Streamer and subscriptions: How are you streaming music?

[catmorry]

Qobuz for me & squeezebox boom & radios round house running of off lms on raspberry pi, they are cheap as chip's on ebay & sound great for the size of them

 

[Alex Ferguson]

While I enjoy listening to vinyl, I also stream music in various ways. We have HEOS for our whole-house background music, but we use Roon (Nucleus One) with subs to Tidal and Qobuz for more serious listening. The main listening and theater room uses a StormAudio MK3 processor. Other listening rooms have a WiiM Ultra and Eversolo DMP-A6 to access Roon. We have Amazon Music Unlimited, but we rarely use it. I've tried iTunes, but I've stuck mostly with Tidal and Qobuz due to my Roon lifetime subscription and how well it organizes and integrates our local music with the streaming music library. Now that I'm retired, discovering new music and rediscovering old music has never been more fun.

How about you... if you stream music, what streamers and subscriptions do you use?

Hi Sonnie,
Thanks for the offer to participate.
I too enjoy vinyl but find that I use it less since the advent of streaming. I have Stereo Sonos Play 5s in the bedroom and a couple of endpoints in other rooms but I mainly use a roon subscription to stream Qobuz to my roon certified Devialet dual mono amps.
i can control the Mk1 Sonos gear through roon, but can’t group them with my main system, which I don’t find too much of a hardship.
I too love the way roon integrates my library with Qobuz content and presents it to me in a format like a magazine with hyperlinks.
i went for a lifetime subscription back in 2017 for $500, which was equal to £360 where I live is the best upgrade to my listening experience I could have made for the money.
Congratulations on your retirement, I retired last year so I’m doing the same as you, by the sound of it. Having fun!

 

[Aburguy]

I use Apple Music as I have it bundled other products. I do really like it, but I sadly don’t listen often with my main system despite the great sound. It’s usually in my vehicle or more likely with my AirPod pros while walking.

 

[edloura]

While I enjoy listening to vinyl, I also stream music in various ways. We have HEOS for our whole-house background music, but we use Roon (Nucleus One) with subs to Tidal and Qobuz for more serious listening. The main listening and theater room uses a StormAudio MK3 processor. Other listening rooms have a WiiM Ultra and Eversolo DMP-A6 to access Roon. We have Amazon Music Unlimited, but we rarely use it. I've tried iTunes, but I've stuck mostly with Tidal and Qobuz due to my Roon lifetime subscription and how well it organizes and integrates our local music with the streaming music library. Now that I'm retired, discovering new music and rediscovering old music has never been more fun.

How about you... if you stream music, what streamers and subscriptions do you use?

Good night, Mr Parker.

I'm not streaming music - I don't need: I have all my vinyl records and CD's with me at home.

 

[Jacques Bournival]

I'm curious - are you able to discern a notable difference between lower hi-res and higher hi-res (192kHz, for example)? Or do you buy those higher res purely for the sake of having the best possible quality?

Not judging - just curious. I know for me, when it comes to movies, I want to opt for the best possible version even if I know the difference between it and, say, a Blu-ray version are minimal.

I can hear a difference between 44/48KHz and 96kHz, but not between 96 and 192KHz. But, most 96 and 192 KHz are usually remasters of former 44 KHz albums. The remastering process to 96/192KHz, usually from master studio tapes, improves the quality of the final product no matter the sampling freq.

 

[cap33444]

I'm more a Movies guy nowadays. I have Apple Music and stream that via an ATV 4K thru a Denon 4700 and also via my vintage Pioneer SX-737 using a SONOS Port. With some 4-6K hearing loss and constant tinnitus thanks to that, this works good enough for me. 500 CDs are mostly out of plastic and in large storage books and I still have some 1950's-60's-70's-80's vinyl I can play if the mood requires (rarely does).