After messing around with iTunes Radio this evening I am a believer. The fact that you can manually add in artists/songs and adjust the radio station to match between hits/variety/discovery on each station is a mega plus for me.

At the moment I have to use a plugin (Airfoil) to push Pandora to my Russound ABUS setup in my house. With iTunes Radio there is no issue and I can now control each zone with AirPlay. I realize that my setup is a one off but so far the audio quality is solid and the auto song choices are pretty spot on to what I had in Pandora.

I would assume Apple will soon figure out a way to further monetize the offering but I am leaning towards Apple vs. Pandora at this point.

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9/18/2013 9:09:36 PM

I have to say so far I have been impressed with iTunes Radio. I also like the fact that you can adjust the radio station to match between hits/variety/discovery. For the most part is seems to be almost spot on with my stations in Pandora although I think iTunes Radio is actually a little better at this point...I'm a fan.

9/20/2013 8:45:59 AM

Zune > Xbox Music Radio > iTunes Radio

9/20/2013 11:18:47 AM