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In Reply to: RE: About Roon with Tidal ?? posted by Dynobot on May 06, 2017 at 10:17:25
I bought a Mytek Manhattan for reasons that had nothing to do with MQA. I can only say that there are perhaps a dozen albums on the Tidal offerings that I would listen to, most of them by Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane. My casual opinion is that the MQA tracks sound better than most of my ripped CDs. As far as I recall, I do not own any high-rez tracks, as there are always CDs—often poorly recorded—that I would prefer to hear.But I am not much interested in fine discriminations of audio quality. (Now if you want to do A-B testing on Scotch, count me in).
I have over 3tb of music from ripped CDs and a some from rare vinyl. I have different kinds of music—classical, blues, early RnB, and 60s Rock—but the largest part of the collection is jazz from the late 50s to the present. I am interested especially in more or less unknown jazz players, many of whom are, or were, based in NYC, and often released music on small NY oriented labels. I'd guess most of the music I listen to will never be released as MQA. I consider myself very lucky to be able to hear many of my favorite musicians live on a very fairly regular basis. Every night in NY there is more music to be heard that I can get to.
I think Roon is best for people who don't know much about music, and are looking for suggestions, or people who know a lot about much and are looking for ways to organize a large collection with what they can find on Tidal. I don't know about other kinds of music, but the obscure jazz I find on Tidal is quite amazing. Often there are a couple of albums by relatively unknown players and at least some tracks by really obscure people. I wish Roon had a social media feature that would allow people to share their knowledge about the music that interests them. I find myself shuffling from Roon to sources of information on the net—All music guide, Discogs, and the database of Downtown Music Gallery, and The New York Jazz Record.
Follow Ups:
Some one scolded me for being off topic. I thought my point was that MQA is a trivial matter--at least at the present. The chances of any new format becoming a standard is highly unlikely, but it is a minor element in the handling of the complex musical resources that are available. Of course, a lot of people are not much interested in music.
The Tidal app works well on a computer and an IPhone. When you are trying to get your head around a vast musical collection that includes Tidal, Roon is a great tool.
Okay so you like MQA and Tidal....is Roon the only way to listen to Tidal?
Dynobots Audio - Music is the Bridge Between Heaven and Earth
NO
i stream Tidal directly from a MacBook Pro
Alan
Thanks Alan....that was kind of a rhetorical question.
I wanted the poster to realize that they didn't need Roon to listen to the fantastic sound they got from MQA/Tidal.
Dynobots Audio - Music is the Bridge Between Heaven and Earth
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