Hmm, yes, that's a good point. The current higher rez services would struggle even more.Part of me sort of hopes Spotify don't to make it more likely that Qobuz has a long term future.
Agreed. Much of the time Spotify is very close to CD quality and for me, the differences are not that important musically.Hmm, yes, that's a good point. The current higher rez services would struggle even more.
I started out my streaming adventure with Tidal about 6 years ago. Flip flopped around with Qobuz and occasionally Deezer and some others. Tidal wrote themselves off for me when they somehow managed to screw up the track order of so many classical albums, that's really annoying!
Then I tried Spotify on the insistent reccie of a friend - I was reluctant even to try it... its about a quarter of the bitrate of the other services. Obviously it won't sound as good.
I was surprisingly unsure after listening for a while. Being aware that expectation bias is a strong thing I rigged up a blind comparison scheme between Qobuz and Spotify using remote control amplifier input switching. Wow, I was a bit shocked. I did hear differences but I didn't have a consistent preference and quite often preferred Spotify!
I think one of the main differences between the streaming services is tonal quality. Tidal being the brightest, Qobuz in the middle, and Spotify furthest from Tidal. Which makes it a system synergy and personal preference thing.
So I've been with Spotify Premium for 3 or so years now and I'm absolutely fine with it. Nope, I don't need or even want a higher bitrate source than the current Spotify offering.
I have the same view re; Tidal. Apple isn’t in the running because there is minimal hardware support.Part of me sort of hopes Spotify don't to make it more likely that Qobuz has a long term future.
I think some of the time they get what they can, better versions arrive later.Agreed. Much of the time Spotify is very close to CD quality and for me, the differences are not that important musically.
But that is 'much' of the time, not 'all' of the time, I still found that there are some very poor rips of some albums or tracks that sound poor, broken even, that I find annoying, happens too often, the good rips are fine, happy with those.
That said I have not been using Spotify for a while now, spells with Tidal and now Qobuz, maybe it has improved. I shall be rejoining Spotify in a week or two, be interesting to see if it is any better than I remember.
Yes you may well be right , but in the scheme of things does anyone really care ?3 days to go - it’s not going to happen