It's not a proposition of one or the other. I still play CDs. But, especially belonging to this forum, I run up against so much music I don't own, that I need to use my streamer. I own a Moon 280D, and the Moon Mind interface is on my iPad and really, really easy to use. Most streamers have an easy interface. A very inexpensive introduction into streaming is to load Qubuz or Tidal or whatever on your computer then plug your computer into a D/A converter that will use standard interconnects to plug into your preamp. I'd buy a used D/A converter for this experiment. New they're as cheap as $100. Qobuz is $10 a month. So your investment can be a little over $100 to try it. Schiit has really inexpensive D/A converters. You can try it for a few months and see if you use it. If you continue on in this forum, I have no doubt you will.
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.
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I think audio-b-dog is right here. If i had not already a huge amount of files i will stream... I am not motivated to do it because i had more music than most people here... But it is useful to stream a new composer or album before deciding to purchase it ... I dont need it but most people need it... Myself i use youtube to listen a new musician, if it please me i go for the files...
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I don't think I'll ever buy a CD again. I have over 1,000 CDs which I play using my streamer's D/A converter. Although, many CDs I own are on Qobuz as much richer files. A CD samples 44.1 thousand times a second with a 16-bit word length. Often the same album is offered on Qobuz with up to 192K sampling and a 24-bit word length. All the math doesn't really matter. It sounds much better. I had the same resistance as @stuartk. I dismissed streaming, thinking I had enough music with 1,000 vinyl records and over 1,000 CDs. Being on this forum and the jazz forum has really got me using my streamer a lot. It's part of my ethos to try to keep up with new things. I don't want to be an old man who is totally out of it. I want to keep surprising my granddaughters. Also, when @stuartk introduced me to Wayne Shorter, I probably would have bought an album or two until I heard how rich his albums sounded on Qobuz. I don't need to go out and buy them on vinyl. I feel like I own the albums of his that I like. Just plug in Wayne Shorter's name and there is nearly all the albums he ever recorded. |
Sure. I do this for free on Spotify! But as I see it, it makes no sense, given all the $ I’ve spent on CDs, to start over with streaming. And, I know myself -- for every 50 recordings I hear of Spotify, I may find two I actually want to buy. My taste is the most limiting factor. I can only spend so much time sitting and listening hoping to find something I may enough to purchase, no matter how the music is being delivered. And then there’s the added complication and expense. No; I'll stick with what I’ve got. |
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