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| Qobuz vs. Tidal — Real-World Impressions on Selection, Sound Quality & Musicality Out of curiosity I did a couple quick comparisons last night between Qobuz and Tidal on albums I know well. Same DAC, same system, switching between the two services: Bill Evans – Waltz for Debby The Qobuz version seemed slightly more relaxed a... | |
| Qobuz vs. Tidal — Real-World Impressions on Selection, Sound Quality & Musicality One thing I’m still curious about — and we’ve only touched on it a little in this thread — is specific recordings where people hear meaningful differences between the services. For example, when comparing the same album on both platforms: • Are ... | |
| What is the One Test Track That Tells You Almost Everything About A System? Mashif Thanks for sharing that — great explanation of why you use it. I hadn’t thought about the sparse sections and those faint percussion cues as a system discriminator, but that makes a lot of sense. I’m going to give “Shadow People” a spin on... | |
| What is the One Test Track That Tells You Almost Everything About A System? Hjdca That’s a new one for me. Will have a listen! | |
| What is the One Test Track That Tells You Almost Everything About A System? Gdaddy1 Thanks! Will have a listen! | |
| What is the One Test Track That Tells You Almost Everything About A System? G2the2nd That’s a thoughtful playlist! You clearly put some real care into assembling it. I appreciate you sharing it. I’m looking forward to running through it on my system. I suspect I may end up “borrowing” a few tracks for my own evaluation... | |
| What is the One Test Track That Tells You Almost Everything About A System? Lanx0003 Good point about vocals and sibilance — that’s definitely one of the things a single track like Nardis won’t stress as much. Company from Modern Cool is a great suggestion. Patricia Barber recordings tend to be very revealing of vocal t... | |
| What is the One Test Track That Tells You Almost Everything About A System? Thecarpathian Great track. Thanks for the suggestion! | |
| What is the One Test Track That Tells You Almost Everything About A System? Pinwa Thanks for your post! Fair point — a single track obviously can’t reveal everything about a system. I think most of us eventually end up with a playlist of reference recordings for exactly that reason. My question was really more about th... | |
| What is the One Test Track That Tells You Almost Everything About A System? Oh - another one for me is Telegraph Road – Dire Straits. It starts with a single quiet piano line and slowly builds into a huge dynamic climax. I know few tracks that reveal a system’s ability to go from delicacy to power without strain quite lik... | |
| Qobuz vs. Tidal — Real-World Impressions on Selection, Sound Quality & Musicality Thanks to everyone who weighed in — very helpful discussion. Based on the comments in this thread, here’s my rough tally of stated preferences: Qobuz preferred: 7 Tidal preferred: 2 Use both / neutral: 5 So to my eye, the thread leans deci... | |
| Qobuz vs. Tidal — Real-World Impressions on Selection, Sound Quality & Musicality Thanks Dogearedaudio! | |
| Qobuz vs. Tidal — Real-World Impressions on Selection, Sound Quality & Musicality Thanks Dogearedaudio! | |
| Qobuz vs. Tidal — Real-World Impressions on Selection, Sound Quality & Musicality Gweadock Great point regarding artist royalties! Here are the current rates by service: Tidal ~$0.012 Qobuz ~$0.018 Apple Music ~$0.01 Spotify ... | |
| Rear arm on VPI Classic 4 Turntable Thank you exitem2. Glad to find someone who has done this at last. Why did you have to drill holes? Doesn’t the VPI hardware just drop in? |