My musical horizons are expanded by reading several magazines dedicated to my genre, the occasional book about music, and interacting on the internet with like minded individuals. I then enjoy searching Qobuz and Apple for many of these recommendations. The idea of a computer algorithm dictating what I might want to try next doesn’t really appeal.
The streaming revolution.
If you had told me in my early days of listening that one day I would have easy access to virtually the entire recorded music output of mankind mostly in glorious sound and at a cost of pennies per day, I would have thought you a wild futurist.
This revolution has come with it a predicament of delirious proportion. What to listen to? Even If you limit yourself to one musical genre, the choices seem endless. It indeed is like a kid in a candy shop for a music lover.
I’m not complaining. I’m just in awe!
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@bipestuff tell me how that makes sense? Why would you buy a CD only to rip it and create a library of local files when you could EASILY just purchase the digital file and store it and for less money? |
@devinplombier yes and no. When comparing a 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV/FLAC download from Qobuz to a physical CD from the exact same master, they will sound identical. However, the real difference happens if you purchase the 24-bit studio master (e.g., 24-bit/96kHz or 192kHz) from Qobuz instead of the 16-bit version. In that scenario, the Qobuz file contains significantly more dynamic range and resolution than the CD format is physically capable of holding. So in this case a carefully curated library of local 24-bit studio master files outperforms the 16-bit CD version |
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