Try looking up youtube Vance. It’s a free apk youtube app that blocks all ads and skips in video channel ads for free.
I am a Ukrainian living in Germany and I do listen to an odd Rogan show now and again. I am not following him, but rather pull on a show depending on the guest he has. I mean, the dude got Elon Musk smoking on a reefer live in his studio… joking aside, I think the guy’s due some credit - he was the first one starting to invite controversial figures like Jordan Peterson, running shows without format, without time constraints - just following the flow… I think I once watched a 3:20 something hours show like this.
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so, it’s been what, a week and a bit on Qobuz now? I have to say - the app is a bit iffy on my MacOS X, some useful features (like much coveted remote control from Spotify) are missing, as well as ‘Suggested tracks’, but the autoplay suggestions so far were so spot on that I don’t think anything on Spotify or Tidal comes even close… funny, this… just yesterday I discovered Tom Mish…
Yeah, I like how he gives people an entire podcast to let them talk vs “interviews” where sound bites are cut up to meet the narrative. I’m a big fan of Peterson 
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I find the app to be a bit iffy on Windows too… like when trying to see what albums are available from a certain band og artist, there are quite a few of the same album it seems, and if there are many albums the scrolling gets slow and sluggish. Like when trying to find a specific Pink Floyd album it gets a bit messy and sluggish to navigate…:
I might be missing a setting/option here, but i felt spotify is more intuitive and has a better interface in the app.
Also, i have found a few bands/artists that are not on Qobuz, but are on spotify. What i usually listen too though, i have found on the service…
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me too man, although it’s sad to see what’s going on with him of late…
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He’s bouncing back. He’ll be ok.
same here - I think Qobuz has some sort of sub-par interface rendering approach. at times it jus off and starts to grab over 60% of my system’s CPU - without any apparent reason. but the autoplay - I am impressed.
Using roon with it seems to help in my situation.
I had the same experience with Amazon HD desktop app a few versions back. The damned app was slamming my GPU which was affecting performance and I complained about it. A couple of days later there was an update issued which cleared up that problem.
I am the oddball here, but I use YouTube Music most of my work day, and for mobile listening. It tops out at 256kbps AAC, which isn’t great ( most are 320 ), but works pretty well for most of my daily use. The interface is pretty good, the library for classic rock is good, with one glaring exception, it could use more Hendrix. You can upload music, so if you think it is missing something, just add yours. The YouTube Premium family plan is $18/mo, includes YouTube Music, and ad free YouTube Video, for up to 5 users.
I have my CD collection ripped to FLAC on my home network as well.
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@John_W_Clark I have YT premium, which includes music (love videos, hate ads!)
I find it quite decent sounding and like watching orchestra concerts that are streamed “live”
like Concertgebouworkest. Love that hall! I recently subbed to Spotify and imo the audio
is a significant step up, tho maybe not as noticeable with “on the go” gear.
Also have AMHD for serious at home listening/exploring.
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Tidal … I tried the rest, tidal is the best … for me. I do have spotify for podcasts, that is not music
Get an annual subscription thru Best Buy … save mas dinhero
Grab up an old phone, install USB Audio Pro, pay for the nasty mqa plug in (unless you have a dac that decodes it … my Burson Composer does not … and it does sound different without it) … Log into your tidal account, set it up for bit perfect, and enjoy.
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Just signed up for Apple Music, 1 month free. Mostly to try Dolby Atmos (interesting). I’m on Android phone, windows PC. Android app, nothing amazing, but seems to work. Right… how to I run this on windows. I have to install iTunes…? and it looks the same as the last time I used it (ten years ago).
Alright, best cancel the subscription now in case I forget to do so before the trial is up. Sticking with Spotify it is…
Jesus Christ.
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I personally could not justify sticking with spotify.
Bought a lot of new high priced equipment this year (speakers, amp, subwoofer, IEM, Overear ) and don´t want the Streaming platform to be the weak link.
I personally can hear quite a difference comparing spotify to TIDAL…not with every song…but it is there and I don´t see why i should pay thousands of Euros for really good Hi-Fi gear and then continue using the platfrom with the worst sound quality.
Spotify announced Spotify Hi-Fi to launch last year but it never happened and there is still no date when it will start so I switched to TIDAL and I am more than happy, I really like it a lot.
A few days ago a friend invited me into his spotify family account for free so now I am back there but still keep using Tidal
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Have you done blind tests to confirm your impressions?
nah not fully blind test but i can name you a song, go get the Tidal trial for 1 Euro and compare for yourself.
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When i did the test i tried it several times on both platforms and the intro sounds way more spacious/atmospheric on TIDAL.
I was not alone with that impression and am really curious how it sounds to you if you are willing to compare 
I would not say spotify is bad, it is good enough but if you once hear the better quality on another platform it keeps bugging you in the back of your head 
Try this http://abx.digitalfeed.net/
I don’t currently have a tidal subscription to compare, but I could probably get a flac.
I’ll do the comparison tomorrow and let you know.
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I know the test from a German hifi forum, we had the exact same discussion there 
I never finished the test but might do so the coming days!
In the end just use what feels good for you and enjoy the music and you are fine I guess… It’s luxury problems in the end
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