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  1. Tidal v. Qobuz?

    in Miscellaneous

    Posted

    Thanks, I did see that in the FAQ - they seem to directly recommend it. 

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    I thought about starting from scratch - but I have around 500 albums in my queue, so I will probably transfer. I don't really use playlists. I am an old school hip young person, I listen to albums.

     

    For Ric - Qobuz has fewer genres - but a lot of the TIDAL ones I don't really use. Neither have Bluegrass at this point.

    Qobuz:

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    TIDAL:

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  2. Tidal v. Qobuz?

    in Miscellaneous

    Posted

    Thanks Peter, that is good to know. A trade show use case is a great test for what I experience. I would think that a 30 second buffer would be enough, but I like the fact that both the mobile and desktop versions of the app can buffer and download, if needed. 

    I have not found a reliable code yet, so 'yes' I would be interested, but not critical. I am getting close to signing up. Please and thank you.

     

    I downloaded Qobuz on my devices, and setup an account, but I have been just playing with settings and interface so far. 

    Also checking content. 

    Looking at 'new release' from TIDAL and Qobuz for Classical and Jazz to start with.

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    There is a good amount of overlap, but definitely some missing items on each side. 

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    Some of it is when it was released and when it was added. Some things show up with additional scrolling. No deal breakers here - (other than maybe Laufey=Jazz) 

    If this does not work out - next step - personal satellite. 

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  5. Tidal v. Qobuz?

    in Miscellaneous

    Posted

    I did try that when I first got the iFi Audio Micro iDSD Signature Finale Portable Headphone Amp and DAC.

    It worked, just not as convenient if I am also trying to use the phone for anything else for an extended period of time, or not fully charged. I thought I remember it not sounding as good as my laptop out, but would need to do a direct test.

    But a free Qobuz trial wouldn't hurt as well to test all the variables. 

    thx again

  6. Tidal v. Qobuz?

    in Miscellaneous

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, Grahame said:

    Download to cache locally, and play "offline" ? 

    https://www.tidabie.com/guide/listen-to-tidal-offline.html#:~:text=Tap on My Collection.,tracks you want to download.  

    Radio Paradise App let's you cache listening blocks.

    Or how about local media, like those vinyl hipsters?

    Thanks G - The download would work for phone (just a bit less spontaneity) - but not for windows app unfortunately. I do serious listening more on the laptop than on the phone. I connect to real headphones. 

     

    3 minutes ago, robm321 said:

    Qobuz has a setting where you can choose how much buffering you want. I'm surprised Tidal doesn't have that?

    Hmmm that would be nice. I might have to explore Qobuz more. Seems that there is an app for windows as well. 

    I could try a Qobuz trial to see if that will work for me. I would pretty much max out any buffer that they would offer.  Time to search for a 90 day trial code.. :}

     

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  7. Tidal v. Qobuz?

    in Miscellaneous

    Posted

    So this may not be worthy of a thread resurrection, but I am wondering about any other experiences. 

    I have been using, and happy with, TIDAL for around a year or so now. But now that I am using the Elon internets I have started to have issues with buffering. 

    Apparently, from my research, TIDAL does not buffer that much data when streaming. I have dropouts with both my phone app and the windows app - I have not directly compared it to the browser version, I stopped using that a while ago.

    Anyway with Startlink the internet is either on or off, and living amongst the trees causes it to drop more often that I would like. 

    Example (line at the top is good):

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    So, my internet does not really slow down, it is binary, it just turns off.

    What does this mean Mikey, and get to the question?

    I am curious about Qobuz and if there is any experience about how much data it buffers to handle these types of outages. TIDAL can handle a few seconds but a 6-10 second drop, like the right hand side of the graph, nope it will stop the song, and sometimes freeze the app. Causing me to kill the app in the task manager, and say bad words. 

     

    I would have no issues with switching to Qobuz, but only if it would have a better experience (i.e more data buffering). 

     

    But any thoughts, experience, ideas would be appreciated. 

     

    I already put the dish on a 33 foot pole, that helped get a lot more stable connection.  (ignore the DIY setup - just temp solution for testing)

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  9. Post what you're watching

    in Off Topic

    Posted · Edited by mikeymad

    Year end Marathon of very bad movies. But at least we are making fun of them. 

    The only problem I had is that I fell asleep to it, and woke up in the middle of a Joe Don Baker movie. Not the way you want to wake up.. 

     

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  10. What are you listening to Part the Third

    in Music

    Posted

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    La Petite (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Ludovico Einaudi
    2023

    https://album.link/i/1711280464

    Example:

    Short album of short tracks. And I like them all. I have not seen this movie, but I have a trigger on TIDAL for Ludovico, so gave it a listen. I wish I could use some of this music to accompany my drone shots, but I would get content matches. Anyway, just lovely melodies. Not a lot of heavy lifting here. 

     

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  15. Cable Cutters

    in TV

    Posted

    I have not done any real searching this season, been a little busy. But I guess it goes to show that, like most sports for me, if I cannot watch it easily and for free, ...meh... 

    And highlights just don't seem to do it for me, yeah if I followed a sport and I need to know the results of the one game that I missed before the next match. But I just don't follow anything like that, so watching a highlight of a game that I am not invested in, is boring.

    Now when I am in day 5 of a cricket test match that I have watched all 4 days leading up to it, and it is within a 100 runs of winning The Ashes, I am all in! 

    go sports... 

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  17. Iceland

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    On 12/21/2023 at 4:33 AM, spritzer said:

    ...and just like that it is over.  :)  Gotta love how bloody random all of this is. 

    Let us hope that it is redirecting not building steam. Now that I live at a base of one volcano and about 60 KM from St. Helens, I have a newfound respect for 'do what the geologist say'.

    Stay safe.

  20. What are you listening to Part the Third

    in Music

    Posted

    ^^ I watched the Tiny desk the other day when it came out. Was not compelled to post. I thought it was good, I really liked her tone and style, and that was about it. I didn't really care about a 'jazz' label on it, and still really don't. It's music and it is good. Enjoy.

     

    So. 

    I saw this yesterday and I really liked the song when I first heard it and how it was used in the movie. 

     

    I took the time and listened to it again, on a good rig and with headphones. 

    I can say that it is an audio treat, layering and depth of field. Really well done.

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    What Was I Made For? [From The Motion Picture "Barbie"]
    Billie Eilish
    2023

    https://song.link/i/1696819855

    No YouTube link this time, listen to it from your streaming service in high-rez with your main headphone rig. 

    worthy.

     

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  23. Post what you're watching

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    On 2/10/2022 at 1:28 PM, mikeymad said:

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    I remember watching this as a kid. I must have purged 97% of it. I didn't remember how god awful it was. 

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    A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened (2023)

    It does not make me want to watch the special again, but I do feel a little better for having seen it. And grateful that I didn't see the other specials at the time {Donny and Marie, Bob Hope, etc.}

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  25. What are you listening to Part the Third

    in Music

    Posted

    Okay Speaking of 1964

    Speaking of Live

    Speaking of Jazz Trio

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    Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio – Live in Lugano, 1964
    Oscar Peterson
    2023

    https://album.link/i/1702942233

    Example:

    Now these are examples of good archive recordings. Well recorded, great performances and so fun. So many other unreleased live performances are unreleased for a reason. This does not seem to suffer from that. I also enjoy the 'album' format. 6 tracks - 43 minutes. I don't always need the ultimate complete recordings with 74 tracks and 8 hour runtime. 

    {opens TIDAL and searches for '1964 live'}

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