What Music Streaming Service do you use
pearsall001
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I've tried Qubuz, Amazon Music HD, Deezer, Spotify. Never got around to giving Tidal a listen though.
I gave them all a good workout & truth be told the sound quality I felt were all on an equal par. The only exception was Spotify but it was actually pretty good but not quite on par with the others.
However Spotify had the best UI by far. Very user friendly & a pleasure to navigate.
Amazon Music HD was doable but no where as good as Spotify's UI
Qubuz to me was the most unfriendly to use. Their UI to me was a non starter.
Deezer on the other hand has an excellent UI but not quite as good as Spotify's UI. But their sound quality is excellent.
So I'll be sticking with Deezer for my streaming pleasure. Unless of course a new service becomes available & I'll give them a shot to see how they compare.
My streamer is the Bluesound NODE 2i
I gave them all a good workout & truth be told the sound quality I felt were all on an equal par. The only exception was Spotify but it was actually pretty good but not quite on par with the others.
However Spotify had the best UI by far. Very user friendly & a pleasure to navigate.
Amazon Music HD was doable but no where as good as Spotify's UI
Qubuz to me was the most unfriendly to use. Their UI to me was a non starter.
Deezer on the other hand has an excellent UI but not quite as good as Spotify's UI. But their sound quality is excellent.
So I'll be sticking with Deezer for my streaming pleasure. Unless of course a new service becomes available & I'll give them a shot to see how they compare.
My streamer is the Bluesound NODE 2i
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I've only tried Spotify and Tidal, and I keep both of them now. Tidal's catalog and UI are very comparable to Spotify, but Spotify still has a big advantage with suggesting music that I end up liking and digging into more. It's just much better for music discovery compared to every other platform.Analog: MoFi MasterTracker > MoFi UltraDeck > Sutherland 20/20
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Bluesound NODE 2i with Amazon HD. Felt the say way about Qubuz.
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I use Spotify to look things up, I will occasionally use it for background music. I had Tidal but gave it up because I didn't like the people who owned it. I have a couple of gigs of music so I don't have that much use for streaming services.
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Bluesound NODE 2i with Amazon HD. Felt the say way about Qubuz.
Still haven't decide if I'll stay with Amazon.
Definitely give Deezer a try. Nothing like those free trial periods.
They all have excellent sound quality but when it comes to the UI interface I found Deezer to be closest to Spotify. I was disappointed with Qubuz. To me Amazon HD was a notch below Deezer but still pretty good.
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Tidal. I will never run our of new music to listen to with Tidal.
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Tidal for me Spotify for the wife.Home Theater
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Tidal and Pandoraafterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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Qobuz via roon is a awesome! But tidal purchased from Best Buy is so much cheaper that I’m sticking that for at least 6 more months, and purchase cds of stuff I really like and seems to be well recorded...Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
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I started with Spotify,great music library. Then tried Tidal. Not as an extensive library,but much better sq. Next was Qobuz. I had Tidal at the same time,so I was able to do back to back comparisons. To my ears,Qobuz won every time. I did try Amazon HD,for a couple weeks,but Qobuz won again. That's my story,and I'm sticking to it.See my profile for list of gear.
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Qobuz via Roon is awesome! I agree with rooftop59. Sound quality is the most important thing on the 2 channel system._____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Tidal and Pandora.
I finally tried running the coaxial digital output from my computer to my stereo and it worked! I can play Tidal on my stereo and the rest of the computer sounds come from my computer speakers. The Windows Tidal app allows me to select how I want the music to play. Whether from the stereo speakers on the computer or via the digital output.
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Tidal. Never tried any other service. Tidal android app is kinda lame but the computer version is nice. Lots of suggestions based on recent playlists.Gustard X26 Pro DAC
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I don't do anything with my computer. Just the BluOS app on my Android, works like a charm. I just might be tempted to give Tidal a try. But from what I gathered Tidal is geared more to hip-hop & R&B neither one of those genres interests me in the least."2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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Tidal is geared towards whatever genre is the most searched. I'd suggest we fix that by everyone searching Irish drinking songs!Gustard X26 Pro DAC
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pearsall001 wrote: »But from what I gathered Tidal is geared more to hip-hop & R&B neither one of those genres interests me in the least.
Tidal has some pretty obscure metal. Definitely not everything that I listen to but most of it. Not that you listen to metal I'm just saying there's certainly a lot more on it than it being geared towards hip-hop or R&B.
afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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Tidal is geared towards whatever genre is the most searched. I'd suggest we fix that by everyone searching Irish drinking songs!
I beg your pardon...make that German drinking songs & I'm right there with ya! Either way a good drinking song is a good drinking song 🍻🍻🍻🍻"2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up. -
Tidal and Qobuz.
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I don't put much stock in streaming music services but I do like to discover music with them. My main music service is Apple Music. I like it as I have everything Apple , I can share it with the family, I can discover new music , It runs perfectly on my Sonos whole house system and it sounds fine for back ground music. It's perfect in the car I have Apple Car Play in both our vehicles.
When I want to listen to music, I either use Flac downloads or Discs. Yup still put disc's in my Oppo and listen to certain music that way. I also have fooled around with Music players like Puremusic and some of the other ones but I don't find myself listening to music enough to sit and manage all that anymore. I was heavy into DAC's and all that madness which was really fun years ago but I just don't have enough time in the day to really get deep back into all that at this time.
I have however listened to Tidal and didn't find it to sound as good as the actual Disc or downloaded file. It's closer than ever before but if I'm gonna spend money on higher quality music, I want higher quality music not a close enough version.Dan
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Tidal, Napster, only for the extensive library, Amazon music but I'm gonna dump them soon, nothing worth keeping above any of the others.HT SYSTEM-
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Tidal in the house, iTunes in the car.
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... When I want to listen to music, I either use Flac downloads or Discs. Yup still put disc's in my Oppo...
Thanks - I was starting to think I was the only one still attached to physical media (CDs, SACDs, DVDA). Granted, first thing I do with a new CD is add it to my FLAC library, but I want to actually OWN my media...
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... When I want to listen to music, I either use Flac downloads or Discs. Yup still put disc's in my Oppo...
Thanks - I was starting to think I was the only one still attached to physical media (CDs, SACDs, DVDA). Granted, first thing I do with a new CD is add it to my FLAC library, but I want to actually OWN my media...
I got so much physical music to listen To CD's SACD's Albums, Cassettes Flac an MWA files it's crazy dont have the room for any more stuff. That's where Tidal comes in handy the subscription saves me a ton of money on new purchases, I have physical media I havent even listened to yet so yeah tune wise I'm covered for life. Matter of fact its -16 below zero this morning I'm not stepping out of the house might just get to some of that physical media I have not listened to yet instead of streaming today.Home Theater
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... When I want to listen to music, I either use Flac downloads or Discs. Yup still put disc's in my Oppo...
Thanks - I was starting to think I was the only one still attached to physical media (CDs, SACDs, DVDA). Granted, first thing I do with a new CD is add it to my FLAC library, but I want to actually OWN my media...
It has been some time since I bought a CD, but I buy 2-3 downloads a week from HDTracks. I only play the stereo on Tuesday and Friday night, so streaming makes no sense to me.
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... When I want to listen to music, I either use Flac downloads or Discs. Yup still put disc's in my Oppo...
Thanks - I was starting to think I was the only one still attached to physical media (CDs, SACDs, DVDA). Granted, first thing I do with a new CD is add it to my FLAC library, but I want to actually OWN my media...
It has been some time since I bought a CD, but I buy 2-3 downloads a week from HDTracks. I only play the stereo on Tuesday and Friday night, so streaming makes no sense to me.
Why only 2 days (nights) a week??"Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow
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Because I consider listening to the stereo as a treat. When I play it I am sitting in the sweet spot for six hours. Other times I listen to the cable Metal channel via the soundbar, and that sounds really good.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
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Much like @mantis, I just use Apple Music, and now with Apple One, it can’t be beat as a family sharing option, including 2TB of storage for Macs, iPhones and iPads. The multi-room, multi-vehicle, and even air travel convenience, as well as the potential for discovering new stuff, just can’t be beat.
Unlike mantis, though, I’ve completely given up on owning physical media.Alea jacta est! -
I suggest anyone who's never experienced Tidal streaming to try it first on a Lumin or Auralic product in a nice system.
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