Pandora?

CANMAN1976

Who else uses pandora? Do you like it?

I recently found a way to use it here in Canada but have mixed feeling on it.One surprise is that if you want to hear a certain song you can't but rather only hear music similar to that song.Any tips on using pandoro to hear what you want or are there better offerings out there?

Guess it gets better as it learns your style of music?

Thanks

Jamie.

Seanr7

My tip on pandora is to use Apple's iRadio, it's much better.

caliking

I use Pandora at work and at home with a Sonos system. I love it. Some stations will play more of the artist you selected and less of artists it thinks you will like. You do have to train it a bit by liking and unliking tracks as they play. If you let it play for a couple of hours without letting it know what you like, it does start picking some very random tracks to play. Overall, I think it works well for my use. Plus its free.

mrosener

Spotify is another option.

CANMAN1976

Seanr7 said:

My tip on pandora is to use Apple's iRadio, it's much better.

Iradio how does that work? Similar to pandora and is it free too?

Seanr7

CANMAN1976 said:

Seanr7 said:

My tip on pandora is to use Apple's iRadio, it's much better.

Iradio how does that work? Similar to pandora and is it free too?

Exactly, and their music library is larger.

Little Steven

My Pandora is my life savings on my wife's wrist :((

ringkingpin

In my opinion MOG is Much much better. Streams at 320kbps as well

MaskedMarvel

Pandora - careful with the thumbs ups and ESPECIALLY with the thumbs downs. You can dial yourself right out of the mix pretty quickly.

That being said I am a subscriber and love it.

krobertsmsn

I like Slacker...I have a cheap subscription so no commercials

Proser

+1. for MOG New music Tuesday allows you to listen to all the new albums

hapster

Been using Pandora One for about a year now. Like it; especially the no commerials and increased skips allowed. I do like how the thumbs help to tune the mix.

sumoconnell

+1 on Pandora, recently hooked up some outside speakers, egging to Pandora right now. Arctic monkeys mix.

ringkingpin

you pandora guys need to check out MOG, especially if you have nice equipment; you really can discern between the different streaming rates. 

Jeremiah

I listen to slacker radio. Close to pandora but has some real people making stations not just computers. I wish fm wasn't going away. But I hate commercials.

Eggcelsior

I'd go with Spotify. It's library is 20 times larger than Pandora and it allows you to search for specific albums, artists, or songs. You can download playlists for offline listening. Commercial free. It is more expensive than Pandora(10 bucks/month) but the fact that you can basically use it like a digital music player as well as an online radio makes it worth it for me.

Golfanatic

I absolutely love Spotify.  It's better than Pandora.  I can listen to any track anytime I want.  Not just genres.  I use the offline playlist alot.  It does suggest music for me but doesn't force you to listen.

CANMAN1976

Just tried spotify and must say so far it's awesome ! Better than pandora in my opinion;)

Jeremiah

I just signed up too. I listen all day so well see how this goes.

yzzi

Grooveshark is so much better than Pandora. Free, and commercial free, plus you can choose your music or listen to genres or broadcasts

A2Z

@Canman1976  How did you get Pandora to work in canada?  Have a friend here from Alberta and his dies at the border.  Thanks

CANMAN1976

Google media hint so simple and it works:)

I'd go with spotify though.You'll need media hint first for that to.

FanOfFanboys

I use Pandora One. I do not like Apples radio. Nor doI like Slacker. Never used MOG.

I want to use Spotify. It is more than twice as much per month but since I clock in about 12 hours a day on average streaming it is not a bad deal. Main reason why I have not switched is I have almost 50 station on Pandora. Most are 3-4 years old, some older. I really have them dialed in a hundreds of songs thumbs up. 

Pandora also has an app built into my smart TV. I stream pandora through it, my iphone, my browser on laptop, son's ipad, etc. It is availible everywhere.