I rip to ALAC from CD so that I can put the music files on my phone and then just use Apple Music via CarPlay. With Wireless CarPlay you get lossless audio as it uses WiFi instead of Bluetooth. ALAC is supported by Naim streamers and things like Sonos.
It’s easy to create a playlist of tracks and all works well, even in an EX30 which is some going given how awful the car software generally is…
If you want to hear any recorded music hiking in the Amazon rainforest you might find that the only way is taking the music with you, unless they’ve installed phone masts throughout… That is one of the many reasons why streaming online doesn’t suit everyone or all situations. As for listening to the music of one’s choice, whether or not having heard it once or a thousand times before, personally I understand that more than the apparently unending need for music new to them that some people seem to have. Each to their own.
IB, I was kind of joking about the Amazon.
If I were there, I would want my ears wide open to listen for any predators closing in.
Absolutely, I would too! However my point was that when travelling generally there are many places where signal is weak or non-existent, or exorbitantly expensive.
Yes, that was (still is) one of the options for me. Perhaps when I replace my iPhone next I’ll consider one with a larger capacity and just load them onto the phone.
That’s what I do. An iPhone can hold a hell of a lot of music. I have a mix of ripped files and Tidal downloads of some favourites.
There are still surprisingly large areas of the UK with little or no data signal. When travelling around on staycation in remote areas the phone is a useful backup.
When I change car I will be making sure it has capabilities more like SWMBO”s.
There used to be (and probably still is) the facility in iTunes (as was) to fill an iPod with a random selection of tracks from the iTunes library. It’d be useful to have the same for an iPhone, perhaps to a specified capacity limit (wouldn’t want the phone to be crammed to capacity with no space for anything else).
All streaming services (Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz etc.) allow this so that you can access music without a connection. The music can only be accessed within their app and while your subscription is active. This is, of course , entirely separate from any purchased downloads which can be stored and played on other devices or software.
It’s still there, but filling an iPhone is a bad idea! On new phones Apple have finally started using decent storage amounts, so an iPhone 17 Pro for example starts at 256GB. I have around 100GB of music on a 256GB phone, and still have around 50GB free even with the usual large photo library.
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