??? New Streaming Service??? What Do I Get???


I've had Pandora +_ for many years now & absolutely love not only having ready access to all my old favs,but also easily discovering new music & artist..I keep hearing members extol the virtues of services like Roon,Quboz,Tidal & a few more here..
 I'm curious,what does a service like Roon,Quboz or similar offer that Pandora + doesn't?

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CD or better resolution. A high percentage of new music as well as past music is now available in hi res. Pandora is not even CD quality last I heard. If your system is up to it you will appreciate the difference. Qobuz and Tidal are the faves, and as it stands now just go by which one offers that music catalog that jibes best with your tastes.  You can do free trials of both, which would be very worthwhile. 

Better SQ.

If you are happy don’t bother looking.

You might not hear a difference (embarrassing.)

Better SQ?
 I'm setting up my Elite multi disc player tomorrow & going to compare a few SACD's to Pandora+ & see if I can tell a difference...I didn't hear any difference between a $100.00 power cord & a $600.00 Nordost on my SimAudio amp so I'm skeptical...

Some things to consider, both Tidal and Qobuz are around $10 a month, which I find to be a reasonable deal. Both have at least cd quality and many hi-res flac files in their libraries, so much better sound quality. Pandora has at best 192kbps which is low quality. The biggest upside to me is that you have so much more control over what you listen to versus Pandora.  In Tidal and Qobuz you can listen to anything you want, whether it’s a song or artist.  You can make playlists made of any songs you want.  I believe Pandora gives you no control over what songs you play other than the initial selection of song or artist.