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Ideas: Higher Audio Quality

Ideas: Higher Audio Quality

pboser
Underground
Status: Open Ideas

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

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Pjd813
Underground
I get that…. You make a good point… Having said that my take on this, only my opinion, is that the extra bandwidth would be minimal. After eliminating commercials at about $5 it would be very hard to justify another $5.99 for better sound for me. Subscriptions have already become onerous and I don’t want to pile on even more expense. But they will charge what the market will bear and I may be an outlier in this respect.
MarkMusic
Local Performer
I hear ya. AND... In February 2019, satellite radio giant
SiriusXM announced it had completed the acquisition of Pandora in a
$3.5 billion all-stock transaction.
They probably don't give a **ahem** about Pandora anyhow. IT'S SINCE
LOST OVER 10M USERS.

I don't know the logistics of beaming music from 23,000 miles above
the Earth but I can't say SiriusXM Satellite radio's quality is any
better... probably worse than Pandora.

I use Tidal for CD quality. the Pandora genome thing for choosing
music to play is unmatched but the quality of Tidal.com "Master"
quality is the best in my opinion.
Thebisonman
Local Performer

I too expect better sound quality. That is why I left for Tidal over a year ago.

 

Also please get the queue function on my laptop using the web and not a app!

 

Clock is ticking I will wait two months and if nothing changes I will be gone for good.

 

 

Wiretec
Local Performer

I have switched to Tidal for the high quality audio. I will switch back to Pandora immediatly if they offer high quality lossles audio. 

MarkMusic
Local Performer
I too am on Tidal now. like listening to CDs (and better).
I can actually hear all of the sounds in the music again!
user7
Underground

Adios!  This long time subscriber lost interest in Pandora.  Better options available.  Buying CD's again (one time expense, forgot how amazing they sound!) and for anywhere/streaming, really enjoying TIDAL HiFi Plus!!

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TedJanssen
Local Performer

Pandora should leapfrog other technologies and stream in HD. It would help them with greater market share.

MarkMusic
Local Performer
New here are you? we've been shouting this for a couple of years
now. Pandora doesn't care.
cabotcove
Underground

Pandora hasn’t answered or acknowledged any of this and probably don’t even read these anymore. Sad to say it’s just probably not going to happen, people. If they can’t even reach Apple Music / Spotify standards after all these years — don’t hold your breath for hi res. 

chulohock
Underground
I've given up and no longer use the service.

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