Very interesting

Posted by Maarten on 29th Apr 2010

Spotify will allow you to listen to any track from a huge library of music, with additional information like album covers and biographies.

Sadly, it isn't complete, with quite important artist, like Zappa and The Beatles, missing. On the other hand there is an enormous amount of music there, and it will enable you to discover new music in a very easy and enjoyable way.

The free version has limited quality and commercials mixed in with the music, but for £10 a month you can have the premium version with CD quality and no commercials. It is even available for most mobile phones, although this requires the premium subscription.

I have compared Spotify, played through a Benchmark DAC, with the same music played through a Naim CD5 CD player with Flatcap power supply. The sound quality is completly comparable with minor differences between the two sources.

This is a real alternative to playing CDs, certainly now that the latest version of Spotify will allow you to add your own music in a local library, making it into a single player for all your music.

Give it a try!