I played this record in the car 🚘 and decided to hear it in the lounge. I started in Apple Spatialize Audio but it was rubbish and switched to #qobuz#lossless via #roon. The haze cleared up. Apple compresses the main channels to make all the Dolby Atmos other stuff fit in an AirPods Pro pipe. The Maggies didn’t like it. Tubby bass.
This is a very slow, meditative music with a sonorous improvisational melody. Well the opener is. The second track is a lively piano opened #hardbop tune.
Declaring Apple Music bankruptcy; it has made me so unhappy with what's left of the music library I spent 25 years curating that there's just no way to fix it anymore. I've lost my algorithm-seeding play counts, hearts and stars many times over by now. cmd-A, delete 🫡
@stroughtonsmith the inconsistencies of stream services (no continuous play, weird audio quality and albums disappearing) actually made me consider buying vinyl for the first time ever. #tidal#qobuz#roon
@box464 I'm not a Plex user as I don't store video locally. However, for music I use #Roon which does a nice blend of locally stored digital files and music streaming services (Tidal or Qobuz). Looks like Plex is modeling their business over something similar to Roon...and that's not all bad in my opinion.
@cory Ideally you might be able to achieve both, but the disconnect between apps and services feels clumsy. Something I guess #Roon has got closest to solving...
I’ve had a subscription with them for 6 years now. Kinda getting tired of the cost:benefit ratio.
What I do like: Metadata, organization of the library contents, decent UI, mobile app support (Roon more than ARC, but ARC is ok)
What I don’t really need or like: Remote playing (controlling other speakers in the house), paying Tidal if I want good recommendations, kinda bloated and slow app