Where does music come from that streams?


If I was creating my own streaming company, would I reproduce songs from a CD or from a record? So when I listen to my streaming source, qobuz, where do they get the music I listen to? Does the music come from master tapes? Well that would seem to be a pretty good place to get it

Sometimes I wonder, a particular song on qobuz doesn’t sound very good and I know I’ve heard it better in the past. And most stuff sounds pretty good and comparable to other sources.

 

 

emergingsoul

It’s magic, like a thermos it keeps hot thing hot and cold things cold. Magic.

Speaking as someone familiar with record companies, usually the master used for the cd is also supplied to the streamers. Some services, like Qobuz, request a higher bit rate file, in that case often the lp master is used, if a 24 bit lp master was indeed made. Apple is now asking for records to also be delivered in Spatial Audio where a separate master is made from what are called stems. )This can sound pretty cool or like a dogs breakfast.)