Squeezemenicely wrote: > The discussion has gone slightly off track. With loads of theories about > lossy in general etc. > Which is fine. > > But I would really like to compare Spotify to lossless stream or flac. > > Are those of you who believe lossy is just as good as lossless actualy > saying that Spotify and lossless sound just as good? > > It is about streming services here, to my hearing there is a difference. > Especially on natural instruments. > > Homemade mp3 and flac are not easy for me to keep apart. But Spotify > IMHO is nowhere near the quality of lossless and I mainly use it for > background music or on the go, but not for really listening to music. > > > So, to your ears is Spotify as good as Lossless Qobuz Wimp or even > homemade flac?
Problem is for that its hard to do , I can order wimp hifi for a test month and probably compare wimp spotify and my own files , but still hard to keep track of volume differences, different masters etc and also other variations such a some more obscure artist migth not yet have his files upgraded to the best quality . But ive had god results with some spotify content not so good with other tracks from spotify ,not qualified by good ABX test in any way . I do use Triodes spotify plugin with volume normalisation off and you should also turn off LMS (7.8 & 7.9) default -5dB on webradio and streaming services to actually compare . Would be nice if Tidal/Wimp actually can deliver consistently god quality . I fear that file format as usual is the least interesting factor I still wonder what else might be going on and if someone have better info . Pippin added good info on the limiter in spotify -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102351 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
