Streamer and subscriptions: How are you streaming music?

[TSTstudios]

I use G-dis CM4/wl Internet streamer with Tidal and Qobuz
and an iPhone Xs as controller.

 

[oneartist]

After many streaming attempts I've settled on Tidal Connect using my iPad directly to Lyngdorf MP60 2.1. I also turn on the entire system with "hey Google turn on Family Room". This works using four smart duplex receptacles. If I want all 7 Magnepan speakers and four subs going at once I choose "Party mode" on the MP60 2.1. I gave up on Adirvana and Wiim.

 

[Willyspu]

I have 7 WiiM units linked together to create a whole whole house and outdoor sound system. I have Tidal, Prime and Spotify accounts and have a large hard drive of music that I run a Plex server on. The WiiM units (mainly Prop Plus) are affordable and have a easy to use app to control music by room, by group or individually. They are powered by Buckeye amps into KEF speakers.

 

[Sal1950]

I was a Spotify sub for a bunch of years until others started doing lossless for the same money.
I tried just about all the alternatives but to be honest I wasn't hearing any big differences and the Spotify
GUI had the others beat hands down. So I stayed with them.

UNTIL, Apple started streaming 5.1, and Atmos files for the same or less money, For me that was a no-brainer.
Still I admit the Spotify GUI leads the pack but without lossless 2ch & multich they might as well be streaming
Morse Code for all I care. LOL
Dot Dash, Dot Dot Dash.

 

[greg90]

I don’t have a device solely dedicated to streaming music. I added an Apple TV 4K as a source for my av receiver and just stream Apple Music content and it works for now. It seems like there are more and more remastered tracks coming out to.

 

[Suleyman Gokoglu]

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,
I have a Hi-End system at home, which I think is good for me, and a CD collection. Unfortunately, due to the busy work schedule, I can only listen to music either in the car or through a simple Bluetooth speaker and Spotify.

 

[BASaudio]

I use Prime for the little streaming that I do. I have too many LP's , Several thousand CD's, a few hundred SACD's to be bothered with much else. I use Prime to sample stuff before I buy the real thing. At some point it will be a hellacious hoarder cleanout when I have to downsize. Until then - most everything in physical media sounds better than streaming.

 

[VMAT4]

I use WiiM hardware and subscribe to Spotify & nugs. I really miss Primephonic! Idagio and Apple Classical just don't work for me.

 

[curbfeeler]

Here, an Innuos ZENith Mk3 configured as a Roon core streams from Qobuz, Tidal, internet radio, or a QNAP NAS. An Ansuz PowerSwitch X-TC switch sits ahead of the Innuos. A Holo Audio May DAC is connected by a Light Harmonic USB cable to the Innuos.

 

[irvose]

I use a Roon Nucleus feeding via a SOtM switch into a Vivaldi Upsampler or directly into my Dutch & Dutch 8c speakers. Stream Tidal or Qobuz and have c 3000 CD’s ripped and stored on a Naim Uniticore. Sonos around the house Also through Roon for which I took out a lifetime membership years back.

 

[rangaro]

I got a Raumfeld system so I could rip all my CDs to FLAC and play them in multiple rooms. But Raumfeld was laggy and instable, so I switched to Roon. Later I subscribed to Qobuz because I like it slightly more than Tidal, and I find having both too expensive regarding what they cost in Germany. I use a Melco N100 in the main room and Hifiberries in the other two rooms. I might get the Symfonisk picture frame from Ikea sooner or later for less important rooms like the bath room because it works with Roon, too, and is quite cheap.

 

[Sonnie Parker]

I have 7 WiiM units linked together to create a whole whole house and outdoor sound system. I have Tidal, Prime and Spotify accounts and have a large hard drive of music that I run a Plex server on. The WiiM units (mainly Prop Plus) are affordable and have a easy to use app to control music by room, by group or individually. They are powered by Buckeye amps into KEF speakers.

Can you elaborate a little more on the seven WiiM units? Do you have seven Buckeye amps powering KEF speakers in seven areas?