OP,I wanted to expound on what Pandora offers to you..
All you do is enter a specific genre or artist in search mode & the Pandora algorythm will que up pretty much EVERY song ever made in that genre or by that artist,along with songs that have a similar style..You can Thumbs UP or THUMBS DOWN songs that don’t fit your taste..Then you can set these up as "stations"..
About the only "bad"thing I can think of is,it's NOT like listening to every song on a CD..It's more like putting several CD's on a multi disc player & pushing "shuffle"..
As far as what music you do get here is a few examples:
I love listening to 40’s Big Band & Swing on Sunday Mourning’s..So I started by searching "Andrew Sisters"..Since I wanted to start my Sundays quietly,I only thumbs up slow,quiet songs,creating my Big Band station..Then searching "Swing"I chose more up tempo songs & "thumbs up"those,"thumbs down"on slow,quiet songs..Now I have 2 stations that cover Big Band ballads & instrumentals,and a second station that swings & bops,covering the entire 1940’s...
I also love Dean Martin,Sinatra & the Rat Pack..Easy,searched Dean Martin,thumbs up on a few songs & now my station is jam packed with every song ever recorded by those guys...
1950’s ballads,searched Ricky Nelson,done..1950’s rock,searched Chubby Checker,Elvis & Chuck Berry,done...Saturdays are for Reggae/Island/Surfer type music,searched Jimmy Buffett,Bob Marley,Jimmy Cliff & the Beach Boys,done...
Two things to note..
First you will get "golden ears"pushing the fact that Pandora uses a compressed signal that is not a high resolution stream..If you do not have a really good system,or you have some age related hearing lose,you will likely never notice the compression..
Second,unless you have a decent system AND good hearing still,you don’t need anything fancy or expensive..A few of the inexpensive streamers available today offer superb,CD quality sound for just a few hundred dollars..
I recommend that BEFORE you spend a lot of $ replacing that CD player,you start out just trying the FREE Pandora Account on your phone or computer..Play around with it,even for just 1 hour & I’m betting good $ you will be thrilled & eager to embrace the tech!!!
Looking for a CD Player
I am in the process of replacing my Moon CD 5 CD Player --- or might be no reason to replace my present CD Player. The next CD player if purchased is probably going to be my last as I am a senior in age. My wife and I are tired of getting up and down and up and down did I mention up and down to listen to the other side of an album. So, we have a number of CDs and frankly like the ease of listening to them. Not wanting to purchase streaming music. Therefore, we / I need an education on two subjects - Do we need to have a DAC incorporated in the CD player and secondly do we need to have SACD capability?? Not wanting to spend more than 3000.00. All the help would be appreciated.
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I took the SACD plunge a few years ago with the Maranzt SA10 (which I know is more than you said you wanted to spend) and I found that generally I love the sound of a good SACD more than I love the sound of the average red book. I have also found that as with red books, not all SACDs are created equal. But in general, to me with my player, I find the difference between red books and SACD is like drinking 2% low fat milk compared to drinking 1% or skim. (It's been a long long time since I've drank whole milk, so that's why I didn't use that in my analogy.) |
If you’re tired of getting up and down and up and down, I second or third the vote for streaming. The $3000 you might spend on a new CD player will buy you over 15 years of CD-quality streaming music. I have a nice CD player in a pretty darn good system but Qobuz easily matches or beats it. Plus you can expand a streaming service to any room in the house for very little money. I read a review of a new album, go to Qobuz and there it is, ready to listen to. If you want it all--CD, streamer, DAC--in one package, check out the Black Ice CD/Streamer/DAC. A friend bought one to symplify his system of separates, and he loves it. It’s also opened up the world of streaming to him. https://blackiceaudio.com/daccd-players/p/black-ice-fusion-wifi-dac-transport |
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