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I like RUclips Music because it comes with RUclips Premium. As a big time consumer of RUclips, the Premium is more valuable than Music. I'm also not a critical listener.
Agreed, and I think if you're in car the background noise level between YTM premium and the lossless + hi res services would probably be inaudible. But I drive small Fords and Kias 🙃
This video is why I subscribe to your channel. I want YOUR opinion on what works for you and your experience. You don't play it safe to gain channel sponsors or to appeal to everyone. Keep it up!
I appreciate it thank you!
I use Tidal Hifi for it's lossless playback capabilities. Prior I used Spotify, but became tired of waiting for their lossless claims. Just an FYI Tidal is now moving toward Hi-Res FLAC just like Qubuz, now that MQA is in bankruptcy filings.
Really good to know! Makes tidal even better!
For many years I used Spotify, but since I am into the Apple ecosystem I changed to Apple Music, because it has Dolby Atmos my speakers and headphones ( Sonos Era and Apple AirPods Pro) can do Dolby Atmos. Apple Music sounds so much better than Spotify.
I also tried Tidal and Qobuz, both are great, but if I wouldn’t use Apple Music I would go for Tidal. The Apple Abo costs in my country (Germany) only about 8 Euros, because I took an Abo for a year.
What do you think about deezer?
It's very good, I've had it for like 5 years now
Deezer is a solid, solid choice. I think spotify is so much more popular and visually more appealing that it'll always put Deexer under the radar. Plus, manufactures are using spotify connect and tidal connect but you don't really see much support for Deezer unless you're using a higher end streaming device or Roon device.
@@Kpaceguy their CD quality is supported on desktops, laptops, mobile, chromecast, and many other devices including bluesound. They have a list on their website of devices that support their CD quality streaming. It's not just high-end devices that you need to purchase. Xbox even supports it. Any Chromecast device support it
I use Amazon music HD it competes directly with tidal... Give it a try, I listen to metal most of the time and tidal doesn't have a lot of metal bands that I like while Amazon music does have all of them! 🤘🏻
I mainly listen to cds ripped to Flac files from my NAS played through Network Streamer.
For Music l haven't got l use Spotify sounds good at 48khz through my Stereo Amp
I use Amazon Music! Indeed I have an Alexa smart home so it fits much better than any other app. It’s pretty good, and it has a lot of spanish language music which I believe apple music does not have
Good point
MQA going out of business very soon
Very very good go know! Means they'll switch to what qobuz is using
Amazon music and Qobus both used Flac up to 24/192 so what’s the difference?
@@samidebs3559 comes down to compression and the "eq" used. Even though they use the same flaq files, it doesn't always translate to your equipment
@@Kpaceguy this is my two channels music system:
Buchardt S400 MKii,Nad c658 a preamp,Parasound Helo 23+ and a dual T7x
Does her phone use the same Bluetooth version as your phone? since bluetooth does not do high resolution playback, it worse with BT4 then BT5 and so on…….
You're correct. But we're both using the most recent Bluetooth version.
I use Tidal. I like it. Btw, MQA is dead in the water. Tidal will be switching to FLAC lossless audio. Don't know when that is happening, though.
Yes some of the comment section told me. That's exciting news
Great Video! I have tried Qobuz, Apple Music, Amazon and Spotify. I agree that Qobuz sounded better but wasn't head and shoulders above Spotify on my rig (at least not to my 49 year old ears). I use Spotify exclusively now because of the ease of use and it seems to has better machine learning/A.I. than the others. The playlists it builds and suggests for me, new music discovery and year end summary of listening is pretty cool. If I want ultimate sound quality I'll play from my ripped FLAC files.
I use Apple Music since it comes with my Verizon Wireless plan. I also use Roon for my ripped CD collection. With Apple Music make sure the lossless and high res settings are enabled. Are you listening to both Apple and Tidal in the car via Bluetooth or is tidal coming from an app with in the car audio system. I am surprised that you are noticing that big of a difference.
At the time both were streamed via Bluetooth. Now I'm using android auto and if she's ever hooked up it'll be Apple Carplay.
I have tested them ALL. And on my main system, Qobuz wins. Beats out Tidal. It appears to me, that Tidal equalizes their files or something to accentuate the higher frequencies. I had some audiophile friends over for the last shootout between Tidal and Qobuz. Having said that, I have gone to extreme measures to make the network connection to my main system to be as clean as possible, from power conditioning on the Fiber Optic to Lan converter and all hubs, the best LAN cables I could find, and special grounding system to "wick" out noise.
An indirect comparison and in my limited experience, Tidal (HiFi) has a little less treble than RUclips Premium or (even less experience with) Amazon Unlimited lossless. That's running through the same iFi DAC. Of course we only have one set of ears each ;-)
CDs through Sony and Panasonic DACs from ~15 years ago are generally treble boosted compared to Tidal through IFi, though not always. Recordings vary.
Nah bro Apple music sounds good. Probably your girlfriend have Apple Music with the quality HE-AAC which is lower than ACC. That HE-ACC setting can be found in settings scroll down until you see music tap to music than tap to audio quality then tap to cellular streaming and in there you can found sound quality from HE-ACC all the way to High-Res Lossless.
Keep in mind that HE-ACC is only found through cellular streaming because the minimum of WiFi streaming is ACC.
Apple Music sounds better than Spotify
Hold my beer 🍺....😊
I've tried a lot of the services. I agree with a lot of what you said. I use tidal because it gives me a combination of sound quality and usability. Qobuz sounds the absolute best, but the app doesn't do a good job of suggesting new music. It's quite terrible. Very lazy engineering on thier part.
I've used MQA with my node and it really doesn't sound better than HiFi, just different. Dolby Atmos music is neat on my Nvidia shield, but it is based on Dolby digital, not true HD. So it doesn't sound as good as with a streamer. Both a little gimmicky. I'll upgrade back to hIfi plus when Tidal finally implenents FLAC later this year.
Amazon HD isn't bad. It's lossless, but i think Tidal sounds better. The deal breaker for me is is integration in Android Auto, or lack thereof. (I don't know why Amazon always does weird stuff like that)
For home i would look into a lossless streamer to get the best quality. I have a node 2i and the Wiim mini. I love Chromecast audio (pretty good sound) on my work desk and Bluetooth on my Sony headphones, but both cannot play full hi-res. For your car, you might want to test hardwire rather than use Bluetooth to test Apple music quality. I am by no means a fanboy (team Pixel here), but I've heard they have gone to lossless, and it's gotten better.
Deezers ok, Google play music was alright. RUclips music sounds like trash. I just personally never really cared for Spotify.
I download my Apple Music to my phone, which is a better option to the poor streaming quality.
I don't stream much at all when I do its Amazon Smooth Jazz chillin in my bedroom. I may get into it because of Atmos but I am not sure yet.
love TIDAL too , I like to listened in my Home Theater Gaming PC , sound amazing in my Denon X3700H receiver specially in multi channel stereo mode , but the big reason I keeping TIDAL as my favorite streaming service is because the big video music library they have in a very good quality in audio and video specially my lovely video from the 70s and 80s they have it all 😍😍😍😍
I also listen to Pandora. And radio stations through Tune-In on the Onkyo RZ 50 via Bluetooth
As a beatmaker and an audiophile, Tidal is my go to
I just tried spotify and deleted instantly because it can’t compete with RUclips music on subwoofers
Yes because of the added compression on RUclips. Which isn't good.
I love the way people say there ain’t no difference but I’m with you I can hear it with the first note Good advise and video thanks bro
Thanks for watching!
Random, did you or your GF change the audio quality settings on the apple settings to stream hi-res lossless?
I believe it's always been their highest quality. It was at the time of listening
RUclips Music combined with the Poweramp equalizer app is untouchable.
Which one has more Caribbean music content? Soca, Reggae
Spotify
Popular usage isn't a reason to say other services are up to standard. I use youtube music on purpose and never have had an issue with it. If you say the others sound better please describe what you're hearing.
Its not about issues. It works fine. It don't sound great
@@Kpaceguy most people who use these just hear on car speakers or on earbuds and Bluetooth cant really even transport massive data needed for lossless bitrate is one of the most important things and both offer decent bitrates
Qobuz the best
I know Pandora is at the bottom not even talked about anymore. But I use that but looking to change an upgrade to better streaming . Thats just for now. Im all about clarity. Pandora not where its at. Understand that everyone getting on me about that service . Unless their's airplanes,and space ships going over my head when listening to music , I can understand the immersiveness. But 2 channel, I might go as far as seven channel enhanced. But I'm not knocking that might not sound good . I'm just exploring the options that is out there. It's all about what you enjoy. What the moment brings you. Music yes is supposed to be enjoyable. It depends on your level or clarity. For some it's the level of neutrality when it comes to music. Happy listening!!!
Yes Pandora, iheart radio and the likes are not really talked about anymore but there still is a market for them
I understand how you feel. I used Pandora as a free music streaming service around 5 years ago, and it did its job well. However, the quality wasn't the best, as the bitrate for free users was half that of RUclips Music and Spotify Music's free tiers. Moreover, the radios didn't offer any real ability to get tracks made specifically for you. Eventually, I left Pandora for SoundCloud when I got into anime music, as Pandora had none. SoundCloud had good features like unlimited skips and wasn't bad on the ads. The only drawback was that its quality often sounded FAR lower because there was a ton of user-submitted stuff. But I'm sure the popular stuff was fine in quality. They offered good bitrates for a free tier too.
Then, I got into Spotify. It has a decent amount of ads and limited skips, but it sounds pretty good and has a vast collection of songs. However, I swapped to RUclips Music as I wanted RUclips Premium, so for once, I had a premium music service. It has been good and sounds about the same to me as Spotify did for the most part. I never tried iHeart Radio, but I've heard good things about them. I never used Apple Music as I don't own any Apple products and have no real reason to buy an Apple product made for a phone I don't have. I know you can get it on Android, but at that point, it's just a worse version, so why would I?
In summary, I don't really recommend Pandora. The song quality on the free tier and even on the paid tier is a joke compared to all other streaming services. I also know Deezer has a free tier, but I've never used it. The ONLY free service that I can find that uses 64-bitrate is Pandora, and that's HALF of what all the others use. So, its quality tends to just be worse. Lastly, I have used Amazon Music that comes with Prime. It sounds fine, but the 2 million songs collection is very limited. The only plus is that there are no ads.
Thanks, good overview. I'm with you on Tidal for its good interface and catalog depth along with the sound quality. The HiFi package works for me as a 2 channel guy. Mostly I listen to classic jazz, rock and some classical so the new release lag is not a big deal. My other 2 or 3 cents:
Amazon Unlimited is lossless but I couldn't make peace with the app.
RUclips Music Premium gives a higher (256kbps) bit rate than plain YT. It's pretty good for 256, but is lacking detail and speed compared to lossless or CDs. Duke Ellington's Jazz Party is a good one to show this in the first track. YT Music Premium is part of the very useful ad free YT video package. Catalog depth is sometimes better or worse compared to Apple. With remote friends we always ask "Do you have...?" Eagles' Hotel California on YT Music includes only 3 of 9 songs.
Side question: Do you find different Bluetooth protocols matter? It's LDAC for me but that's Android only and not universal. I wonder if Apple is audibly handicapped over Bluetooth by AAC's lower bitrates. Tone balance probably wouldn't be part of this. I use the iFi Zen Blue v2 at home and it's great with LDAC and Tidal.
I'm sure they matter on paper
ive heard AAC i think its called the one amazon and youtube uses is the best I use youtube music myself because I bought premium for normal youtube without ads but well if music is a part of the package I see no reason not to use it
Are you using Bluetooth for your audio in the car? I'm pretty sure Android Auto uses the USB or WiFi connection to send the music audio and Bluetooth for the phone calls only. Correct? I would think USB / WiFi would sound better than using Bluetooth.
Yes I use android auto through wifi connection it forces you to connect with.
@@Kpaceguy Hmm, I thought that by connecting to AA it stops a second Bluetooth connection to play music. At least that's how it seems to work in my Mazda.
@@TomZ23 AA uses wired or wireless wifi for audio. It uses Bluetooth for voice.
Hey what about using lossless in Apple Music?
Lossless is great if you have a device that can play it!
@@Kpaceguy I agree :) thanks for the reply!
You missed a huge player worldwide. Deezer. They've been around since 2007. They'll give everyone you're talkin about a run for their money with ease-of-use and sound quality.
Deezer maxes out at 320kbps which is the same as Spotify. Making it a worse sound quality than both tidal and qobuz and if people had to choose between Spotify and deezer, Spotify will be their choice.
@@Kpaceguy wrong. They have flac, cd quality and ha e had it for years. Look it up.
@@ryanschipp8513 I did. What I looked up further supported what I just said
@@Kpaceguy not sure why you're having so much trouble finding it. I just sent you a text that proves they offer Flac CD quality and actually it's been probably for the last five to eight years or so. I don't mind making an audio component wager if you still think you're right :-)
@@ryanschipp8513 I saw it thanks for finding it for me
I use RUclips music specifically for the reason you stated. I usually play music to entertain and party. It's perfect for that!