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Jerry Heavyweight Member
Joined: 20 Jan 2002 Posts: 2160 Location: Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:15 am Post subject: Streaming Service for Classical Music |
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In another forum, there's a discussion going on about playing CDs. This got me wondering.
Does anyone here stream classical music? If so, what service do you subscribe to, and why did you pick that one?
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mhenrikse Veteran Member
Joined: 21 Jul 2009 Posts: 162
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 7:50 am Post subject: Re: Streaming Service for Classical Music |
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Jerry wrote: | In another forum, there's a discussion going on about playing CDs. This got me wondering.
Does anyone here stream classical music? If so, what service do you subscribe to, and why did you pick that one?
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Apple Music $10/mo and Berlin Phil Digital Concert Hall $20/mo
I was using Itunes then it became Apple Music. I started the BPO concert hall during covid. There is a wide selection of good videos to stream, new concerts as well as historic. |
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JoseLindE4 Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 8:33 am Post subject: |
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Naxos has a pretty massive streaming library. |
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S Koons Veteran Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 125 Location: Redwood City, CA
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 9:08 am Post subject: |
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Qobuz has CD audio quality for everything, and hi-res for many. The selection is very good and includes many new releases.
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Dayton Heavyweight Member
Joined: 24 Mar 2013 Posts: 2025 Location: USA
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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I'm really happy with Primephonic. |
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mcstock Veteran Member
Joined: 25 Nov 2001 Posts: 466 Location: Norman, OK
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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JoseLindE4 wrote: | Naxos has a pretty massive streaming library. |
I've got access to Naxos through work and use it all the time. Not sure what in individual subscription costs.
Matt _________________ “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
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LaTrompeta Heavyweight Member
Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 867 Location: West Side, USA
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:12 am Post subject: |
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I second Qobuz. Excellent service. You can also "download" to your phone if you buy the upgraded version. _________________ Please join me as well at:
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ScottA Heavyweight Member
Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 618 Location: Florida
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:17 am Post subject: |
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I use Spotify for most of my streaming but also have Primephonic. When at home I use a Bluesound Node2i streamer with my stereo system and did a comparison between Spotify and Idagio (a "classical" service similar to Primephonic which is not available on the Bluesound). Much to my surprise the Spotify sound was in all cases, at least as good as the supposedly "high end" service Idagio and had a broader selection of all music including classical.
Primephonic keeps teasing that they will be setup with Bluesound soon so I will wait a bit longer to compare them with Spotify but I will be surprised if I end up deciding it is worth paying for the extra streaming service considering how satisfied I have been with Spotify. _________________ Scott Apelgren
Indialantic, FL |
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S Koons Veteran Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 125 Location: Redwood City, CA
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Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2021 9:48 am Post subject: |
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ScottA wrote: | I use Spotify for most of my streaming but also have Primephonic. |
I tried Spotify a long time ago. They had a lot of classical music, but the indexing was terrible. Often, a search turned up individual movements instead of whole compositions. This may be improved by now.
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Jerry Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you all very much for this information. It has been very informative! |
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picctpt33 Regular Member
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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Marquee TV has a lot of London Symphony concerts |
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bbreneman New Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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One outstanding option is to use Roon along with Qobuz (or Tidal). That gives you the power of Roon's metadata, database, and UI along with CD-quality or better streaming. It makes a great front end to your own library and the streaming services. |
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Grits Burgh Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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S Koons wrote: | Qobuz has CD audio quality for everything, and hi-res for many. The selection is very good and includes many new releases.
SK |
+1
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Raya2 Regular Member
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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I've used idagio for over a year now. Great Hi-Res audio, and wide selection of music. Their indexing is pretty easy to browse and select from. _________________ ----
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S Koons Veteran Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 125 Location: Redwood City, CA
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Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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Primephonic just announced that it is being absorbed into Apple Music. It will be taken down on Sept 7, and it will be months before it emerges as part of Apple Music.
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S Koons Veteran Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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Qobuz just lowered its price in the US to $12.99/month or $129.99/year. |
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LaTrompeta Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2021 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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hannarase wrote: | well, in general, I think there are enough good services for music that are free |
Yes, but you usually have to endure horrible, intrusive commercials and the sound quality is not very good. _________________ Please join me as well at:
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