Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile?


I read that a lot of people on this forum use Tidal etc. Is this ok from audiophile perspective? I mean, do people who use such services actually know what quality is streamed? Don’t you lose all control over your music when you surrender to streaming services?
defiantboomerang

Showing 6 responses by lalitk

@clearthink,

I think you have taken @james1969 words out of context. He may be referring to the content of a album.

I ‘listen’ to lot of content on Tidal and other sites that allow audio samples before buying downloads or 24bit CD’s.

And yes, I agree with you there is no way to tell by listening to a album on Tidal that the same album on LP or CD’s will be better sounding or vice versa.
@james1969 ~ I guess he wasn’t thinking clearly :-)

Now let’s get back to our discussion of how great is Tidal streaming, even for Vinyl lovers 😉
@willemj

Aren’t you the one listening to digital bits off Google Chromecast stick?

I don’t own Vinyl but well aware with how good a properly setup Vinyl rig can sound....only an ignorant fool can make such a BS statement about Vinyl.
“you don’t have to be an "audiophile" 100% of the time“

@dhpeck,

I get what you saying, more than often I enjoy listening to Tidal through my SONOS speakers placed throughout the house instead of heading to my dedicated audio room.