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This is a mistake in thinking. I have purchased numerous Albums from HD Tracks and I find them to be louder rather than better sounding than non-hi resolution music. Buying a well recorded CD and importing them to your USB drive is a better sound than even the CD, itself. hard media is still relevant.
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I prefer streaming. But, I'm new to it, and the sound quality issue I have not yet reached a firm opinion on.
But, from the standpoit of convenience and cost, there is no comparison to buying music on a per-album basis. I agree that a well recorded CD can sound outstanding. You didn't answer why I should buy a BDP-3. I have a BDP-1.
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Sorry, but I am confusing the BDs. I was thinking about the D/A converter.
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The Tidal interface is awful in my opinion. Searches are clumsy and in general the software is not intuitive. But when you use Roon to access the Tidal library, the combo works fantastic. Roon+Tidal is an excellent marriage. You use Roon interface to look for and manage your music. And Tidal feeds it. |
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Dave, you may want to read Kal Rubinson's review of the Mytec Brooklyn+ in Stereophile's April 2018 edition. Its a very good read. Also in that edition is an editorial wherein it was expressed that MQA may not be in the audiophiles best interest.
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I'll check Kal's review out. As for the pro and cons of MQA, I've pretty much read it all. Most of the cons, by the way, seem to be based on paper, and not on what these reviewers actually heard. I'll trust my own ears rather than what people say. I'm not wedded to The idea, but if it sounds better, I'm all for it.
I definitely am going to use streaming as my main source of music. I have no desire to keep buying media or downloads. I only own about 200 CDs etc, not 2000, like somebody we both know and don't like the idea of printing enough money to by HD downloads. Twenty bucks a month, and I have way more than 2000 albums at my fingertips. It has thoroughly rekindled my desire to listen to music. Only problem is, where I live the best internet connection I can get is not fast enough to stream Hi resolution music. MQA solves that problem nicely. Just checked, and I don't have the April Stereophile yet. Did Kal like the Dac+?
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Don't you have SACD disc? When you read April's Stereophile, you may have second thoughts. I think Stereophile was really looking out for the consumer so that one company cannot create a monopoly on music playback. All other codecs are open and free; but, not MQA.
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The reason for the Brooklyn is threefold: To try a separate DAC, to have MQA, and for a good headphone AMP. If it's not what I want in my main system, I can always keep it on my desktop for the headphones.
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