Spotify to launch 'Hi-Fi' CD Quality Tier.

[Multicore]

Ok. Thanks. I'll see how I get on with that.

The "Mixes" which can be found from the home page or search bar are decent, and typically have something like 80% songs you know or have saved and 20% new but similar.

Similar? Recently I put on Ginastera, J.G. Thirlwell, J. S. Bach, James Blood Ulmer, Pain Killer, Glass Beams, Ligeti, K. K. Null, Thelonious Monk, The Ronettes, ..., my own choices. I'm unsure you want to make a playlist or mix like that. I guess you'd have to pick one or two and then go similar from those.

 

[RickS]

The discourse on this thread has taken a bad turn and am getting complaints. It is taking a break while I sort it out.

 

[RickS]

I think I see where things went awry here and will take some time to clean it up. So hoping the break has allowed some cool down and have issued some advice. Will re-open for now and please be respectful. Thanks!

 

[obsessive9119]

What you could do instead if you want to support the bands you love is to buy from them directly on Bandcamp from time to time, that way I it's a larger possibility that they will make more money, especially the small independent bands and the ones on “friendly” small record companies.

I sometimes buy music on Bandcamp from my favorite bands, even if they are available on Tidal.

This is what I do. I use Qobuz as a way to browse and explore. Anything I really like, I buy - on Bandcamp if I can, otherwise on Qobuz.

99.5% of what’s in my flac collection is also on Qobuz steaming, but I like knowing that I’ll have the music that matters to me even if I stop paying the subscription (or the service enshittifies).

 

[obsessive9119]

You misunderstood. Name me one lossless compression that can achieve below 500kbps for typical musical passage. As explained above, it doesn't exist. Hence, if there is anything below this, it's lossy.

This seems like a needlessly complex and incomplete way to define lossiness. There is a precise technical definition - why not use it rather than a heuristic based on bitrate?