jeffharris

Sorry, but that kludge won’t work with modern Decora style receptacles. 

missiongrey said:

I saw “Subscription Service” and immediately I want nothing to do with it.

No kidding.

Pay tens of thousands of dollars for a vehicle and SUBSCRIBE to an A/V subscription?

Besides, I would NEVER buy an American vehicle.

My wife prefers the Pro Max. I like the Pro. 

I'd like a Pro Max, but it's too big to integrate with all my stuff.
Most of my pants have a side pocket on the leg that Pro fits into.
I also have a few packs with pouches that the Pro fits into. For me, the Pro Max is just too big.

She does a lot of testing for work on the Pro max, so the bigger screen is perfect for what she needs.

spheric said:
Classical music works by very different structures. 

Yes, you have composers that you can sort by. And those have multi-movement pieces that you can treat like albums (but probably don’t want to split when shuffling). But then, you also have conductors, orchestras, and soloists. And you have albums with pieces from different composers, each with several movements, played by the same orchestra and conductor and solo pianist, but the encore is just solo piano. 

Or you have six versions of the same multi-movement piece by different orchestras, or even the same orchestra and conductor, but from different decades… 

Or you have the same piece, but arranged by a different composer, for six-piece string setup. 

Or…

A one-size-fits-all approach that works for sorting rock and pop where there‘s rarely any complexity beyond a particular artist and their song or album is not a good match for classical music. 

Absolutely!

People who are unfamiliar with classical music simply don't know about or understand the complexities.
That's ± 1,200 years of music, with a dizzying array of styles and ensembles.
Calling ALL recorded music tracks "Songs" for classical music is just plain WRONG. Hopefully Apple fixes that in the Classical App.

Generally, the piece of music is the first thing. Then the performers.
There can be different versions of the same pieces (ie: Bruckner's Symphonies… Haas or Novak editions).
Then there are the orchestras, conductors, soloists or other ensembles. Different recordings by the same conductor with different orchestras spread over decades. Sometimes even the halls pieces are recorded in is of interest… The Leipzig Gewandhaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Boston Symphony Hall, etc.
With opera there are different casts, orchestras and conductors. Live vs. studio recordings. Keeping track of all of it can be daunting. 

For instance, Jean Sibelius' 7 Symphonies. I have 3 different complete symphony cycle recordings conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
First with Boston Symphony in the early 70s for Philips. Second with The London Symphony in the mid-90s for RCA and third, The London Symphony again in the early aughts for the LSO Live label. The interpretations from different time periods are very different. I also have numerous other recordings of the Sibelius symphonies with different orchestras and conductors. It can be a lot to keep track of!

Pop music is fundamentally different and far simpler.
Generally, the performer is paramount. There's one song, on one album. That's it.
The composer rarely matters. The performer is the most important. 

ANYthing that can help organize and find things is a good thing. Hopefully, Apple does it right!

grlym said:

Spatial audio for classical depends just like in other genres on whether the original recording was done w Dolby Atmos and or who the engineers were and what you are using to listen to the music. On original HomePods and the AirPod Max’s I use, classical can be extraordinary or crappy depending on the above.

I look forward to this app. It is very frustrating to deal with a classical album of different works and not be able to see who the composers, orchestra, chamber soloists are besides who might be the conductor and singer.  

I fail to see the point of using Spacial Audio with Classical music. It is the new Quadraphonic?