Qobuz v Tidal v Spotify and £5,000 per metre speaker cable
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Qobuz v Tidal v Spotify and £5,000 per metre speaker cable
I've just got into this modern streaming technology and a mate of mine was talking to me about Tidal
I was around his house yesterday and the Hi Res version he had did sound excellent.
[He has got excellent equipment though - he recently paid £6,000 for 5 metres of speaker cable!].
I read a What Hifi? review comparing Tidal to Spotify and on 'sound quality' Tidal won 'hands down'
Anybody got it?
They do a 30 day trial
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I was around his house yesterday and the Hi Res version he had did sound excellent.
[He has got excellent equipment though - he recently paid £6,000 for 5 metres of speaker cable!].
I read a What Hifi? review comparing Tidal to Spotify and on 'sound quality' Tidal won 'hands down'
Anybody got it?
They do a 30 day trial
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mudshark wrote:Where is he anyway, that very soft lad?
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
Yes, I did go into a hi fi shop just recently to ask about all this, perhaps to think about it for sometime in the future and the guy there did mention about tidal being the best sound quality. He did explain why although for there life of me I can't remember what he said was the reason, something about them having access to better quality source material I think it was.
£6000 for 5 metres of cable - puts my £100 a metre to shame, admittedly it was nearly 10 years ago, so with price increases it might be a little closer.
When I'm decrepit and have to sell all my records etc. and go into a home perhaps that'll be the right time for streaming, maybe before?
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£6000 for 5 metres of cable - puts my £100 a metre to shame, admittedly it was nearly 10 years ago, so with price increases it might be a little closer.
When I'm decrepit and have to sell all my records etc. and go into a home perhaps that'll be the right time for streaming, maybe before?
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
I haven’t got the ears for that kind of expense and I certainly couldn’t justify it to my wife.
We have Spotify, but I don’t use it that often. I just want to concentrate on my collection from now on.
We have Spotify, but I don’t use it that often. I just want to concentrate on my collection from now on.
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
Spotify does sound good to my old ears and it is easy to access.
It saves me having to go upstairs where my collection is housed.
Here's the article:
https://www.whathifi.com/features/tidal ... -is-better
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It saves me having to go upstairs where my collection is housed.
Here's the article:
https://www.whathifi.com/features/tidal ... -is-better
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mudshark wrote:Where is he anyway, that very soft lad?
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
Carlsson wrote:Spotify does sound good to my old ears and it is easy to access.
It saves me having to go upstairs where my collection is housed.
Here's the article:
https://www.whathifi.com/features/tidal ... -is-better
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But going upstairs to fetch a record or CD keeps you fit - not into this sedentary, lassitudinous, 'Alexa' lifestyle.
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
robertff wrote:Carlsson wrote:Spotify does sound good to my old ears and it is easy to access.
It saves me having to go upstairs where my collection is housed.
Here's the article:
https://www.whathifi.com/features/tidal ... -is-better
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But going upstairs to fetch a record or CD keeps you fit - not into this sedentary, lassitudinous, 'Alexa' lifestyle.
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Tell him.
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
If I’m listening to Spotify it’s on my phone or my work computer so I don’t think it would be worth it to me to worry about fidelity for streaming. Yet.
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
Yes, this is the thing - I have decent equipment - re: receivers and hi-fi set up so it might be worth it
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mudshark wrote:Where is he anyway, that very soft lad?
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
Take the free trial on Tidal.
Pick an album available on Tidal and Spotify.
Compare the sound.
Done.
Pick an album available on Tidal and Spotify.
Compare the sound.
Done.
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
Check out Qobuz. It is better than Tidal.
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
I want to know more about this £6k speaker cable. I've always used really, really cheap lamp wire and sometimes wondered if I'm missing anything. Thankfully I've always come to my senses. Expensive speaker cable seems like some jive to me.
https://www.machinedesign.com/community ... eaker-wire
https://www.machinedesign.com/community ... eaker-wire
Let U be the set of all united sets, K be the set of the kids and D be the set of things divided.
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
Then it follows that ∀ k ∈ K: K ∈ U ⇒ k ∉ D
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Count Machuki wrote:I want to know more about this £6k speaker cable. I've always used really, really cheap lamp wire and sometimes wondered if I'm missing anything. Thankfully I've always come to my senses. Expensive speaker cable seems like some jive to me.
https://www.machinedesign.com/community ... eaker-wire
Surely there’s a reasonable compromise!
take5_d_shorterer wrote:If John Bonham simply didn't listen to enough Tommy Johnson or Blind Willie Mctell, that's his doing.
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Still Baron wrote:Count Machuki wrote:I want to know more about this £6k speaker cable. I've always used really, really cheap lamp wire and sometimes wondered if I'm missing anything. Thankfully I've always come to my senses. Expensive speaker cable seems like some jive to me.
https://www.machinedesign.com/community ... eaker-wire
Surely there’s a reasonable compromise!
It's Audioquest Redwood and comes in various grades according the metal ratio:
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mudshark wrote:Where is he anyway, that very soft lad?
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
Count Machuki wrote:https://www.machinedesign.com/community/editorial-comment/article/21832227/5-myths-about-speaker-wire
The fact that the autor called it 'wire' instead of 'cable' turned me off staright away.
It's like an electrician calling them 'bulbs' and not 'lamps'
Or a chippy calling it 'sandpaper' instead of 'glasspaper'
[before you pick me up on the last example:
The term 'sandpaper' is used these days to cover abrasive grit on flexible backing sheets used to smooth many types of material. True 'sandpaper' (i.e. backing paper covered with grains of sand) is no longer available commercially but has been replaced by backing sheet covered with glass, aluminium oxide, silicon carbide, garnet or other specialist grit. Generally the terms 'sandpaper' and 'glasspaper' are used generically to cover all types of grit attached to a backing sheet - 'Sandpaper' is used below in general terms to refer to the family of sheet type abrasives. ]
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mudshark wrote:Where is he anyway, that very soft lad?
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
At least Billybob will be happy.
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
Hugh wrote:Check out Qobuz
Yes, that was mentioned too - I'll look into it
Thing is I am one of the few that still plays albums.
Tidal talks about 'tracks' all the time....
Suggestions?
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mudshark wrote:Where is he anyway, that very soft lad?
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
You can play complete albums on both Tidal and Qobuz. You just need the discipline to stick with what you are playing and not to switch around to whatever else happens to pop into your head at the time.
Qobuz do a free trial and they have reduced the price of their monthly subscription. What would you be streaming through, C?
Qobuz do a free trial and they have reduced the price of their monthly subscription. What would you be streaming through, C?
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Hugh wrote:
Qobuz do a free trial and they have reduced the price of their monthly subscription. What would you be streaming through, C?
My iPhone, arcam receiver and hi-fi
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Re: Tidal versus Spotify
A friend uses Qobuz and sometimes pops round and uses his phone to connect with my Arcam thing ( the same one you have I think ). It does sound better than Spotify but if you want to get maximum quality ( ie better than CD ) you need to invest a few thousand in a proper streamer.
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Neil Jung wrote: if you want to get maximum quality ( ie better than CD ) you need to invest a few thousand in a proper streamer.
Yes I appreciate that Mike . [I probably need to upgrade my ears too!]
But I was just looking for a better sound for just a few extra quid a month.
I'll look into both Tidal and Qobuz
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mudshark wrote:Where is he anyway, that very soft lad?