I think that the main issue on Spotify is the algorithm... RU-vid uses to show me new artists frequently and Spotify keep showing me the same songs and artists I listen and already know... They even put it on an artist's radio! It sucks lol I love finding out new artists.
Nah, Tidal takes the cake. Has the essential lossless CD audio quality that Mac demands and its UI is great. The only thing that is lacking at the moment is its library compared to other services.
agreed--i can give up Netflix or any of the other streaming platforms, but I need RU-vid. I need it while I work, I need it to entertain my kid, I need it to learn shit--I need it.
@@Diakoidris Library is everything. Sexy UI won’t make it alone if there’s no music you looking for. On the other hand even the shittiest UI could be tolerable if only catalogue is broad enough for me to meet my needs. Any thoughts on that?
Spotify (which unlike Amazon Music and Apple Music has still not delivered its promise of CD-quality streams, via Spotify Hi-Fi) uses 320kbps Ogg Vorbis streams. The use of such lossy compression means data is lost in the encoding process, which in turn means resolution is sacrificed for the sake of convenience and smaller file sizes. This has an effect on the sound quality - those formats aren't telling the full story of our favourite songs. This might be fine when you're listening to Spotify playlists on your smartphone on the bus on the morning commute, but music fans should want better. This is where high-resolution audio comes in. To illustrate why it should sound better than MP3, for example, let’s compare the relative bitrates. The highest quality MP3 has a bitrate of 320kbps, whereas a 24-bit/192kHz file has a data rate of 9216kbps. Music CDs are 1411kbps. The hi-res 24-bit/96kHz or 24-bit/192kHz files should, therefore, more closely replicate the sound quality the musicians and engineers were working with in the studio. And they could be that very same recorded file, too. These files are labelled as "Studio Masters" in some cases.
Spotify (unlike Amazon Music and Apple Music has still not delivered its promise of CD-quality streams, via Spotify Hi-Fi) uses 320kbps Ogg Vorbis streams. The use of such lossy compression means data is lost in the encoding process, which in turn means resolution is sacrificed for the sake of convenience and smaller file sizes. This has an effect on the sound quality - those formats aren't telling the full story of our favourite songs. This might be fine when you're listening to Spotify playlists on your smartphone on the bus on the morning commute, but music fans should want better. This is where high-resolution audio comes in. To illustrate why it should sound better than MP3, for example, let’s compare the relative bitrates. The highest quality MP3 has a bitrate of 320kbps, whereas a 24-bit/192kHz file has a data rate of 9216kbps. Music CDs are 1411kbps. The hi-res 24-bit/96kHz or 24-bit/192kHz files should, therefore, more closely replicate the sound quality the musicians and engineers were working with in the studio. And they could be that very same recorded file, too. These files are labelled as "Studio Masters" in some cases.
@@kevind668that’s true but he is really successful so he’s not gonna care about stuff like “the damage it’s done” because he already makes millions in streams
