Thank you everyone for all the great responses. @saugertiesbob I have around a thousand songs as well between a few lists. I contacted Qobuz and they don’t sell entire lists but I can buy each song on the list separately. I will look at the cost per song before deciding on what to do.
@dynacohum I just thought a streamer with storage would be more convenient than a separate drive for storage.
Thoughts and suggestions please
I only stream and have spent 3 years building my playlist. I have recently been thinking about purchasing my playlist on Qobuz in the event something happens (they go out of business or some major crash) that would lose what I have spent so much time building. Is this a concern for others as well? If I do decide to purchase my list I would need a new streamer with storage capacity. I am looking for suggestions for streamers. I have an N130 node now with Teddy Pardo LPS. I like the BluOS app and am considering a new Node with storage but with all the positive feedback with Innuous and Aurrender I will strongly consider those too. Do their apps compare favorably with the BluOS app? I’d like to stay in the 3-5k cost range. Thank you for your thoughts.
Ron
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Just went through this as it triggered a concern I have about backing up things I’ve invested lots of time into.
First, I tried Soundiiz. The web indicates you can use it to create a CSV (comma separated value) or TXT file, among others. After creating a Soundiiz (free) account and connecting it to my Qobuz acct, I didn’t find any export options. The web indicated links didn’t exist in Soundiiz, in the free version at least. So..Soundiiz got deleted. Next up was FreeYourMusic. Created an account, connected it to Qobuz and doing a backup into an Excel(.xlsx) file was pretty straight-forward. It’s my understanding that an Excel file can be used as a streaming service import format, using third-party apps like FreeYourMusic, Soundiiz..etc. If need be, you can convert an Excel file to a CSV(or TXT or others) file by using Excel, Save As. Certainly, saving your playlists as a common format xlsx, csv, txt, etc. file will give you the security and transfer/import ability you’re after without costing a bundle. |
If you just created a text document of your playlist, then you could strike out any tracks or albums which disappeared. Then, if you wish, buy them specifically. The idea of downloading the whole playlist seems like overkill. Worst case scenario, you see too many disappear and switch streaming services and import the qobuz one. Not perfect but you probably have other ways to spend your free time, amirite? |
@hilde45 There have been e few suggestions to create the text doc so I will definitely at least do that. One thing I don’t understand is if I wanted to switch to say tidal and import my playlist from Qobuz how does a high rez song from Qobuz remain the same high rez song from Qobuz when it goes to tidal? @curiousjim I would definitely look at the usb on my N130 but I don’t own any songs on my Qobuz playlist. That’s why I am looking into buying them so no matter what might happen to the service I would have my playlist forever. |
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