Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Poor Spotify Sound Quality .......................

2017-09-08 Thread Cut-Throat
Man in a van wrote: > Open Spotify on a computer, go to Settings under your user name,scroll > down to Music Quality > > Ronnie Thanks Much Van Man! Cut-Throat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Poor Spotify Sound Quality .......................

2017-09-08 Thread Man in a van
Mnyb wrote: > Spotty plugin should give 320k already there is no exposed settings ? Is > not premium a prerequisite to have any squeezebox integration . > Also LMS have a setting to lower the volume on streaming sources default > is -5dB set this to 0 dB . 23604 +-

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Poor Spotify Sound Quality .......................

2017-09-08 Thread Man in a van
Cut-Throat wrote: > Yes, I heard about this Volume setting, but cannot find it anymore > despite googling it, and scouring the App Can you tell me how to get > to this setting? Thanks. Open Spotify on a computer, go to Settings under your user name,scroll down to Music Quality 23601 the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Poor Spotify Sound Quality .......................

2017-09-07 Thread Mnyb
I I forgot the UMG watermark that universal and its subsidiaries has embedded in all thier music it's audible in all music and especially classic it's not that subtle as it survives lower bitrates than we discuss here. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107906-Audible-watermarking-in-Ti

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Poor Spotify Sound Quality .......................

2017-09-07 Thread Mnyb
Spotty plugin should give 320k already there is no exposed settings ? Is not premium a prerequisite to have any squeezebox integration . Also LMS have a setting to lower the volume on streaming sources default is -5dB set this to 0 dB . Also turn of all volume levelling in LMS if your going to co

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Poor Spotify Sound Quality .......................

2017-09-07 Thread JohnB
This might be useful: https://support.spotify.com/uk/using_spotify/system_settings/high-quality-streaming/ It also seems that Premium Subscribers have to switch on 320kbps streaming, otherwise they get 160kbps. Touch, Meridian G92, Meridian G55, PMC OB1i speakers, HP Proliant Microserver/Ubun

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Poor Spotify Sound Quality .......................

2017-09-07 Thread Cut-Throat
JohnB wrote: > I mainly listen to classical music and Spotify has volume normalization > on by default (though it can be switched off in the settings). This had > a really dreadful effect on classical music, even though normalization > is widely used for other genres. Yes, I heard about this Vol

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Poor Spotify Sound Quality .......................

2017-09-07 Thread JohnB
I used to use Spotify Premium but haven't done so for some years. What I found back then was that not all the albums were streamed at 320kbps even on a premium subscription. There was no way of telling from the Spotify interface what the bitrate was and only folk who happen to run a bandwidth uti

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Poor Spotify Sound Quality .......................

2017-09-07 Thread Cut-Throat
I have been a Spotify Premium user ever Since MOG went under I liked MOG a lot, Spotify had a good catalog, but I have never been impressed with the Sound Quality of Spotify. I have been listening to some Russian Jazz Stations on Tunein Radio that stream at 192 kbps. These stations sound far