![]() I really should make a decision as to which one to keep because paying for both seems pretty silly. I've spent almost a month now, trying to decide between subscriptions to Amazon Music HD or Qobuz streamed through Audirvana. I guess for the more popular performers, the money is now in concert revenue but COVID-19 has pretty much ground that to a complete halt. Have to admit that I quite often do feel more than a little guilty, taking advantage of the music streaming world, as it definitely must have resulted in a major loss in earnings for the artists. Beginning streaming has definitely renewed my interest and excitement for music and music equipment. I haven't purchased an actual CD for a couple of years but for the cost of one CD, with any of these programs, I can listen to many dozens of albums per month. I have to chuckle occasionally, when comparing costs for subscriptions for these 3. I'm leaning towards cancelling my Qobuz subscription, as it has more missing albums and costs a bit more monthly than Amazon Music HD. Actually currently liking the Amazon Music HD player more than Audirvana. Currently listening the most to Amazon Music HD, which is not available on the Audirvana player, but Qobuz and Tidal both are. Tidal HiFi was my first cancellation, being the most expensive and having a heavy emphasis on music genres I have little interest in. Amazon Music, 2.Qobuz/Audirvana and Tidal/Audirvana tied. Qobuz/Audirvana, although difficult to describe is, for me, a bit better in audio quality consistently. Truthfully the differences in audio quality were not profound, when choosing and playing songs with the same audio specifications. I found Tidal to have a library just a bit behind Amazon Music HD. Just randomly searching for sometimes lesser know albums from 60's through the present, I was more likely to find what I was looking for on Amazon Music HD, with the most "missing" selections with Qobuz. Using a Beyerdynamic 1990 Pro headphone, a JDS Labs El AMP II and Atom headphone amp, I listened pretty extensively to Amazon Music HD, Qobuz (with its own player and through Audirvana) and Tidal HiFi / Audirvana. My humble cannery: Sennheiser PX 100, HD 25 plastic, Aluminum, and 75th Anniv., HD 600, HD 800, Fostex TH900mk2 SB, TR-X00 Mahogany, Audeze LCD-2C, 3F, HIFIMAN HE6SE V2, HE400i 2020, Beyer DT 1770, DT 880/600, Shure SE535, SE215, RHA MA-750, Dunu Trident, Cables by .uk and skyaudiocables. Music: FreeBSD ZFS running on Xeon, CIFS/Samba and minidlna | Tidal MQA | Deezer Hifi | Amazon HD | Foobar2000 | ASIOProxy | BluOS | Yamaha MusicCast Headstation: Lenovo M75t Audio-gd DI-20, coax Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ RME ADI-2 DAC FS (AKM, 2nd Ed., first batch in Europe) Violectric V280 SPL Phonitor 2 Bluesound Node 2i Wireworld Chroma 8 coaxĢ Channel: Lenovo M90n IoT, Audio-gd DI-20HE, Master 19, R8 MK2 Mutec REF10, MC-3+ USB, MC-1.1+ TASCAM DA-3000, RW901MKII Oppo UDP-205 Bluesound B100S Musical Fidelity M5si, Klipsch R-26F floorstanders on custom isolators DIY AES/EBU and balanced analog cables from Sommer cable stock, Hicon connectors Wireworld Ultraviolet 7 HDMI & coax Damar & Hagen bydpete
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