RE: Making the most of streaming Spotify @ 320kps...?

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Posted by PAR on November 10, 2016 at 02:24:07

In Reply to: Making the most of streaming Spotify @ 320kps...? posted by joeljoel1947 on November 10, 2016 at 01:36:04:

My limited experience using two good systems is that the limitations of 320 kb/s MP3 remain irrespective of how good the components decoding it are. in fact perhaps it may be better to go for worse rather than better equipment to somehow "mask" the deficiencies.

Nevertheless I have friends who enjoy Spotify Premium with decent audio kit. However their preferred music is of a different genre to mine (jazz compared to classical. It is orchestral string sound that I find "difficult" with MP3).

So, using my friends' experience as your model rather than mine, I suggest dumping the BT receiver and , say, hooking up a little laptop PC (second hand?) via USB or a coax-USB converter to a decent inexpensive DAC (Schiit?).

You don't give us any idea of budget or your physical circumstances. The latter perhaps affecting the number of boxes and connections that you can deal with.

So, if there are limitations to what you can encompass, maybe this device could be better than you are using:

http://www.arcam.co.uk/products,rSeries,Wireless-DAC,rblink. (Open in New Window)

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Topic - Making the most of streaming Spotify @ 320kps...? - joeljoel1947 01:36:04 11/10/16 (15)

RE: Making the most of streaming Spotify @ 320kps...? - Bert_2 08:03:54 11/21/16 (0)

More info... - joeljoel1947 12:45:14 11/10/16 (2)

Another Option...... - Cut-Throat 13:05:47 11/10/16 (1)

RE: Another Option...... - joeljoel1947 21:39:46 11/10/16 (0)

For the Future................. - Cut-Throat 08:56:58 11/10/16 (1)

RE: For the Future................. - joeljoel1947 12:51:02 11/10/16 (0)

RE: Making the most of streaming Spotify @ 320kps...? - AbeCollins 08:20:59 11/10/16 (3)

Bluetooth - milpai 11:26:00 11/16/16 (0)

Spotify uses Ogg Vorbis which is just about as good as any 320kbps codec... - Ivan303 08:57:43 11/10/16 (1)

That's good, so we can expect that it should... - AbeCollins 09:07:05 11/10/16 (0)

Check as see if you can subscribe to QOBUZ in AUS. - Ivan303 07:14:15 11/10/16 (2)

RE: Check as see if you can subscribe to QOBUZ in AUS. - PAR 08:00:10 11/10/16 (1)

I have re-registered my SONOS account to Europe... - Ivan303 08:44:29 11/10/16 (0)

RE: Making the most of streaming Spotify @ 320kps...? - PAR 02:24:07 11/10/16 (0)

RE: Making the most of streaming Spotify @ 320kps...? - Roseval 02:18:08 11/10/16 (0)

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