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Old 12-26-2016, 07:18 PM
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Which is better for music quality, Google Play or Amazon Prime?

Been buying from Google, but started getting a few things from Amazon, but not real sure if one is better than the other for sound quality. And if there is a better place to buy music let me know.

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I don't use Prime, but buy all my music off Amazon.
 
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They both offer up 320 Kbps so it's basically which interface you prefer.

I use Amazon because I have a Prime account and it's just more convenient (also why I went with an Echo over a Google Home).

Here's a little cnet article that compares them all: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/best-mus...aming-service/
 
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scratch that, Amazon has an average bitrate of 256 kbps
 
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and I should clarify that as a Prime member you have free access to about 2 million songs, if you want everything you have to pay $7.99 a month on top of your Prime account.
 
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I like the Prime ability to stream a lot of music for free and I am not happy that the digital music that I have purchased and downloaded to my phone from Google Play. It gets put in a hidden folder that does not allow you to move the file so that it can only be played on the Google Play app. Every other service I have used uses the standard mp3 or mp4 format in my regular downloaded folder so any player can find and play the file.
 
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I like the Prime ability to stream a lot of music for free and I am not happy that the digital music that I have purchased and downloaded to my phone from Google Play. It gets put in a hidden folder that does not allow you to move the file so that it can only be played on the Google Play app. Every other service I have used uses the standard mp3 or mp4 format in my regular downloaded folder so any player can find and play the file.
With the Google play music I download it to my thumb drive and then copy them to my phones memory card, that way I can use any music playback on my phone.
 
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With the Google play music I download it to my thumb drive and then copy them to my phones memory card, that way I can use any music playback on my phone.
I'll have to give that a try,the Google Play app is a totally confusing POS at times,it seems to like to hide music and podcasts anywhere with no logical method...
 
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Install the app to your computer for more flexibility.
I've added my music to itunes from there.
 
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