What is your favor way of viewing media

#1

When viewing albums, artists, playlists, songs etc.: given the choice, what is your preferred choice.

  • my favor sort is alphabetically “Artists - Title” with Determiners (A, The, They) at the end of a name/title
  • I also like to filter by decade (e.g., 1950s music)
  • And of course, I like to filter by Genre
  • It would be great if I could filter with two choices like decade & genre

With alphabetical order, I’d like to have a Quick Jump like “# A B C D…”
With decades, I’d like to have a Quick Jump like "Decade/Year-pop‐up.

#2

joyofmyvid,

Being piggy, I like both options.
My feeling is that the higher one goes in the hierarchy of audio devices, the older, more sophisticated the user who is buying the device. That being the case, the more sophisticated user wants the ability (optionally) to configure the device to his/her specific preferences. A more sophisticated user has very narrow, specific needs, likes and dislikes.

A casual user is using the device as “background” rather than really examining the music critically and carefully and there is no real need for curation. The ability to curate is the hallmark of an audio aficionado. The sophisticated music aficionado will always buy the device that offers more ability to customize the listening experience. It’s the essence of the hobby. This is why the decision tree of the software is so critical along with the ability to search databases on ANY combination of variables.
Look at it this way. Suppose cheap cars went anywhere you wanted to go but the 10 X more expensive car only went where the manufacturer let you go.
See this:

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not one of these channels is anywhere I’d like to go. Can I change it to go where I want to go?
Absolutely not. Are those channels “in my region”? Absolutely not. Are the “Popular channels in Region” popular? Absolutely not.
Are the Rose recommended channels curated to my tastes in music like almost any music service does? Absolutely not.
Get the picture?

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