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Post by MartinT on Jun 12, 2018 9:45:20 GMT
Please let us know what service(s) you use and why?
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Post by MartinT on Jun 12, 2018 9:47:16 GMT
For me, it's simply that Spotify Premium was my first streaming service and I've got it to sound much better over the last year. I've not yet felt the need to go hi-res since I haven't fully explored the limits of Spotify yet.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 12, 2018 10:26:49 GMT
Only Spotty unless You Tube is included....
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Post by MartinT on Jun 12, 2018 10:36:37 GMT
Why not tick 'Other', Mike? I forgot to include YouTube but it's certainly valid for music.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 12, 2018 10:40:36 GMT
I happily use both. Spotty more than YouTube at the moment. YouTube searches on Volumio are limited compared to a normal search
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Post by Stratmangler on Jun 12, 2018 10:40:50 GMT
Which streaming service do I use? I was using Tidal High Quality over the course of the last 3 months, but that was only because there was an extended free trial with Groupon.
Pros - The sound was OK, on a par with BBC iPlayer radio via LMS on my RasPi. Note that this is not the HiFi service.
I'm fairly certain that the Tidal content is normalised for volume.
Cons - the interface app sees changes (favourites and what have you) done online using the web interface, but not the other way round.
Today I have taken up Spotify on an offer that came up - 3 months use for the price of 1. Paid £9.99 today, next bill in 3 months. Can't be bad!.
Pros - In LMS Spotify's lossy OGG stream is DSPed up to 1411kbps PCM, which is nice. Sound quality is much betterer and nicerer than the Tidal MP3 service. If something grabs me I'll dig around and buy a copy of the CD to rip to my local file library. I get a lot second hand from Amazon marketplace and Discogs.
Big bonus in that the LMS Spotty app does interact with the Spotify web app, so favourites and what have you can be managed from 2 directions.
Cons - nothing comes to mind.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 12, 2018 11:02:06 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Jun 12, 2018 11:07:07 GMT
I'm fairly certain that the Tidal content is normalised for volume.
It's a good idea to check that no normalisation is happening in Spotify, too. Edit | Preferences | Normalize volume off.
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 12, 2018 11:34:39 GMT
I'm fairly certain that the Tidal content is normalised for volume.
It's a good idea to check that no normalisation is happening in Spotify, too. Edit | Preferences | Normalize volume off. Why? What's the issue/problem with it being normalised? - on the face of it it seems like a good thing to do.
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Post by Stratmangler on Jun 12, 2018 11:47:24 GMT
What's the issue/problem with it being normalised? - on the face of it it seems like a good thing to do. My experience of such practises is that it has a detrimental effect on sound quality. It's a very minor effect, but it's still there.
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 12, 2018 11:50:48 GMT
Ah, OK - just checked and mine was turned off already.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 12, 2018 12:02:51 GMT
Normalizing the volume between tracks will have the effect of sacrificing bits of data for some or all of them. Effectively it loses the bit-perfect nature of the stream. Not a good thing at all.
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Post by zippy on Jun 12, 2018 12:52:03 GMT
Amazon Music - because I get it for free with Amazon Prime (I'm too mean to pay anything for a streaming service until I find one that's really good and really cheap).
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Post by Slinger on Jun 12, 2018 13:01:44 GMT
Spotify, the free version only. I use it mostly so I can listen to music links posted here and elsewhere, and then explore them further if I like what I hear, usually in conjunction with YouTube. I do have Amazon Prime, so I can access Amazon Music, but so far I haven't bothered.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 12, 2018 13:09:10 GMT
I have Amazon Music for everything I've ever purchased, but it's not very good quality.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 14:02:12 GMT
I use Spotify and wifey uses Amazon Music.
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Post by jandl100 on Jun 12, 2018 15:03:18 GMT
I mainly use Qobuz 16/44 lossless these days. Currently on a 3 month free trial but I'm pretty sure I'll renew it once I have to pay. I also use Spotify Premium, but I do hear a little less rez and openness than with Qobuz so only used when Q doesn't have the music I want (Spot doea have a better classical catalogue overall). Also use YouTube, but not nearly as much as I should do! I need to get into the habit of checking what it has - there are some wonderful classical vids on there in excellent sq.
I tried Tidal but I find it a bit bright, forward and relentless. Gives me a headache after an hour or two. Tried Amazon Prime - that really is grim sound quality! Tried Deezer but the classical catalogue was awful.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 12, 2018 15:35:34 GMT
Must have a look at Amazon as the boss has Prime
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 17:29:38 GMT
Tidal I find contrived engineered to sound 'good' and I run MQA as well, just find it like to polished hifinsound no edges but just politely tailored at top and bottom no real insight into the music think SACD along those lines
I have a customer that has he Qoboz uber £300+ service this is much better however if you have Spotify premium setup correctly I feel I takes some beating in the streaming service stakes
All good fun
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Post by John on Jun 12, 2018 19:18:36 GMT
Using Spotify and also use YouTube I used to use YouTube a lot more when I had my windows based server
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