Uberwalz,
Well said, no doubt. Here is an extraordinary benefit of a $10/mo subscription of Spotify or double that for Tidal for a better stream. I pretty much only listen to jazz myself. I get Downbeat and they identified their top recordings of the year recently. I was able to listen to virtually all the them via Spotify and found that other than the Dianna Krall recording I already had, I would not be compelled to buy any of them, which by the strength of their reviews, I might have otherwise done. Besides my happiness with the SQ of Spotify, heresy I know, it has saved me a boatload of money buying recordings in which I fancy only one or two cuts. I still avidly buy CDs of those great recordings I hear in their entirely on Spotify.
Well said, no doubt. Here is an extraordinary benefit of a $10/mo subscription of Spotify or double that for Tidal for a better stream. I pretty much only listen to jazz myself. I get Downbeat and they identified their top recordings of the year recently. I was able to listen to virtually all the them via Spotify and found that other than the Dianna Krall recording I already had, I would not be compelled to buy any of them, which by the strength of their reviews, I might have otherwise done. Besides my happiness with the SQ of Spotify, heresy I know, it has saved me a boatload of money buying recordings in which I fancy only one or two cuts. I still avidly buy CDs of those great recordings I hear in their entirely on Spotify.