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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