When XM and Sirius merged, they cancelled the one channel I loved (Beyond Jazz) and turned it into a one-hour show on the "regular" jazz channel, which played a LOT of songs that I didn't consider to be real jazz. I was one of the first million XM subscribers, and also one of the first to cancel my account after the merger.

I've had an Amazon Prime account since they started that service and comp'd me the first year. Amazon Music is included in the Prime membership. I have built up a bunch of playlists with the content I want to listen to. No ads. Many albums available in Ultra HD. I have the Amazon Music app installed on my laptop, my Android phone and my Android/Google Smart TV. Playlists can be downloaded, so you can have music available on your phone when there's no or limited cell service.

I had a Pandora account way back, but became unhappy with the service for reasons I can't even remember anymore.

I purchased a THX Onyx USB headphone amp a couple of years ago for my phone that no longer had a dedicated headphone jack. It has an MQA decoder built-in, so I have looked at getting a Tidal account several times. But at $20/month for MQA-encoded music is too expensive, when a huge amount of the music on Amazon Music is available in HD or Ultra HD. And my old ears probably couldn't tell the difference anyway.

Last edited by TheMaartian; 12/16/22 08:13 PM.
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