This is why...this is a great hobby

[Jud]

4 hours ago, hopkins said:

 

Qobuz's claim to be geared towards audiophiles, for example, is a complete fraud. If they want to live up to their claim, then they should have a real "editorial" policy, and stop offering/selling all this "crap".

 

That would depend on whether you were willing to pay for the necessary editorial staff time. Vanishingly few people would. What Qobuz does offer is sometimes one version of an album, but in other cases a variety of versions so you can decide for yourself which you like better. I've generally been very pleased with the price-selection balance offered, though of course you have every right to hold the contrary opinion.

 

On 1/12/2021 at 10:16 AM, Archimago said:

 

It's very sad how despite production technology improving, playback systems improving, so many artists these days - probably all in the popular music genre - have not been able to release albums with good sound in recent decades.

 

I can't disagree overall, since popular music recordings are incontrovertibly getting louder and less dynamic on average. But I don't lament the state of things overmuch. There is such a huge amount of product that it's not difficult for me to find well recorded music I enjoy. The streaming services certainly offer an opportunity to hear a greater variety than was ever possible in "the old days."

[Jud]

55 minutes ago, sandyk said:

   Jud

 Are those who subscribe to these services in effect resulting in the paying of  "slave wages" to many artists , or don't most subscribers care ?
 This extract from the attached link worries me.

 

Regards

Alex

https://www.planetarygroup.com/do-artists-get-paid-every-time-song-played-spotify/

 

Hey Alex 🙂 -

 

A very valid concern. I and others I know of wind up buying a fair amount of music, probably more than if I didn't have the service to alert me to the existence of a lot of it. I try to buy from artists' sites or Bandcamp if my preferred version is available, and I also buy from Qobuz because I like to support the service as well as artists.