I'm not using Roon, but this is the kind of info i've seen.I have seen Amazon Music has the "x-ray" feature included, but the information there is minimal to none. It is encouraging that they have at least included the database ability. Potentially for the future?
I suspect, but do not know, that many liner notes might carry separate copyright from the musical performance itself. Liner notes were (are?) often written by paid pros under contract for each individual album. I agree that, in my world of classical, jazz, solo instrumental, and vocal, liner notes can be invaluable -- but mostly interesting and entertaining.
Someone wrote on the web, somewhere, that Roon has the ability to associate your (somehow obtained) liner notes alongside the album. I wonder if and how that provides benefit in the real world? Does anyone use it?
I, for one, would pay a small amount monthly for a subscription to a Wiki-type searchable liner note database, if it were extensive; especially if it included the original photos, etc. But again, there may be copyright issues. -Just one man's view.
Interesting to see that Qobuz apparently has such a tiny market share it didn't even show up in this pie chart. I call that interesting because I've been under the impression many people oriented to high quality music streaming liked Qobuz, including a number of ASR members. Perhaps the inference from the pie chart is that it is an indicator of market share for people who want convenient access to music generally, as opposed to market share for audiophiles as a subset. Makes me wonder if a specific market share analysis has been done for that audiophile subset...
Not really.. you can change your region in Amazon to take advantage of cheaper prices for ebooks as well.Your billing address and payment method needs to be in the country from where you sign up (bright side of the story: now i am an amazon expert)
I mostly own, although I listen to a lot of (gasp) Youtube.
Not really.. you can change your region in Amazon to take advantage of cheaper prices for ebooks as well.
Or to subscribe to Amazon prime US and add channels like HBO.
I did that already with 2 different creditcards from Germany while purchasing digital Amazon stuff from the UK, Canada , US , Spain, france or subscribing to things like prime video (us, Canada), kindle unlimited in various countries.
There are even workarounds for countries that block foreign Creditcards (like India).
You can do that with one account and change regions. Purchases will stay all in the same account.
I'm subscribed to YouTube premium in India, Netflix in Thailand, tidal in Argentina, hbo Asia sometimes.
Most of the time all you need is a good VPN service and a creditcard that allows international purchases
MarcosCH is absolutely correct. It is stupid that any online company would be forcing "work arounds" on consumers. Get it together Amazon! There is a trend here. Not just Amazon, but companies generally appear to be shifting away from their historical emphasis on customer service...Will let them solve it for me, it is their job, not mine, but thanks for the info!
Actually, while i wait for amazon (2 weeks now), i am using spotify free version, and i am thinking it might even be enough for me:
- can cast from my phone
- no publicity (small countries also have advantages)
- most times when i search for an album for the first time, it allows me to listen to it complete (not in the original song sequence though)
- i can see the lyrics on my tv! (Love this, can amazon music do it?)
The VU set yes, it is that one. The other two aren't. My examples were these :Rolling thunder bootleg series? That's on qobuz.
Velvet underground matrix set is on qobuz and tidal
That is the sampler, only 10 songs, also in amazon, not the full release. This is what i ended up listening to this morning
That is the sampler, only 10 songs, also in amazon, not the full release. This is what i ended up listening to this morning
I see, fair enough. It won't be the end of buying CDs for me then. Now I understand why some of these still go for $$ in discogs...Luckily I listen mostly to studio albums but live albums, boxsets and movie osts are a bit of a problem on streaming Services.
I'm subscribed to qobuz (Germany) and tidal hifi in Argentina (costs only 1€ a month there).
If I find missing CDs that I really want to listen too I buy them used or as imports (when it comes to Asian artists) and rip them.
And add it all to Roon.
Roon combines tidal and qobuz + your locat library.
Maybe check it out
Music Streaming services are not as bad as Netflix with removing and adding stuff but I think there is not one and there will never be a single music streaming service that will offer everything while being lossless and bit perfect
I've reverted back to my trusty CD rips againI just switched to Apple Music - never expected I would do this but I'm very satisfied with it.
If don't mind have a few questions about that interesting option. First, I expect objective in transferring to YouTube is can watch the group's "official" music video on screen at same time, yes? Second, encounter any clocking issues between music and video in YouTube? Lastly, any deterioration in sound quality after transfer?Spotify , but sometimes transfer my songs and playlist to YouTube music through MuzConvtool which is absolutely reliable.