Streaming – Discovering Similar or New Music


There are multiple ways to search for similar or new music when streaming.  The most common way is to manually scroll down the page to find ‘Similar Artists’ – when currently listening to a particular artist.  Different streamer apps have different approaches.   Some offer a manual search only.  Others offer both manual and automatic.   

Which streamer apps do a great job?  Which do not?  EG: Innous Sense, Aurender Conductor, Auralic Lightning DS, Lumin, etc.  

Please share your tips & experiences.   With & without Roon.

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This thread is not about comparing sound quality.  Just the ease of discovering similar or new music.

steakster

Showing 1 response by christianb5s4

Lumin U1 streamer here. I do a lot of my music organization and searching in the native Qobuz app itself but use the Lumin app for listening.

 

Lumin has a function where you long-press a song, album, artist, etc., there's an information button that brings you to a discography webpage that has a tab with similar artists. I use that frequently and lets me do a deeper dive than just seeing suggested songs. 

 

But by far, the best source of discovering similar or new music are the music sections of Audiogon and others. Hearing fellow user's suggestions in specific genres, female vocalists, best guitarists, etc. is an amazing way to find great new music other enthusiasts endorse.