JerryS wrote: > ...Yes, streaming makes some sense. Any suggestion as to which service > would offer the most comprehensive choice of jazz albums and how > comprehensive would this be compared say with Amazon digital download? > I ought to at least dip my toe in the 'stream' although it requires a > massive culture shift at my age and I would miss the ability to indulge > in obsessive tagging and play music with 'ordered randomness'. > > Anyway, thanks for the advice. > > > Jerry I would start with either Spotify or Google Music, the service is very similar. It is "song" based but you can still search for Artist or even producers (Rudy Van Gelder returns a lot of albums) and then play albums. Google Music can be searched via browser even if you have not signed on, so I would suggest to sign up with Spotify premium for a free month and then double check if Google Music has albums that Spotify does not carry. Cost is similar, so is streamng quality, both are 320 kbps.
Having said that, I must admint that my favourite is qobuz.com. Jazz and Classical is very well reresented and service is oriented around Performers and Albums, no "songs" here. You have a choice of mp3 320 kbps or flac streaming, also you can purchase flac donwloads (prices bit higher than elsewhere). Website is rather annoying with constat animation and it is in French, so I use Chrome to auto tranlate it. Since I'm in a country that is not officially supported (Canada), once I've set up an acocunt, I had to send them an email (in English) to enable streaming setup, they were very prompt and set me up as if I was in France. There are rumours that they are in financial trouble so I would avoid yearly subscription. You can search on their website without login. All of these services have working squeezebox plug-ins and Premium subscription that is free for a month. If I were you, I wold take each of them in a sucession and eventually choose the one that suits you best. Personally I have qobuz flac unlimited and Spotify, the later as a backup if qobuz does not carry the title. George Transporter->Pathos Logos->Triangle Celius Touch->Yamaha RX-V673 -> Paradigm Monitor 7 2 Duets, 1 Boom, 1 SB3, 1 Touch, 1 Radio, Transporter Samsung Galaxy IIS -> Sennheiser HD 380 Pro 2 servers -> Arch Linux, Ubuntu Linux ------------------------------------------------------------------------ matka's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34878 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102391 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
