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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 
 

 

 

ronboco
nogaps
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@ronboco 

"...I find the same song on tidal sounds different from the same song on Qobuz and I prefer the Qobuz song. "

The difference in sound between the two has been noticed by many people for a while. "..Qobuz sounds better.."  no one that I've seen/read can explain it, but it seems to be the case.  I use Qobuz and have never used Tidal so..

ghdprentice
8,274 posts
 

@nogaps 

+1

I have used Tidal, now only Qobuz.

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mapman
23,055 posts
 

I built a large digital library prior to adding Qobuz.  I also have all the records I’ve collected over the years. I own a lot of good music.   I’ll worry about losing stuff I like that I don’t own when the time comes, if ever. Not losing any sleep about it.

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audphile1
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I know a lot of members here hate MQA but I’ve found that Tidal MQA albums sound amazing with my Meitner MA3i DAC. The Meitner MA3i upsamples everything to DSD1024 and it seems to minimize the difference between Qobuz and Tidal. I listen to both and pick a better sounding version to listen to.  

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signaforce
366 posts
 

I went from the N130 to Aurender N150. Very much liked the BlueOS app (I still use the N130 on my 2nd system), but found Conductor to be excellent, very intuitive & an easy transition. Conductor works best with a tablet (more information), but was able to make use of an old iPad mini that was on the sidelines. I use it exclusively for Conductor. 

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