Pure Music definitely has a whiff of “work in progress” about it, but it's still a fantastic platform that will perhaps appeal to first-time streamers, especially those already on-board the Pure bandwagon, rather than tempting existing Spotify fanatics. Searching for artists and tracks using your Pure radio's interface and controls may be a painful affair, but the fact that you can chuck over playlists from your browser and access your tagged and purchased tracks instantly means that you never really have to do this anyway. The ecosystem, and the fact that you can access and stream tracks on any of your Pure web-connected devices and apps, means that, for half the price you pay for your Spotify subscription, you're getting incredible value for money. However, those slight faults shouldn't take away from what is a brilliant service, especially if you're already using Pure's internet radios. And if your browser crashes thanks to another rogue tab, it can bring down the whole show. You can't carry on streaming a song, for example, and browse for more tunes without the song being cut mid-flow as the page refreshes - although there is a pop-out player to work around this. Sure, Pure Music's web based platform is easy enough to use, but the fact that it's web browser-based does mean it comes with certain limitations. The next aspect where the service falls a bit short of its Scandinavian rival is the usability of desktop client. As mentioned, there is talk that the quality of the platform's streams would improve over time and we hope this is the case. Spotify, as a comparison, uses the Ogg Vorbis format for streaming at three quality ratings q3 (96 kbps), q5 (160 kbps) and q9 (320 kbps) with the top level available for Premium users. Pure Music isn't solely a music streaming service, but that's certainly a large part of it, and as such, it would be nice to see the streams at a better quality than 128kpbs MP3s.
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