a little poll about streaming music services

how good is tidal with classical and also experimental/avant garde? probably a silly question. probably tons of stuff.

because i am stupid and old i always forget how much better YT Music sounds compared to regular YT. i always forget to click the Music link. like a lot better! i'm gonna get cooler speakers for my desktop. it really does make me work better.

I think it tops out at 256kbps though. I like the UI but hafta use Amazon Music for actual listening.

I think Tidal is supposed to be the best one for classical?

Also I think Qobuz had the Tzadik catalog before it was widely available on streaming, I first heard of it when Whiney was doing his complete Zorn project (or maybe they were only available for dl??).

I like Qobuz best for classical, it's very high-rez and also has the booklets which are essential to me for vocal music.

Ooh, if it has liner notes for jazz then it's over

beatport cheapo plan is: AAC 128kbp/s

hmmmm that doesn't seem like its as high a number as 256...

this sounds so cool on the little external speakers i'm using. imagine if those speakers were not so little!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxYDkDTFgF4

xp Yes that will sound like gar-bazge

I am an Apple Music user. A lot of their stuff, particularly classical, is now lossless. Also, I cannot stand the Spotify UI.

Didn't Apple launch an entirely separate service for classical(?)

Maybe? I haven't seen it. It's still a part of their overall service.

I love Qobuz would really encourage people to try it out

I think the Apple Music Classical
App is currently iPhone/IOS only (it’s not available for my iMac).

the Bandcamp app is worth a try, although you may need to fiddle with your library to get it to suggest the type of music you want to hear

Booklets are common on Qobuz for more recent releases, pop/jazz/classical/whatever

I've been an Apple Music subscriber since they started. There's certainly been some bumps along the way, but I think it has steadily improved and is a solid product now. Previously was a Spotify subscriber, but got frustrated with their playlist/offline song limits, which I'm sure have probably been lifted by this point, and lack of local music integration. Every time I do open Spotfy by clicking on a playlist or something, I'm just WTF is this interface, it's so confusing to me. But that could just be a lack of familiarity. I'm so used to Apple Music and finding what I want.

I also think Apple has significantly improved their discovery mechanisms, they always have lagged behind Spotify there. Frequently I turn on the autoplay similar songs so it just continues after I finish a playlist or album and I've discovered a lot of new stuff that way.