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In Reply to: RE: What's your next "digital" purchase for audio ? posted by AbeCollins on January 16, 2017 at 20:54:47
I've been subscribed to Rhapsody, but then it was bought out by Napster, so I thought I would switch over to Spotify. My Sony HAP-Z1 supports Spotify, that way I will be able to use the HAP's DSEE DSP software on it, and then route it to my Yggy DAC, as opposed to using my Sonos Connect to play Napster. I'm sure it will sound better, regardless of the DSP software.
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Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
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Spotify is at best 320 kbps. Tidal is better sound wise and now offers MQA files and partial MQA decoding
Alan
I am going to try Tidal. I'm concerned my internet isn't fast enough. Just three megs. It would be nice if Meridian would make a simple decoder box you could insert between the Sonos Connect and your own DAC. I read your post where you are using your laptop as the streamer/decoder, but I don't want to go that route. I'm not an early adopter. I can wait for the catalog to expand.
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Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
I am sure that all kinds of different equipment will become available in the future. The rollout is just starting and we all need to be patient. Also we need to see what the general public says about MQA. If they hear no differences then it will become a small nicht product like DSD listened to only by us few audiophiles.
Alan
You can forget Tidal or any Lossless Streaming with only 3Mbps....You'll get dropouts for sure.
Cut-Throat
Kind of what I figured.
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Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
For myself; I've had Deezer Elite, Tidal and Spotify.... All at the same time. I chose Spotify Because it has a much better Catalog than Tidal and Deezer Elite.... And as far as Sound Quality when just listening to Music, I could not differentiate the 3 streaming services.
I had other audiophiles come over and Play a certain Track in Tidal and then Spotify and point out a certain Instrument for the differences, but had to Strain on a blind test to pick out the Lossless service.... Sometimes they were right.... Seemed to be about 50% of the time.
So being an Audiophile myself, I like the idea of Lossless Streaming, and if all things were equal such as the quantity of music that I listen to (Jazz Mostly), I'd go with the Lossless service... But they're not, so I go with Spotify currently.... This will all change in the future... My favorite streaming service was MOG, until they disappeared... Things will change a lot in the next few years.
Cut-Throat
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