Any iPod experts Here?

[lovinthehd]

As someone who is not really portable music savvy, why would I store music when a streaming service seems like an endless version of the same thing, minus the storing part? I have slowly and stubbornly gotten into streaming, but for some reason it has held me back from wanting to store music other than vinyl or CD and some FLAC files on my PC, and even then, I haven't added anything to them in ages. Just curious. I just plug my phone directly into my active LSR305s at work and let spotify or Pandora run the show.

In spite of what quibbles can be made with reference to SQ differences, I have since forgotten to notice the difference. In my bedroom it's just Spotify on WiFi to the WiiM amp and even that sounds surprisingly good. I would otherwise have to keep an enormous playlist to keep from looping the same catalog all of the time. I used to collect music when there was no connected database of it available and the radio stations being so limited with their selections.

Yet you can store on many devices even with streaming subscriptions.....and even use those same services to incorporate your own content for selections.

 

[MrBoat]

Yet you can store on many devices even with streaming subscriptions.....and even use those same services to incorporate your own content for selections.

I just don't really know the difference. I can pick entire albums or artist catalogs from streaming. I have stored music but rarely use it anymore. It seems like streaming services are the same as having stored music without having to actually store it? The things I listen to from my PC, ends up shared with my phone automatically. I started to buy a separate music device (Fiio?) but it seemed redundant or I got carried away by streaming and that idea went by the wayside.