the summer and I get a rental, I just use my phone and Apple Music playlists.

I dislike advertising a lot. Like I almost never see it. Internet has ad blockers, same with Youtube and I do not watch live TV. TV shows or movies that I watch are ad free.

The beauty of Apple Music or Spotify is you can build up your playlists and go. Also you can use multiple devices, like I might have my kid use her phone while I'm driving and she will make a playlist for a specific road trip.

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casewood123@reddit

My record collection.

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Temporary_View_3303@reddit

Still use my iPod in my car. Probably 2k full albums on it by now. Those same files are on a server in my home too so I just pull up my iPad & play whatever album I want. I just use Spotify to find new artists.

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rammer-jammer71@reddit

Paid Amazon Music

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Keymod828@reddit

Spotify for this silver back.

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Vegetable-Orange9240@reddit

Dude, I just found my iPod after years of not knowing where it was. I'm seriously digging what I have on that

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TenderWalnut@reddit

Found mine last year. Lotsa Meat Puppets!

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sherlockjr1@reddit (OP)

I’m glad I asked this question guys. I’m getting ideas for sources I’d never even heard of. Thanks!

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McVinney512@reddit

Pandora for me.

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MyMIListheDevil@reddit

Pandora did me dirty and played incontinence products for women ads while I was driving my co workers. I have never used or searched for such products I think it was just based on my age and listening habits. Anyway that was the last time I ever used the app.

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Psycosteve10mm@reddit

I usually stream Pandora on my cell phone. Honestly, I have been listening to the news or talk radio as of late.

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Bibliophile1998@reddit

We got rid of Spotify, will not support Apple and Amazon, but my college kid found a platform that supports artists via payments that are more fair Calle Qobuz. Time for us to say goodbye to platforms that don’t properly support artists.

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tragiccosmicaccident@reddit

Not fair to lump Apple in with Amazon and Spotify, they pay much more

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Bibliophile1998@reddit

True, though I may have other reasons as well 😉

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_Brandobaris_@reddit

AltNation all day every day at work. NFL team specific streams as well.

Apple Music has a several decent stations and playlists.

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Original-Affect-4560@reddit

Same, but a lot of the time I find Madison to be too much.

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stromm@reddit

99% my personal library I’ve created of CDs. Close to 500. I converted them to MP3s near two decades ago and those files get copied from old network storage to new and sync’d via iTunes into my iPhone and iPad.

I also “acquired” some other music and included that into my personal library. Not as much though.

I didn’t get into streaming much. Occasionally I’ll use Apple Music for some mellow or soothing channel over night while I sleep.

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rsuperjet2@reddit

SiriusXM, Hair Nation, Outlaw County and NASCAR if I'm alone. YACHT Rock if my wife is in the truck,.lol

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MyMIListheDevil@reddit

Spotify for me. I don't have the patience to listen to music I didn't curate myself. I can't deal with change the station till I find what I like. I put on one of my playlists and if I don't want to hear a particular song there's always the skip button.

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Columbia_Guy001@reddit

I listen to Sirius a lot too. In my truck, the 70s and 80s stations, Alt Nation, and the NFL and NHL channels. At home over my Sonos system, I'm more inclined to have something mellow like the Coffee House on.

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Tonto_HdG@reddit

Apple Music pays artists the best.

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tragiccosmicaccident@reddit

Plus you can’t beat 16.99 for 6 people

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Plastic-Sentence9429@reddit

And the lossless audio is nice.

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MrNinoBrown1906@reddit

Sirius:

Rock the Bells Radio

Hip hop Nation

Shade 45

The Heat

The Flow . Heart and Soul

The Flow

Flex 2k

Sirius XM Fly

*Hip hop heads,RnB, and Neo Soul fabs know these channels

Oh yeah and I collect vinyl

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GelatinousGoober@reddit

Sirius is so bad though

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Mellow_Mood75@reddit

Spotify all day. Only platform I can find the dub reggae I like listening to.

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Dangerous-Art-Me@reddit

Apple Music

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ExaminationFancy@reddit

Sirius XM - only because I quit, resisted signing up and they offered me a 5-year deal that brought down the monthly fee to under $3 a month.

I like streaming Radio Paradise and electronic music from Digitally Imported.

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listenupbud@reddit

Sirius and still paying the trial price for over a decade now. When it’s time to renew I call to cancel and they keep me at the intro rate. Now that my car has apple play I’ve also gone back to using more Pandora, Spotify & YouTube also

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TheOtherPam323@reddit

They now have a deal where you get the music package for something like $90 a year (before tax) and it renews every year at that price. No more calling to talk down the rate. I’m on year 3 of that plan, and it’s been working well.

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Dr_StrangeloveGA@reddit

Same. It had gotten to the point I would call and say do we really have to do this where I say I'm going to cancel, you transfer me to retention, etc.

When they finally offered the lower rate plan with no having to call in I jumped on it.

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norskgenes@reddit

BodyPump music is all I listen to, constantly learning and relearning choreography.

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IngvaldClash@reddit

I listen to independent radio stations on the MyTunerRadio app.

WRLT Lightning 100 is my favorite

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raf_boy@reddit

In the car: KROQ HD2 No commercials

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DessertLoyalist@reddit

92/9 KRXF out of Bend, Oregon. Local. Independent. Alternative Radio

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IngvaldClash@reddit

Available on the MyTunerRadio app

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cityjax@reddit

Qobuz. They pay the artists the best

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FrankParkerNSA@reddit

YouTube Music subscription.

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gandalfhurstfrodo-42@reddit

YouTube Music

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TheSilentC@reddit

Bandcamp

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MeatierShowa@reddit

YouTube music, and my kids (23 and 21). We have similar tastes.

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Z_Overman@reddit

i love me some radio paradise

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twick2010@reddit

Xm in the car, or npr or college radio (we have a great station) and steam mostly quobuzz at home.

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evanallenrose@reddit

KEXP

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meermee7@reddit

Tidal. I love it.

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Luv2Dnc@reddit

I’m a dance teacher. I use Apple music because it works with the app I use to change the tempo.

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ksufan4life@reddit

IHeart radio…70’s Rock Ride and Yacht Rock Radio have been prevalent lately. Also put MP3’s on a flash drive and plug and play in the vehicle

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scruffmonkey@reddit

BBC RADIO 6 to hear new music and if I like it I buy it.

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davekva@reddit

Spotify and SiriusXM. I could probably live without Sirius at this point, but I've had satellite radio since 2002 and it would be weird not to have it after all that time. It's also the only thing my wife listens to in her car.

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WhereItsAt75@reddit

I have SiriusXM and really like it. I also use Amazon Music.

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Butitsadryheat2@reddit

Sirius/XM, First Wave 🖤

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sherlockjr1@reddit (OP)

That’s my jam too some days

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Butitsadryheat2@reddit

Sometimes I hear songs I havent in 40 years...wild!

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mldyfox@reddit

I have the free version of Spotify and YouTube. I also pay for Amazon Music.

My go-to source is probably YouTube, since I can access it while working. Secondary would be Amazon Music. I pay for the Amazon Music because my son discovered it on his fire tablet; it's easy for him to find the music he prefers by looking for the album cover thumbnails. I use it on our kitchen's Echo Show while working there.

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pchandler45@reddit

I'm still old school, I still listen to the radio, tho I use iHeartRadio to listen to stations from all over the country. I never really could get into other streaming apps

I also still use the CD player in my car

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Theoldquarryfoxhunt@reddit

OMG there's two of us! lol

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dbrmn73@reddit

Pandora, been using it pretty much since it came out. I also have quite a bit of mp3 files on a USB in the truck for those areas with no cell signal.

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Otakur42@reddit

Arkansasrocks.com for any Beaker Street fans, Clyde is back every Friday night!

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SaltyDogBill@reddit

I run my own Plex server for my FLAC collection. But that’s mostly for headphone listening to in the lounge. For the pool speakers, I have Amazon Music on an echo dot (easier for folks to play whatever they want without an interface to deal with.). Sirius or Amazon Music in my car.

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don_teegee@reddit

I listen to SiriusXM as well. My go to channels are SiriusXMU, 1st Wave, and Real Jazz while in the car. At home I listen to the extra channel Indie 1.0.

I also stream Inhailer Radio and Soma FM Underground 80s.

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Rough-Patience-2435@reddit

Still ripping CDs on my laptop. A hundred +albums copied to USB stick. Put it in my car stereo. Most days on random, some days are albums. I buy on average two CDs per week mostly from eBay.

I also have Pandora at home or work. It helps to bring me new artists.

Satellite radio, especially First wave, frustrated me with repeatative tracks. I hope their DJ don't actually have to listen, but just record their spots and go home and let automated system mix it all in.

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Necessary_Switch_879@reddit

YouTube is the only streaming platform I use for music. My friends and I swap links all the time. Most of my friends are serious music geeks like myself, and we're still discovering new music from each other all the time.

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Fit-Umpire3257@reddit

Hair bands station on IHeart radio, fm, mp3’s

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theneatener@reddit

Indie 102.3, public radio out of Denver, but you can stream it.

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TheOtherPam323@reddit

Sirius, sometimes in the car but largely via the app while I’m at work. And iTunes with all my burned CDs.

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Channel_Huge@reddit

I use XM or Apple Music. Lately, with the changes to CarPlay, Apple Music has been fun to find new artists.

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diedforyourzyns@reddit

Spotify and local college radio

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scaper2k4@reddit

Bandcamp. I always try to get a hard copy from the artist, though not all of them have that option. When I visit my dad in Wilmington, NC, I listen to 98.3 FM, but otherwise, I don't do radio.

Also, I don't listen to any streamers. They don't pay for shit. David Lowery of Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven has been talking about this for years. The game has always been rigged against the talent, but these days it seems so much worse thanks to the streamers.

If you want to support your favorite bands, buy something from them as directly as you can. T-shirt, record, tote bag, whatever. Even buying one digital song pays out more than 1,000 streams, depending on the service. And the likelihood of you doing 1,000 streams is low.

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Coyote-American@reddit

Still .mp3s, baby! All courtesy of the Barbary Coast. I haven’t paid for music in at least 20 years.

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HerNameIsVesper@reddit

I've got SiriusXM in my car and on my Sonos system at home (especially 1st Wave, The Bridge, The Coffee House, and Siriusly Sinatra), plus a YouTube Music subscription as well as online access to two favourite Toronto radio stations: JAZZ.FM91 and CFMZ (Classical 96.3).

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sherlockjr1@reddit (OP)

Sinatra is my jam sometimes too. I like to picture my parents listening to the same music

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doobette@reddit

SiriusXM and Nugs

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Old__Medic_Doc_68@reddit

Apple Music and then several streaming services i like

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BathtubPooper@reddit

My music collection I own on my home server.

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oboingadoing@reddit

My Plex server with 10s of Thousands of songs.

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Feminine_Adventurer@reddit

Still like the radio

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dingonugget@reddit

Live Phish, Nugs, Spotify, LiveVault, SiriusXM (lots of channels)

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anditstonedme@reddit

YouTube, it comes with premium and that's my main streaming platform

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SunnyPsyOp23@reddit

Sometimes I'll comb through festival posters and give a quick listen to artists I've never heard.

Release Radar on Spotify has been very hard to give up. Bandcamp. Music label pages. YouTube.

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Extreme-Amount-9689@reddit

YouTube music

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Jolly-Sandwich-3345@reddit

The economy is bad so I canceled SiriusXM. Listen to the local classic rock station on the way to work.

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sherlockjr1@reddit (OP)

If I call and whine I can often get a decent deal

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iamthepickleweasel@reddit

Nugs and Spotify

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ThatHorsesAss@reddit

My guitars

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GeekyMom42@reddit

We have an alt radio station I listen to. I always hated Pandora, if I liked a song, it would never play it or that band again, only 'similar' songs and bands.

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Britpop_Shoegazer@reddit

Sirius XM - XMU- their weekly top 15 show is worth the subscription. Found about many emerging artists through them.

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Smittles@reddit

KEXP

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DanaMarie75038@reddit

Paid spotify, free Amazon

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TripMaster478@reddit

I miss satellite. But I couldn't justify its price plus Spotify premium. And I use Spotify premium in a lot more places - home work traveling. So I killed it. I do miss SIRIUSXMU.

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zeydey@reddit

KEXP

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Bozunkle@reddit

Qobuz. I’ve also used Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Qobuz is much better by far, especially for sound quality, but also the user interface.

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Real-Emu507@reddit

I've had the family Spotify plus thing for ages. And my Amazon comes with Amazon music. And omg. My YouTube premium comes with YouTube music. 🙈 I also have cds still

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Baxter616@reddit

I put on I Heart Radio's channel of Casey Kasum's countdowns. Never disappoints

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whippy_grep@reddit

The year-end countdowns are the best!

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Outrageous_Drag6613@reddit

YouTube

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spiderfighter1@reddit

XM 80s on 8

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dave-rooney-ca@reddit

Yeah, my current car has Sirius and I sprung for the subscription 7 years ago. I thought it was crazy to pay for radio but now I can't imagine listening without it. There's really only one terrestrial station I listen to, but I have a few Sirius stations on regular rotation. My current favourite is BB King's Bluesville.

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sherlockjr1@reddit (OP)

Let’s see if I can remember my presets

PopRocks Little Steven’s Underground Garage Classic Rewind New Wave Lithium Musicals A couple of news channels Old time radio Yacht rock occasionally, but it reminds me too much sometimes of what I didn’t like about 70’s music

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Jdoogs27@reddit

Radio Unbound app is my go to. Good mix of old and new music.

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NeighborhoodNo4274@reddit

College radio.

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blurgmans@reddit

I have a short 15 minute commute to work. In the car I'll either listen to the local NPR affiliate news station or the local NPR affiliate classics station. While at work I'll either have podcasts streaming through my ear buds or my playlist through Apple music which is all over the place as far as genre's. My wife doesn't care for the Apple music interface so she uses YouTube Music now.

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smithe68@reddit

Mostly paid Spotify but sometimes I sail the high seas.

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Boo-Boo97@reddit

Much as I hate Bezos, I pay for Amazon music. I can create playlists, listen to public playlists, listen to podcasts. All without commercials. And can skip whatever I'm not in the mood for.

I've used Sirius in rental cars and I'm not a fan of talk radio and the music stations would play 1 or 2 good songs for every 10 songs I'd never heard before and didn't like.

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I’ve used Pandora in the past.

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renegade7717@reddit

SiriusXM Classic Rewind in the truck - but my own playlist of randomness via Amazon Music on devices or home.

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KungPaoKidden@reddit

Spotify paid and SoundCloud free version.