Exclusive mode on the website is for those who’s CPU doesn’t have immense processing power. That’s not an issue on my computer, it’s on beast mode. I’m guessing that effects sound quality.
Yea Tidal is owned by partly by Jay Z, I think what @generic was saying is true with Amazon and Quboz sharing source. They both got 24/192.
YouTube was mentioned as an underlying quality source that isn’t mentioned.
But at least I narrowed it down.
I think I will test them both. I will check and see the service that will have easy cancellation, try them all and see what works.
Trying to see which has the more extensive hi res selection that I listen too. Not sure but Amazon seems like it probably has a larger selection knowing that it’s such a wealthy company. Hopefully won’t run into any issues when the service is operating.
I know I got too much going on, trying to set up a home theater system and dealing with this headphone situation. Got a full plate for audio lol
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Now with what @hnordberg had posted.
And this may be biased because it’s only one song. I’m not sure if this would be uniform for all the songs they got.
I’m not knowledgeable with frequency, but which one is the better? I’m certain the difference is so nominal and probably would not even be able to distinguish anything.
This is just for my knowledge.
Seems like from view that amazon seems to be little more stable in ups and downs. Not sure if that’s true or which one is better based on highs n lows across the range.
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This is good for research, but beware of random upgrades to tracks by all the vendors. Periodically some of my saved albums disappear, only to show up again under a different release and album cover. Sometimes they fix known errors/glitches in the process. Hopefully they are systematically cleaning up after the nasty, misguided mastering errors of the Loudness Wars.
Hopefully.
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I’m about finished with my Roon trial, and I’m going to pay for a year.
It was entirely unclear to me before the trial what the value was, and the trial is really a bit on the short side if you don’t already know how your going to use it.
Why I will pay for it.
Integration of local libraries and Streaming content, prefer one source over another on an album or track basis.
Better organization of content understanding of artists. i.e. Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble albums listed in addition under Stevie Ray Vaughn, Coverdale Page and “Jimmy Page and Robert Plant” albums additionally listed under Jimmy Page.
Very good UI, it’s well thought out and for the most part just woks, I could pick holes in it, especially on touch screen, but it’s better than anything else I’ve tried.
Control multiple Zones from the same client.
I do wish they had a Linux “app”, or a decent web app, but that won’t affect most people.
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Good morning. I need some advice. My music consists mainly of my hundreds upon hundreds of cd’s . I have burned some to iTunes and it is my hope to continue to burn the rest. I store them on a PC and I have just gotten a new iPhone and was hoping with the help of a Chord Hugo2 to be able to listen to them remotely. My problem is now that iTunes is being nixed I can’t find a music management soft ware that supports both Pc and iTunes. I have tried Foobar2000, Musicbee Mediamonkey and all the usual suspects and they don’t support both. I don’t want streaming. I just want to rip, manage/store and listen. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thank you all very much.
JRiver claims to do this but I haven’t used it, maybe someone else here has.
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Can you explain what you mean by “supports iTunes”? Do you mean the AAC/mp3 files in your iTunes library?
For instance, I just tried playing AAC files from my iTunes library on Foobar2000 (on my Windows 10 PC) and that worked fine. I also regularly use Foobar to convert flac to AAC, which I then import to iTunes. I remember that was a pain to set up because Foobar needed the convertor built into an older version of iTunes.
If you want something that has a better interface than Foobar, you could try the free trials for Audirvana and Jriver, and see if either one meets your needs.
I didn’t know that iTunes was being sunset. Probably a good thing, as I won’t have to maintain 2 different music libraries going forward, and I’ll focus on flac and/or streaming when travelling, just as I do at home.
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I use Spotify. But if I find something that I really like, I purchase the CD. And, now that I have a Vault 2i I can rip it to it’s library. For repeated listenings, I feel the artist should be fairly compensated, so I will buy His/Her music.
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For what it’s worth, I originally used iTunes and continued to stick with it when I wanted to rip CDs as Apple lossless files. The convenience of staying within the Apple ecosystem was part of the appeal, as were some of the key features of iTunes, like the handy “column browser,” and all my playlists.
I later switched over to Audirvana. It allowed me to import my iTunes playlists without any trouble and it plays all the Apple-format files. I still have iTunes installed on my Mac, though, so I don’t know what would happen to Audirvana if I were to remove iTunes.
(I wonder if the end of iTunes is something that matters for folks not using Macs; the new Music app has replaced it for those in the Appleverse but I don’t know if there’s an equivalent of PCs)
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It is my understanding that Apple has nixed iTunes to be supplanted by Apple Music. I suppose that means that it will be around for a little while but I’m sure they will not support it. Apple Music is a streaming service which is not geared to music from cd. I used Apple lossless for all my cd’s which I’m sure can be transferred to another format if necessary. I want a platform that is not a streaming service rather one that manages my music, allows me to rip cd’s and is usable with both a pc and iPhone. Most of usual suspects, Foobar2000, Mediamonkey, etc do not support iPhone.
Thanks
It seems to me that Apple Music is more a renaming of iTunes with the addition of some features and a more marketing-savvy front end. I have a lot in the Apple ecosystem, but am glad that ROON is perfectly happy adding iTunes folders to its database.
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Apple Music is a streaming service, available on multiple platforms.
iTunes was an application and a store.
Music is a macOS application that can play local, and streamed, songs and acts as CLIENT for the Apple Music service.
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And, of course, contains the iTunes Store. It can still import into the library. It has AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, MP3 and WAV encoding. The help doc from Apple refers to Music as an app.
I’m not arguing, I just don’t see much difference. Extended functionality. I was not a heavy iTunes user, rarely do listen to podcasts. Is the critical difference on iOS?
I’m hopeless. I don’t miss iTunes, I miss Quicktime Pro.
What’s your point of contention?
None, @Torq. It seemed as if you were trying to correct or clarify something in my original post, and I can’t figure out what. In my defense, I worked a long day, had our proprietary software show up a bug that caused a window to close in front of an important client, (This bug had been “fixed” months ago, but apparently still persists when working on a master record. There is nothing that inspires confidence like a software bug in financial software. Further, the system loses 3 screens of data, as somehow the designers don’t think it should save each screen for a graceful recovery). So I’m halfway through a triple brandy.
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I’ll join you.
Let’s have another.
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Unless I have read it incorrectly Apple Music is an OS platform only.
Beyond Apple’s own devices, Apple Music can be used, and played on:
- Android
- Sonos
- Amazon Devices
- Google Nest Devices
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome
Some of these are supported by dedicated apps, some via direct integration and the rest via the browser hosted web-player.
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Just read that Spotify is introducing lossless streaming. People have been asking for this for years.
I’d definitely be interested in upgrading, if it’s not too expensive.
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