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Pandora Vs Slacker Radio
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i listen to both. I personally prefer Slacker but they are different rather one being better.
Pandora started from the Music Genome Project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Genome_Project
Kind of like the Human Genome Project. when you tell it to create a station based on a song or artist it will try to play music based on those attributes.
Slacker has a larger song selection. Twice as large last I read and you can customize it more. it will play songs more often, you can ban artists from a station and tell it the time period to play for each station. For $50 a year you can make custom playlists which negate the need for buying CD's.
I liked the Zune rental model even though i never had a Zune, and this is the closest thing to it.
Pandora started from the Music Genome Project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Genome_Project
Kind of like the Human Genome Project. when you tell it to create a station based on a song or artist it will try to play music based on those attributes.
Slacker has a larger song selection. Twice as large last I read and you can customize it more. it will play songs more often, you can ban artists from a station and tell it the time period to play for each station. For $50 a year you can make custom playlists which negate the need for buying CD's.
I liked the Zune rental model even though i never had a Zune, and this is the closest thing to it.
I liked Pandora for about a week until I realized it was playing the same 15 songs over and over. I didn't do much customization of the channel, but I thought that would lead to more variety instead of less.
Also, and I have no idea if this is Pandora's fault or my screwup, it apparently sent some kind of invitation to several people in my contacts list to listen to my new Pandora station. I only realized it when two of the messages bounced back to my inbox. I definitely did not send anyone an invitation by choice, but I don't know if I hit something by accident.
I set up similar stations on Slacker and found it to have much more variety than Pandora. I've been listening to a single station for several days and I don't think I've heard a repeat yet. One feature from Pandora that I wish Slacker had was a way to see what's been previously played. Pandora had a nice Cover Flow view of the previously played songs that was very helpful.
Also, and I have no idea if this is Pandora's fault or my screwup, it apparently sent some kind of invitation to several people in my contacts list to listen to my new Pandora station. I only realized it when two of the messages bounced back to my inbox. I definitely did not send anyone an invitation by choice, but I don't know if I hit something by accident.
I set up similar stations on Slacker and found it to have much more variety than Pandora. I've been listening to a single station for several days and I don't think I've heard a repeat yet. One feature from Pandora that I wish Slacker had was a way to see what's been previously played. Pandora had a nice Cover Flow view of the previously played songs that was very helpful.
hey, are you saying that i can search for particular songs and create a playlist (a whole cd) then play that cd when i want? tia.
i don't know if you can make a playlist for each album, but with the basic you're limited to 20 favorites per station. with the premium you have unlimited favorite songs so it's easier to make very custom stations.
That's too bad. I'm streaming on my iPhone at work 40 hours a week. If I have to pay a monthly fee, I might as well use the Sirius/XM app.
but you can't customize Sirius/XM. if you want talk and sports as well I think Slacker has Talk Radio, and iheartradio and AOL Radio. there is also a new NPR app in there called Public Radio. iheartradio is ClearChannel and AOL carries CBS radio stations.
ive been a slacker user since launch, tried pandora on my blackberry didnt like it.. thought it sounded to washy, but ive just retried it on my iphone and i think im liking it more then slacker radio.. i dont plan to use pandora for more then 5 hrs a week so i think pandora is the winner for me.. the audio quality deff has improved!
I also rather enjoy Pandora. Been using it for a few months and it's served it's purpose very well.