The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs
I am a admittedly noob, so please forgive my ignorance. Recently, have had the pleasure of getting a Innuos pulse mini, what a game changer! I knew that with the mini you cant buy music, only stream. Using Qoboz, is there’s a difference in sq between the two? I live on a fixed income so I have to be frugal and am trying to figure out where it’s best spent. Thanks so much for any info on this subject.
@cleeds Thx for the ‘Heads reference. Robert Harley’s book “The complete guide to high-end audio” is a great primer. A well done room (how the room affects sound) is a highly important component and a great place to start. |
I'm not on a fixed income (yet) but I'm frugal, and stream Hi-Res music most of the time. The important detail is that most of the services offer different levels of quality and with actual Hi-Res audio (CD quality or better roughly) you have no need to spend money buying music or managing files. Get a decent player in your budget and enjoy. I only subscribe to Amazon Music Unlimited as it's a bargain and simple with our Prime membership. I was also being frugal and streaming from my iPad as I already had it, but then bought a Bluesound Node for its software and feed it into a DAC. Simple and fairly inexpensive and perfect sound. The Node and other players can also pull music from a computer or NAS for that music you may have ripped from your CD collection. |
@vonhelmholtz It's not. |
@cleeds No, what was proven is that you don't understand how Ethernet and streaming services work. We went over that. That thread didn't debunk it at all, in fact, I showed how Qobuz works in detail, with packet captures. And it is one quick download per max speed when you "stream", then the next download for the next track. Why? Simply because that is the best user experience. @carlsbad2 You are again wrong. That is not how streaming works, and it is the opposite of how Ethernet and TCP/IP is designed to work. A TCP session cannot move on when there are missing packets. It will pause and request resends. That's how it works. Like the other thread showed, there is not a continuous stream when you stream songs from Qobuz. That is simply false and just shows how little people understand. |
