I still buy a fair bit of music as a download from Qobuz... they have been trading through receivership for a while now so I wouldn't sign on for Qobuz for life (if they had it). Great library of music tho so I really hope they trade out of it and stay around. Especially fine classical and jazz library plus plenty other genres as well. Great labels with higher fidelity in recordings as well.I thought Qobuz was in receivership?
Tidal app is better than Tidal/Roon at finding all the music on Tidal.
The very cheap yamaha wxc-50 streamer empties out residual playback memory before playing subsequent tracks. Thats why the sound always stay spacious and vibrant.
For precisely the same issue, thats why pc-controlled digitally playback which does not emptied out accumulated logged memories should be avoided.
Sorry to torture you Barry, both in my multiple fence sitting choices re streaming (which only results in multiple splinters in my arse LOL), and my choice of music at your place.
Maybe I'm missing the point on Tidal/Roon searches. Maybe I need to select a genre and let the system make the musical choices. I really don't know because I really don't know Tidal/Roon.
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Guys, I know it looks like I'm looking for any reason not to commit. I'm sorry if I'm giving this impression because it isn't the truth. I guess I'm still not familiar with what Roon can do for opening up vistas of investigation to fully appreciate it. Maybe the proof of the pudding will be in the eating when I start running it.
So unlike Peter A and Al M who are no nearer going in this direction for their own uses, I really am after deciding on streamer and dac. Now I just need to leap...
Got you Brad, but hence this merry go round continues.
There is no point having substandard sound out of a computer, poor user interface etc, which likely could result, this will put me off computer audio for life.
The number of demos I've been to where all the time is taken w sorting computer glitches, slow speed, is depressing.
Similarly I do know there must be a ton of music out there I won't easily find on cd or lp, I don't want to hear it at poor quality.
Hence my likelihood to split my decision down the middle.
Tidal/Roon for immediate access to the lot, and ability to laterally investigate.
The Terminator dac I'm looking at for excellent SQ w the Innuos Zenith for provenance, engineering and dummy user friendliness.
I just don't remain confident any hair shirt laptop/non Roon/basic gear combination will be easy to use, glitch free or good to listen to.
Btw, you might want to consider whether your intended solution really is the best way to maximise the joys of Kassandra dac, if you feel the Kass plus DIY computer will beat a GG or Pacific off SK, or MSB off SGM, you may be in for a v unpleasant suprise.
Got you Brad, but hence this merry go round continues.
There is no point having substandard sound out of a computer, poor user interface etc, which likely could result, this will put me off computer audio for life.
The number of demos I've been to where all the time is taken w sorting computer glitches, slow speed, is depressing.
Similarly I do know there must be a ton of music out there I won't easily find on cd or lp, I don't want to hear it at poor quality.
Hence my likelihood to split my decision down the middle.
Tidal/Roon for immediate access to the lot, and ability to laterally investigate.
The Terminator dac I'm looking at for excellent SQ w the Innuos Zenith for provenance, engineering and dummy user friendliness.
I just don't remain confident any hair shirt laptop/non Roon/basic gear combination will be easy to use, glitch free or good to listen to.
Btw, you might want to consider whether your intended solution really is the best way to maximise the joys of Kassandra dac, if you feel the Kass plus DIY computer will beat a GG or Pacific off SK, or MSB off SGM, you may be in for a v unpleasant suprise.
You haven't heard the Eera, so you can't really comment.
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