Recent content by ginandbacon

As long as you have the bandwidth to stream music (2 to 3mbps download at a minimum, most people have that) and your Internet provider isn't down or having issues then no, internet providers are just last mile providers (for the most part). The Internet backbone is the principal data routes...

I used to pay for offline playback pre COVID as I was flying a lot for work. They weren't very happy when I tried to bring a record player on the plane asking where the power outlets were for me to plug it into. While I kept and ripped all my CD's and a handful of SACD's that were actually...

Yes, if your subscription changes all your playlist and everything else are there and work but it deletes the locally stored files and your back to 100 percent streaming via the internet from the service (Spotify, Amazon, ect..)

Wouldn't any sort of device with these controls essentially be a "box" between the phone and headphones? Your options are a small device with none of the controls you want as someone else already suggested or a small dongle DAC. USB-C has to have some sort of DAC/AMP to convert to analog. If you...

I use Spotify and have never had any issues. With that said with my paid subscription I get to download and store the files locally. It obviously still requires Internet access as when you open the app on your phone (or whatever device you use) it just has to phone home to verify you've paid and...