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IDAGIO vs Primephonic, Anyone have experience with either? Opinions please!

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The last time I subscribed to a classical music streaming service, it was Classical Archives. I thought I'd try the two month trial of IDAGIO and signed up moments ago. Primephonic will give one a 14 day free trial. I'll sign up for that after I'm done streaming my currently selected album on IDAGIO.

Does anyone have experience with these services? Anyone with a preference?

Here are some links: IDAGIO & Primephonic .
 
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To answer my own question, Primephonic appears to best suit my needs and is the less expensive of the two options.
 
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They bill in US Dollars not Euros.
 

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I've been using both on free trial. Observations so far:
Sound quality of both is very good: both support lossless which is a transparent version of the source you're listening to, without any additional processing. Both support lossy compression for example if you want to save mobile data.
I find that Primephonic's catalog has better coverage of early music (say, before 1600). Idagio has better coverage of classical-romantic (say, after 1700).
Primephonic has very responsive support and is a newer service, less established than Idagio.
Idagio's Android app seems to be more stable -- though both apps work well enough.
I will definitely subscribe to one or the other, but haven't yet decided which.
 
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