My music tastes largely revolve around jazz recordings and I find a deep lacuna in Qobuz's jazz offerings, as well as with some other music genres. I just cancelled my Qobuz subscription and am back with Tidal Hifi which has a much deeper jazz catalogue than that from Qoubuz.
Yes, of course, the word is trisyllabic, foolish of me that can't count to three. As a wordsmith, I feel shame. I am back to the familiar Tidal offerings and the SQ is just fine.
Wouldn't lacuna be trisyllabic? And can there be such a thing a "bisyllabic" (an unholy marriage of Greek and Latin)? The more common word would be "disyllabic" (not offending the Greek gods). More to the point, however, is that there might be more than just one hole; there perhaps are many smaller holes, best described by the plural term "lacunae". In any case, Tidal's jazz offerings are more than generous considering the price.
I get a kick out of you guys ribbing me about using an unfamiliar bisyllabic word. To have made it easier for you to understand my point, I should have used a more familiar word, such as "deficit."
I have an outboard SSD loaded with my "CD library" so I've filled in some of the Qobuz gaps. I do agree Tidal right now, has a deeper and more varied selection but I can always return if Qobuz doesn't give me what I need. For now, I'm satisfied.
I'm a jazz fan as well and cancelled my Qobuz subscription a couple of months ago. I went back to Spotify Premium (gasp!) While Qobuz sounds fantastic it can't compete with Spotify's catalog. I've found I can live with the slight loss in sound quality for casual listening and discovery (which Spotify excels at). I enjoy having my own library of music (how old-school) and like to support the artists with a purchase, hoping they continue to make the music I love.
I'm sticking with streaming (Tidal for now). The the opportunity for listening and finding new music far out weighs the occasional missing selection (or two) that get pulled albeit infrequently - for me any way. Plus if I find myself listening and enjoying an album over and over I sometimes buy the CD just to support the artist.
This is why I cancelled all my streaming services and just stick to a library of flac files I buy from online sites (HD Tracks etc) and I run them through a streamer with roon. There is nothing more satisfying then knowing what I have and not fearing that they may one day disappear because my streaming service doesn't have 'rights' to them anymore.
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