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Why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl

70 points · 109 comments · beardyw

  1. pkthunder · · focus · HN ↗
    I’ve been going through my own personal revival of physical media - mostly audio. I don’t miss streaming at all.

    Every CD I buy gets ripped to a NAS that hosts the music behind Navidrone where I can stream to my vehicle using Play:Sub (thanks to Tailscale for enabling all of this to work for me!).

    I am just so enamored with being able to get the best of both worlds - my own music, anywhere.

    I do wish I could figure out some sort of recommendation system to find new magic, though. Obviously not to steam new/unowned songs, just to point me in a direction next time I go to the store.

    1. alin23 · · focus · HN ↗
      I got myself an iPod Nano recently and love curating my songs to fit the 8GB [0]

      But I have the same problem of trying to find recommendations. Whenever I talk about music with my brother and friends, that's when I discover the best music, but that happens rarely nowadays.

      So with the help of Claude, I&#x27;ve revived my 10 year old project on finding music based on Spotify tracks and liked songs: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;noiseblend.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;noiseblend.com

      Completely free, haven&#x27;t shared it much because it&#x27;s more of a personal thing than something I want public. But maybe it comes in handy for some people here.

      [0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;files.alinpanaitiu.com&#x2F;ipod-nano.mp4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;files.alinpanaitiu.com&#x2F;ipod-nano.mp4

      1. raddan · · focus · HN ↗
        I suspect that the iPod nano is somewhat un-hackable, but the iPod mini and earlier models actually had physical mini EIDE spinning disks in them. The interface was electrically identical (or close enough) to CompactFlash cards that a little service I ran on the side for beer money was upgrading people’s iPods to CF. Nowadays you can get absolutely gargantuan CF cards. I put a 256GB CF card in my iPod mini and the firmware, to my surprise, had no trouble recognizing the capacity. I also personally love that form factor, but obviously, different strokes for different folks.

        I do appreciate that you said that you enjoy curating your 8GB but I got tired with that way back in 2003 when I bought my first iPod. I never want to go back to that.

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