HDTracks Downloads vs Qobuz/Tidal Streaming

[kennyb123]

On 1/4/2023 at 6:01 AM, dontheriault said:

My question... has anyone else done this and if so, am I crazy?  Am I too far into my own head on this.  Apologies if this has been a topic in the past, but maybe my search abilities are rather poor since I could not find a thread that was exactly like this.

Your not crazy at all.  I found that network optimization moved things in the direction of leveling the playing field.   I pretty much use Qobuz to figure out what downloads I want to buy.  

[kennyb123]

3 hours ago, Apollo said:

I would never choose for WAV.  Not supported on MAC (AFAIK) and mimited support of metadata.

AIFF is what I choose when I rip or purchase downloads.  Mac support is my primary consideration as I use the Music app to keep my library organized.  
 

I have many terabytes of WAV as this is the format that PGGB outputs.  Tag support is okay and I use Yate on Mac to edit as needed.  These tracks don’t get loaded into the Music app though.