@16f4 - Love "Cure for Pain". Great album from a great band..... |
I'm streaming my "Discovered" Playlist. Currently 214 select tracks saved from the last 2 years of faithfully listening to my Spotify Discover Weekly Playlist that Spotify generates for/to me every Monday morning. Man, have I discovered a lot of great music from my Spotify Discover Weekly Playlist. |
Robbie Robertson – "How To Become Clairvoyant"
@sbank Thanks for the recommendation Spencer.
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I finally subscribed to a streaming service other than Spotify. I got in on the Best Buy 1 Year Tidal Subscription for $49 (w/$119 annual renewal price). Seemed like a good time to jump in and give it a try. I do not have a streamer or DAC that supports MQA at this time, but my first stream was a "Tidal Masters" album. The winning first stream was.........
RUSH - "Hold Your Fire"
Tidal (Masters)
BTW, I'm hoping for get in on a bargain deal for Qobuz too. I'm ultimately going to get a streamer (likely a Node 2i) so I can compare Tidal Masters vs Qobuz HiRes. |
@16f4 - I will not be getting rid of my TT and records, regardless of how much I enjoy streaming. I've been streaming Spotify for a few years, but wanted to try hi-res content. We'll see how it goes when I get Qobuz and a streamer. I really love Spotify. If the SQ is not significantly better, I'll probably just keep Spotify and call it a day. I'm much more of a music guy, than an audiophile...... |
Greg,
I've been "getting by" with streaming Spotify via a bluetooth connection. So, I'm obviously not obsessed with ultimate Sound Quality :~)
I am concerned about ease of use, supported services (Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify, local rips and Internet Radio). Connectivity is also a concern. I would prefer to use wireless (I have excellent wi-fi coverage and speed) but I can connect via ethernet from the mesh node that is located right by my audio rig.
I may even go with a Vault 2i so I can rip some of my CD collection to HDD. But who knows? I've been talking about this for 2 years now, and just now got around to subscribing to Tidal (first step).
Thanks for your feedback guys....... |
David Bowie - "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars"
Tidal |
Walter Becker - "11 Tracks of Whack"
Tidal |
Spotify - Discover Weekly. Great week! I enjoyed almost all of the selections...... |
Yes - "On the Silent Wings of Freedom".
Tidal |
Eddie Vedder, Glen Hansard, Cat Power - "Flag Day (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)"
Pretty solid overall. However, the star of the record IMHO is the opener - "My Father's Daughter" sung by Eddie Vedder's 17 year old daughter - Olivia Vedder. Check it out...
Spotify
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Daniel Lanois - "Heavy Sun"
Wow! Awesome. Typical Daniel Lanois, big airy sound, if you like that kind of thing...
Spotify
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Bjork - "Post"
I lost a bet. This is my punishment....
Spotify
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Listening to my Spotify Discover weekly here on a Sunday night, before it rolls to a new week and I miss out. So far, pretty good..... |
A suggestion from my teenage son. So proud........
The Doors - "Peace Frog:
Tidal Masters |
Playing from my "Discovered" playlist on Spotify, via my new WIIM mini streamer. So, folks on the fence about streamers, try the WIIM mini. It's $89 on Amazon right now and it's very easy to set up. I'm using the optical digital output into my DAC and it sounds pretty good. I don't have Tidal or Qobuz to try CD or greater resolution. But Spotify sounds really good. Better than any ot the other streaming methods I've used to date. All of those were relatively budget options also, but the WIIM mini is currently sounding the best of the bunch.
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Streaming my Spotify Discover Weekly via my new WIIM Mini Streamer. Sounds great! And only $89 from Amazon... But I do have it running via toslink optical cable to my DAC.
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Radio Paradise, and they're on fire tonight! Streaming from the new WiiM mini streamer.
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The Alan Parsons Project - "Eye in the Sky"
Tidal |
Steely Dan - "Two Against Nature"
Tidal |
Black Pumas - Colors (Live from Capitol Studio A, Presented by Genesis GV80)
YouTube
I have the Plaid Room Records / Colemine Records exclusive color LP variant on pre-order from Plaid Room. |
Shovels and Rope - "O' Be Joyful" |
The Pink Stones - "S/T" - Released today! 4/9/2021
Tidal |
It's the beginning of the week, so I'm streaming my new Spotify Discover Weekly playlist. Pretty good, but I've only saved one out of the first 10 so far...
Still a great way to discover new music.
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Lady Blackbird - "Black Acid Soul"
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Hey Steve! Good to see you over on the dark side...
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Streaming my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist. It's really good this week.
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Ned's Atomic Dustbin - "Brainbloodvolume"
Tidal |
The Doors - "L.A. Woman"
Spotify |
@simao - Were you referring to
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - "Brainbloodvolume"? Pretty good album, but doesn't rise to the level of the first two, IMHO. I really like "God Fodder" and "Are You Normal". |
Tonight I was streaming random selections from my "discovered" playlist on Spotify. This playlist is now approaching 24 hours in length. All songs I discovered, or rediscovered, and saved, from my weekly Spotify "Discover Weekly" playlist. Listening with my teenage son, which is always a hoot!
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Band of Horses - "Acoustic at The Ryman"
Spotify |
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Band of Horses - "Acoustic at the Ryman" |
Son Volt - "Electro Melodier" |
Son Volt - "Electro Melodier" - again!
Saw Son Volt last Saturday night. They played several songs off of this latest release. They sounded great! |
Spotify Discover Weekly. Wow, good week. Had some real winners and lots of decent stuff. Added 5 new tracks to my "Discovered" playlist. |
It's Monday! Must be my new Spotify Discover Weekly playlist! Pretty good this week, so far. Already saved a couple of discoveries to my "Discovered" playlist. BTW, my "Discovered" playlist is now up to 245 songs I discovered via my weekly Spotified Discover Weekly Playlist. |
Cory Branan - "12 Songs"
Spotify
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Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul"
An Epic! |
Spotify Discover Weekly - My Discover Weekly playlist is smokin' this week. |
Ween - "12 Golden Country Greats" |
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A little Radio Paradise ( in FLAC) this evening, while doing a little work in my listening room.
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Radio Paradise is kickin' it tonight! And the SQ is fantastic. What a gift...
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Playing my Spotify Discover Weekly, for the first time on my Raspberry Pi based streamer.
Streamer - Raspberry Pi 3, HiFiBerry Dac+ Pro, Volumio OS
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Radio Paradise - Main Mix (FLAC) on the RP3 streamer.
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"The Hot Spot" - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Great music. One of these days I've got to get around to actually seeing the movie...
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The Call - "Live Under the Red Moon"
"I Still Believe....."
Sportify on my RPI 3 streamer
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A little Radio Paradise (Main Mix -FLAC) while looking for an LP or two to put on the TT.
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