Ideas: Higher Audio Quality

[pboser]

How about higher audio quality?  Amazon has introduced this feature, and others have been ahead of Pandora as well.  It would be great to have the Genome Project advantage with higher audio quality.  Do others agree?

Moderator Edit: Edited title for clarity

[freddiep7]

I would not pay for a subscription to Pandora! quality is subpart, i use them to get song names and then add them to my playlist for my paid service

[chulohock]

Yeah I'm no longer a subscriber.

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[Captkaos2211]

This has been an open topic for a long time I have been a subscriber for a long time I would really appreciate any reassurance that you actually care Pandora ....

[chulohock]

There is no way that they care about this matter. 

[Willscary]

It is okay though. Everyday, Amazon music has a better and better algorithm for what they call my soundtrack. After 23 months of use it is getting much better at predicting songs that I will like.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

[chulohock]

Yeah I'll have to check out Amazon Music again. I've been using Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer and Qobuz. All of which offer higher bit rate streaming. Thanks for the tip!

[Captkaos2211]

The fact it's two years old with 400+ likes and 276 comments says everything I need to know thanks for nothing Pandora.... Lost another 10 year subscriber

[chulohock]

I'm currently trying LiveOne by Slacker, Inc.

There's a free radio tier with ads. I listened to one short ad and was able to listen for one hour uninterrupted. Not sure of the ongoing free experience though since I quickly subscribed at the low cost Plus tier to eliminate ads.

You can get higher bit rates up to 320 kbps at the low price Plus subscription tier - even less if paid annually. There's also an on demand option available.

Just sharing what seems to be a good alternative. I'm not affiliated with LiveOne in any capacity.

Happy listening! 😁

[jeffoberlander]

192 kbps is "Premium quality"? Showstopper for using Pandora

I've been a hard core Spotify user and occasional Pandora user since inception.  Lately I've been so disappointed with Spotify AI/ML and music selection and have been really liking what I'm getting on Pandora, so considered a full switch.  I am on premium.  I was listening to a few favorite albums on Pandora on a few different devices, and I kept feeling like the albums sounded bad.  Then I realized Pandora premium only goes to 192 kbps!  That is like bitrates from 2008!  Spotify supports 320kbps which is the MP3 standard.  Contrary to what the streaming industry has tried to sell us, music lovers can tell differences in quality easily.  I simply can't do Pandora as primary music streaming because of this significant downfall.  How can a music company provide only low quality audio?

[Trevor1]

Sadly many of us have been asking that question over and over and over. lol. 
There are many great things about Pandora but it definitely seems they aren’t interested in increasing the sound quality.  I am holding out hope for some big update in 2024 but that is simply hope. lol