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  • Apple Music specifically for classical music

    From Notsure01@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 9 21:31:10 2023
    Apple announced today a new version of Apple Music to provide better
    support for Classical Music:

    https://www.macrumors.com/2023/03/09/apple-music-classical-15-things-you-need-to-know/

    Available later this month - apparently iPhone only for now..

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  • From Paul Goodman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 9 22:27:33 2023
    On Mar 9, 2023, Notsure01 wrote
    (in article <tue4pf$1n15e$1@dont-email.me>):

    Apple announced today a new version of Apple Music to provide better
    support for Classical Music:

    https://www.macrumors.com/2023/03/09/apple-music-classical-15-things-you-need-
    to-know/

    Available later this month - apparently iPhone only for now..

    Shows up as a preorder option on my iPad too.

    --
    Paul Goodman

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to Paul Goodman on Fri Mar 10 09:33:59 2023
    On 3/9/23 9:27 PM, Paul Goodman wrote:
    On Mar 9, 2023, Notsure01 wrote
    (in article <tue4pf$1n15e$1@dont-email.me>):

    Apple announced today a new version of Apple Music to provide better
    support for Classical Music:

    https://www.macrumors.com/2023/03/09/apple-music-classical-15-things-you-need-
    to-know/

    Available later this month - apparently iPhone only for now..

    Shows up as a preorder option on my iPad too.

    Looks like this follows the acquisition of Primephonic. The lossless and "Spatial Audio" will be welcome in some circles, but I wonder if those
    will require an Apple TV or some new Apple streamer to use in a home
    audio system.

    Also:

    https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-bytes/presto-music-launches-classical-and-jazz-focused-streaming-service-r1178/

    The descriptions sounds not Apple-friendly at least on the desktop:
    "Currently Presto Music offers applications for Android, iOS, and web
    based playback. Macs with Apple Silicon chips will be able to use the
    iOS app, but it isn't certified to work on the platform. I ran into an
    issue with playback stopping at the end of each track on my MacBook Pro
    (M2 Pro), but couldn't duplicate the issue on supported iOS platforms
    such as my iPhone and iPad Pro."

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  • From Todd M. McComb@21:1/5 to pianoforte109@yahoo.com on Fri Mar 10 18:15:48 2023
    In article <tufil7$2115f$1@dont-email.me>,
    mINE109 <pianoforte109@yahoo.com> wrote: >https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-bytes/presto-music-launches-classical-and-jazz-focused-streaming-service-r1178/

    I've used the Presto streaming service some.... It's not up to the
    standards of the better services, but where I've used it is when
    awaiting a physical disc, so it's an opportunity to (imperfectly)
    hear an album in the interim.

    To expand those remarks a bit: I'm dealing with downloads (not
    streaming) more & more these days, but I sometimes want physical
    discs -- including, as noted previously, when the liner notes aren't
    available otherwise. As far as the streaming, first of all, there's
    no second by second readout, meaning there's no visual indication
    of where you are in a track. And then the music cuts out often --
    far more often than any other service I've used -- and starts up
    imperfectly, sometimes being confused about what track it's on, and
    basically never thinking it's actually finished playing an album.
    (This is Linux desktop, fwiw.)

    Bandcamp simply lets you download an album when you order the
    physical disc. But Presto & others don't -- so that's where this
    service comes into play for me.

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  • From Dan Koren@21:1/5 to Todd M. McComb on Fri Mar 10 21:14:08 2023
    On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 10:15:52 AM UTC-8, Todd M. McComb wrote:

    I sometimes want physical discs


    Physical discs taste yummier,
    especially with tapenade or
    hummus spread. ;-)

    dk

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