How To Get The Best Sound From Pandora & Rhapsody?

Ptss: That is a very good question. I will let you know in early February after I start using the Ayre QB-9 DAC.

I heard the Ayre QB-9 using the MAC Computer, my amplifier and my speakers at the Audio Store and liked it very much. I am currently using the MAC connected to the DAC in the Oppo 105 now and it does sound very good. I felt the Ayre QB-9 sounded better but the real test will be when I hook up the Ayre and compare it to the Oppo 105 in my system.

Best possible sound from Pandora, Rhapsody, etc. is to turn it off. It's junk sound.

Neal

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Neal, maybe it's not the highest possible resolution in hifi...but it's not junk.

...you Audio SnobS kill me.
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MOG and google play both use 320kbps

Google play also has free tracks all the time. Even if you don't subscribe to google play it's nice to go there just to get the free tracks every now and then.

i agree it doesn't make sense to buy a lot of money on expensive gear to listen to pandora or rhapsody--their audio quality just isn't good, esp. as compared to mog or spotify. what surprises me is that pandora, despite its poor sound and very limited library, is still the big player in the streaming space--i expected itunes radio to blow them away, but it hasn't seem to catch on. i'd guess that pandora has done a good job of marketing/branding and esp. with getting into cars. what is still can't understand is how they'll ever make money