WrathofTank said:
I hope my audio quality comparisons are accurate, I tried my best to find good sources on those, but some were a little questionable. What are the bit rates of CDs? I believe if you do offline listening for any of these services it downloads the song in it's full quality. I believe it only goes to lower quality only when music is being streamed. |
That might be the case but most people will be streaming and using the free service. I've used the free version of Spotify and it's good for what it is, but pretty much like listening to the radio. I do most of my listening on a home stereo which makes a HUGE difference. You really hear the quality difference between FLAC/CD/vinyl and Spotify and Pandora when you're listening through speakers. It's alot harder to tell through ear buds which I'm guessing most people do. Still, if I want music really bad and don't want to pay, I'd always rather just download some high quality FLAC files than stream. That's just me though.
