emalvick wrote: > To the original question and streaming service, I honestly think it is > going to depend on the audio equipment you are listening on. You just > might have to try it out to see what sounds best. > > I tried Tidal once, and it did not sound better than the Spotify stream > I was getting. The fault was probably on my end, and I did work through > things and verified I was getting the FLAC stream, but to my ears I > heard the following: > > 1. Spotify sounded better than the Tidal stream for the same tracks > 2. My own FLAC files sounded better than the Tidal streams. > > There are many reasons why that may happen. I stuck with Spotify. > Honestly, when I get to a point where I care about the quality enough, I > buy the recording (either CD or FLAC), so I don't feel like I am missing > much. There may be other considerations outside sound quality that > could matter, but I am not addressing that.
I have tried most of the FLAC services and I have stuck with Spotify largely because of the integration that Michael has achieved with Spotty combined with DSTM/Lastmix and the recently introduced Random Seed (my request) options. I don't use Spotty's "Connect mode" I still manage everything via LMS (iPeng & Material). Like others if I want high-res I buy the CD or a FLAC download. I have got good kit and I can detect the difference between 320kbps mp3/ogg and FLAC but I can't hear a difference between 16/44.1 FLAC and 24/96 FLAC or higher. I have recently started using Radio Paradise in FLAC and I think the SQ there is very good but that is of course a high end Internet Radio station rather than a streaming service. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - Pi2+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - SB Touch ->Sherwood AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s Everything controlled by iPeng ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110349 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
