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• Yes, positive advice. Stay away from paid streaming services for now ...until - samtellig 17:57:52 05/11/15 (7)
  In Reply to: RE: Anything positive to contribute, or just some pot-shots from the troll bridge? posted by oldmkvi on May 11, 2015 at 17:14:57

  we figure out which rap star is fronting for what and which services are likely to be around tomorrow. Streams today, dry tomorrow. Meanwhile, they have your credit card number.
  
  Sounds like yet another audio ripoff to me.
  
  
  

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  • Streaming, (of course), has nothing to do with the OP - Sordidman 14:41:42 05/21/15 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: Yes, positive advice. Stay away from paid streaming services for now ...until posted by samtellig on May 11, 2015 at 17:57:52

    The subject was about the price of downloading files that one owns & manipulates as one sees fit.
    
    Not, playing a live stream from the internet.
    
    Huge difference.
    
    
    

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    • Hey Sordidman.. - marc-homeslice 08:31:48 05/24/15 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Streaming, (of course), has nothing to do with the OP posted by 6847 on May 21, 2015 at 14:41:42

      Hey.. hope your enjoying your weekend. I've got a Blue Circle BC 26 on the way. You seem to know a lot about it.
      
      If able.. please shoot me an email at:
      
      marchomeslice@gmail.com to discuss?
      
      Thanks, Marc
      

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  • RE: Yes, positive advice. Stay away from paid streaming services for now ...until - Jeff Wilson 23:02:08 05/16/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Yes, positive advice. Stay away from paid streaming services for now ...until posted by samtellig on May 11, 2015 at 17:57:52

    The world is and has changed. Like it or not, physical media is going away, and as can be seen downloads will be going away too. The new world is about streaming. Yep, you didn't like you parents music and now one cannot understand streaming. Like it or not, streaming is the future, vinyl, CD, SACD, iTunes, Hi Res downloads, streaming.
    
    Be it Tidal, Spotify or someone else, the future is streaming.
    
    
    

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  • RE: "Meanwhile, they have your credit card number."... - Ivan303 19:02:33 05/11/15 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Yes, positive advice. Stay away from paid streaming services for now ...until posted by samtellig on May 11, 2015 at 17:57:52

    No, PayPal has my credit card number, not QOBUZ.
    
    And I'm certainly getting my money's worth out of QOBUZ.
    
    TIDAL? Not so much and may drop it soon.
    
    
    
    
    

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  • OK, I get it. nt - oldmkvi 18:02:13 05/11/15 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: Yes, positive advice. Stay away from paid streaming services for now ...until posted by samtellig on May 11, 2015 at 17:57:52

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    • Sam's just an old crank... - Ivan303 19:42:03 05/11/15 (1)
      In Reply to: RE: OK, I get it. nt posted by oldmkvi on May 11, 2015 at 18:02:13

      It's OK to ignore him. I understand he used to write for one of the Audiophile magazines so that makes him an expert.
      
      Regards streaming, as long as you don't pay in advance, what's the risk.
      
      You get 1 month free from most providers. If one can't figure out whether one streams enough music to make it worth the money, there may be no hope.
      
      I was one of the first users of MOG which became BEATS which may become iTunes. I found MOG to be superior to Spotify (user interface and search) but once they became BEATS, all bets were off and I dumped them.
      
      I had already signed up for QOBUZ while in Europe a couple summers ago and REALLY like their interface and search functions. Search by record label is an outstanding feature and a return in the thousands when searching by composer is outrageously great! SQ streaming at 16/44.1 is great but not TWICE as good as Spotify at 320kbps on a laptop with cans but is quite a bit better into a USB DAC in my main system.
      
      TIDAL is just a waste of money, but not much at $19 a month. It works on the SONOS and QOBUZ doesn't. OTOH, Spotify does and on a SONOS speaker in the kitchen, who can tell the difference? Not me.
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      

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      • RE: Sam's just an old crank... - Dave_K 03:02:48 05/12/15 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: Sam's just an old crank... posted by Ivan303 on May 11, 2015 at 19:42:03

        Yeah, I can't figure out what risk I'm taking either. I don't care about the ownership, just the service.
        
        

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