Thoughts and suggestions please


I only stream and have spent 3 years building my playlist. I have recently been thinking about purchasing my playlist on Qobuz in the event something happens (they go out of business or some major crash) that would lose what I have spent so much time building. Is this a concern for others as well? If I do decide to purchase my list I would need a new streamer with storage capacity. I am looking for suggestions for streamers. I have an N130 node now with Teddy Pardo LPS. I like the BluOS app and am considering a new Node with storage but with all the positive feedback with Innuous and Aurrender I will strongly consider those too. Do their apps compare favorably with the BluOS app? I’d like to stay in the 3-5k cost range.  Thank you for your thoughts. 
 

Ron 
 

 

 

ronboco

Showing 2 responses by dogearedaudio

FWIW, I second your concerns about music disappearing from streaming services.  It's happened to me.  If there's an album I particularly cherish, I purchased it.  I have a NAS already set up so storage isn't a problem, but you've gotten some good advice there.

Regarding the "justice" of streaming, like it or not, it's not going away.  I'll say this:  For every artist or group I particularly like and listen to regularly, there are, I would estimate, about two dozen I have at least sampled and often added to my favorites for repeat listening.  These are artists who, twenty years ago, never would have gotten a dime from me.  In addition, many of these chance encounters are indy artists or very small labels that never would have gotten even a hint of exposure under the old system of distribution.

@goodlistening64 

Maybe.  Apple Classical was something else, I forget what, but it was a highly curated project and Apple seems to have maintained that kept that.  Qobuz, Tidal and Spotify seem to be vying to cover everything.  I listen to classical and jazz and find Qobuz to sound best in my system.   I suscbribe to Presto Music's jazz and classical newsletters, and I visit sites like Musicweb International to read classical reviews.  I wouldn't know about contemporary music but there must be blogs or review sites.  I find Qobuz's Discover pages pretty good for seeing new releases.