There's a good share of disagreement on this subject. I continue to often get my best fidelity via Qobuz, even better than what I get from SACD, CD or LP. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't give it a shot.
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What can I say? I'm truly in love with streaming, this despite my wall of records and six foot tall rack of CDs. SQ competes with and often surpasses my vinyl. Selection is vast. Idagio and Qobuz use their evil algorithms to suss out my tastes and offer up endless enlightenment and pleasure. It's liberating. It's like encountering a fine wine steward at a restaurant. Sure, the true obscurities in my 45's and LP collections will probably never be offered up by the streamers but that's okay. The streaming sites offer plenty of obscurities of their own. Idagio's Women in Music section, for example, regularly rewards me with absolutely first class listening moments. |
@charles1dad -- I use a relatively inexpensive Cambridge CXN that the phone voice at Upscale Audio recommended. My Mytek Brooklyn Bridge had just bit the dust, and I just couldn't hack listening via my Laptop PC. The Cambridge is connected via Earthlink sourced from my telephone company. In other words, nothing fancy. In any case, the Mytek might have given me a bit more image solidity and 3D, but the Cambridge is still quite 3D and its tone quality is more natural than I got via the Mytek. The Cambridge also runs considerably cooler, which makes me believe it might actually last longer than that damnable, fussy Mytek did. BTW, I'm mostly a classical guy. I play the violin...which makes me believe I know string tone. |
Another plug for Qobuz A few minutes ago, I had a hankering to hear Eric Clapton-led, original Brit super-group Cream's first single "I Feel Free." Knowing that my British pressing of Fresh Cream did not contain the cut (it has a marvelous studio recording of Spoonful instead), I searched for the 45 I knew I had. No dice. It seems to have disappeared. So I cued up Qobuz and, sure enough, not only did they have the exact cut I craved to hear, it sounded as good as I've ever heard it. |