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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
I'm also using a Blusound Node with a Pardo linear power supply feeding a Denefrips DAC. Consider a streaming service that uses lossless compression (FLAC) and also offers high-res (24bit, 96kHz)...you'll be quite surprised just how good and analog-ish it can sound. I use Tidal, many also like Qobuz. Noticeably better SQ than Spotify.
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You piqued my curiosity, so I signed up for Tidal and did a bunch of AB testing between it and Spotify (connect) last night. Yes, Tidal sounds better. I don't think its from compression as much as lossy format (Tidal seems more full range - better lows), but even bluetooth streaming in the car, Tidal sounds a bit better, and I think its more how they EQ their files. The only analogy I can think of is in photoshop you start with the same RAW file, and Tidal would have more vibrance and a bit of sharpening. Then both export to .jpg but the Tidal export is slightly higher resolution. It ends up looking better because of the edits than the compression method. End of the day, still sounds better. . . Do I want to keep both services though? Spotify UI is miles ahead of Tidal's.
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Originally Posted by 908/930
I am also running a Node, the only thing I do not like is you can't stream Amazon music direct, it needs to play from a playlist, not sure about other sources. Unless they finally updated that have not checked recently. I have listened to an inexpensive Auris on my system and was quite impressed.
If you are shopping there are lots of excellent used amps and speakers out there.
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Tidal and Spotify can stream from their native apps, just select the device you want to play on (have to be on same wifi network)