Will I Ever purchase Vinyl / CD again... perhaps YES

[Boyse6748]

I know this will probably irritate many of you Hi-FI aficionados, but bear in mind most of my kit is vintage (almost as old as me).

Before I begin, I have some 2000+ Records and many hundreds of CD's / SACD's.

My music collection has now exceeded 40,000,000 in high res Lossless Flac.... complements of Tidal.

What I'm asking, does anybody else use this service, as I believe it's the dogs bollocks. Not just the quantity, but the quality of the music playback.

I spend approximately £40 month on music (Vinyl or cd) and although this stuff is lovely to handle .... only one or two tracks make me smile.

I've been testing Tidal over the last weeks and there really is not an Album or track that isn't available. Not just the artist but every album ever produced.

All this for £20 month or cheaper if six months in advance. This is half the price I'm paying now for some, "not all" disappointing albums at present.

Obviously, streaming music is mainly dependent on the quality of the DAC / Amp being used which I understand.

I'm a big fan of JRIVER via my NAS drive (most files in HD downloads) at £20/25 a pop, mainly to save the ware on my Benz Wood and Tidal beats this format into submission.

If nothing else, at least I can listen to the full album before making a purchase and maybe only purchase my most favorite album / CD/ SACD after a full listen in the future.

Please don't tell me Spotify does this as well..... not even half the quality.

MY Kit:

McIntosh MA2275
Rock 7 / SME V / Benz Wood
KEF 105/3's
Marantz SACD
Pioneer 909 (Reel to Reel)... don't laugh !!(and yes I do use it)
Teac UD503 DAC
Dynalab FM
NJC Sut.

Your thoughts, opinions, abuse would be welcome.

Peter



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[Audio Al]

40 million albums

How will you ever listen to them

Stick with your loved black round discs

[Boyse6748]

40 million albums

How will you ever listen to them

Stick with your loved black round discs

70 now, so not much chance.... but sooooo nice to have the choice!!


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[struth]

Spotify does it too I know its only mp3 but its pretty good. Cant afford tidal....yet

[Ali Tait]

Yes another Tidal user here, recently got a Mytek Brooklyn dac, so had to try some MQA stuff. The sound in many respects beats my vinyl front end.

[Haselsh1]

It's a very poor substitute for the real thing

[Boyse6748]

It's a very poor substitute for the real thing

I would somewhat disagree with that statement. Yes, not as good as a decent front end but most certainly NOT a poor substitute.

And now I can listen to EVERYTHING

You obviously have not listened to Tidal ( Studio quality)

Peter


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[Macca]

All fine and dandy providing they stay in business. Neither Tidal nor Spotify have ever posted a penny in profit. I can understand the appeal of the catalogue although I think some stuff is unavailable (Neil Young and Led Zeppelin I think), but I wouldn't be too quick to sell a physical musical collection and rely solely on Tidal because there is a fair chance that it won't be around forever.

[struth]

Dont see spotify going anywhere. THey have led zeppelin by way. Very little they dont have tbh. I know is only 320mb but is mostly pretty decent quality. I can run flac through my dac from pc or same on spotify 320 and it can be hard to tell difference on a lot of it.

[Macca]

Dont see spotify going anywhere. THey have led zeppelin by way. Very little they dont have tbh. I know is only 320mb but is mostly pretty decent quality. I can run flac through my dac from pc or same on spotify 320 and it can be hard to tell difference on a lot of it.

True especially if you listen in isolation. Do the back to back comparison against the CD though and Spotify can sound a bit flat. Maybe not enough to be a deal breaker but as they used to say on the Galaxy chocolate adverts, why have cotton when you can have silk?

I was talking about Zep on Tidal btw I thought I read somewhere that there was none on Tidal. Possibly I was mistaken or the situation has changed since.

Spotify intending to float btw, was on the news this morning, but they need to up their revenue a bit first.