Darryl R Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 A friend and I noticed FindHDMusic.com was just turned off. We both found that so handy to stay in touch with recent releases. That url now just displays a message thanking Presto, Qobuz and HDTracks. Anyone know what happened? Sure, it's most likely a funding reason, but I'm not interested in speculation. Link to comment
austinpop Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Yes, I just noticed this a couple of days ago. Such a shame! I found the site very useful. My Audio Setup Link to comment
Darryl R Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 14 minutes ago, austinpop said: Yes, I just noticed this a couple of days ago. Such a shame! I found the site very useful. Hi Rajiv, I seem to recall you had an IT background as well. I was thinking of writing a little consolidated search, but I would need web APIs for those sites, which could be a bigger task than one would first think. Link to comment
Darryl R Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 Thought I'd post HDtrack's response to my inquiry, and denial they knew anything about this site: "We're a small company. So I see the back-end and all that happens. We shut down our old US and UK websites last week and maybe they decided to shut down their site because any links to our old site would lead to a "blob not found" message. It looks like the site may have been run by a hobbyist rather than a business entity. If that is the case, there is no way they could have gone through and re-cataloged all of the new URLs in a week." It is interesting that the site owner would've thanked HDtracks for "all their support over the years" without HDtracks knowing about it! Link to comment
Darryl R Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 Here's Qobuz's response: "We are also saddened by the untimely demise of FindHDMusic. It was a terrific resource. Unfortunately we have been forced to limit our API access to hardware partners for the time being." Link to comment
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