Re: Actually listening to music again
       juli 10th, 2020
       
       This a  somewhat late response  to solderpunks phlog entry  on "Actually
       Listing to Music again" [1].
       
       I've never been a huge fan of Spotify,  but the kids use it a lot, so we
       have a family account.  Previously, I  have used Deezer, but I was never
       able  to find  or get  a Linux  client, and  even less  so a  client for
       FreeBSD. Streaming works great for  music discovery, so my primary usage
       is checking out new albums and deciding which albums to buy.
       
       Other than that,  my primary source of music are  ripped CDs. I recently
       made the transition to  FLAC files, so I'm in the  process of ripping my
       CD collection once more. Adios, MP3 and OGG.
       
       My master  colletion of digital music  is stored on my  FreeNAS machine,
       and from there I  copy the whole or parts of the  collection to my daily
       used machines. I also  have a (not so recent) copy on  a microSD card on
       my  phone for  easy access.  The FreeNAS  collection is  also accessible
       through Sonic  (I have setup using  duckdns.org to be able  to access my
       colletion from outside my home).  So  sometimes I use the Ultrasonic app
       to access my online collection. Kind of my own streaming service.
       
       Recently,  I bought  some second-hand  Jazz CDs,  and I  wanted to  dive
       deeper into  listening to these  without any distraction. That's  what I
       use my Sansa  Clip for. I've written  about it in an  earlier phlog post
       [2]. It  stores only  8GB of  music, which  is enough  for a  handful of
       albums in  FLAC format.  The sound  quality is fine,  and I  finally can
       listen to  albums again  and again,  until I'm fed  up and  transfer new
       albums on the Sansa Clip. I guess that's the kind of listening that also
       Solderpunk was talking about.
       
       After  reading Solderpunks  phlog post,  I started  looking at  MiniDisc
       players, just for fun and without any  intension to buy one. I never had
       one in the  90s, mostly because they  were way too expensive  in the old
       days,  so   I  had   my  cassette  Sony   Walkman  which   worked  quite
       well. Unfortunately, it  was stolen at some point, and  I never replaced
       it.
       
       This  week, a  Sony MZ-R700,  accidently  the same  model as  Solderpunk
       bought, appeared on the local craigslist eqvialent, in perfect shape and
       at half the price than the players I looked at before. So I bought it.
       
       I'm still  waiting for  the package  to arrive,  but here  I am:  a Sony
       MiniDisc walkman owner.   It will be interesting to see  where this goes
       and how this will affect my music listeing habits. My best guess is that
       it will replace my Sansa Clip at some point. Let's see.
       
       [1] gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/actually-listen
       [2] gopher://jan.bio/1/phlog/20190922-music-library-cleanup
       
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