Change coming?

Will this change our way of listening:

http://wimp.dk/wweb/specials/lossless/?gclid=CLKjpLq6w7kCFZN6cAod_2UAJg

We surely could reduce our hardware - a iPad/Playmaker/BL-combo is all we need - or the iPad/ATV on the BV.

Adieu CD-player and NAS - adieu iTunes!

???

Greetings Millemissen

Funny that they announce the world's first lossless streaming service, as Qobuz.com do that for months!

The only thing missing to get rid of all your heavy stuff is a service like spotify connect in lossless...

Qobus, yes - if you are in France!

Agree - but will that ever be? Spotify seems to go the mainstream-route.

 

MM

Millemissen:

Qobus, yes - if you are in France!

Agree - but will that ever be? Spotify seems to go the mainstream-route.

 

MM

 

Eh, Qobuz is available outside France. I've enjoyed lossless streaming from them for years, in Norway ...

 

Well, new to me!

Their homepage is french.

Do you - perhaps - use a french proxy server?

I heard 'rumours' that they are starting out in different contries november this year.

Please explain if you know more.

 

But it doesn't affect my initial question.

Feel free to read 'Qobuz' instead of 'WiMP'.

MM

Millemissen:

Will this change our way of listening: ... adieu iTunes

It probably will not change our way of listening - but it might change the quality of convenience-oriented playback systems.

 

And I wouldn't write off iTunes just yet...

http://www.whathifi.com/news/apple-asks-for-hi-res-music-files-for-itunes

and stories like this have been floating around for some time...

Cheers

-geoff

I do hope it is coming to the UK soon

http://wimpmusic.en.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=20295&item=122428

WiMP introduce new iOS version for improved music discovery. 02:05:2013

Today, music streaming service WiMP release an updated iOS version with new and improved features for iPhone and iPad. Among the news are artist and track based radio, genre overview and pages for album- and playlists. Also, an updated desktop version for PC and Mac will be released shortly.

Track and Artist Radio for discovery of similar music

Through cooperation with The Echo Nest, WiMP is now introducing two new features to let users get more of what they like. When listening to a track, users can select Track radio to play more similar tracks. A similar feature also lets users on the artist page hear tracks by similar artists.

- We believe this new feature will help our users discover even more artists and get tips even beyond our editorial recommendations. It’s all about convenience,

says WiMP Global Editor, Thor Martin Jensen.

The Echo Nest is the leading music intelligence company, providing application developers with the most in-depth understanding of music content and fans through ‘big data’ technology that actually reads about and listen to music everywhere online.

- It’s great to collaborate with WiMP, a company equally as obsessed with music discovery as The Echo Nest, says Jim Lucchese, CEO of The Echo Nest. The Echo Nest’s industry leading playlisting and discovery solution, coupled with WiMP’s expert editorial and curation, are a winning combination. Together we are helping music fans discover new music they’ll love, Lucchese says.

Millemissen - you'll find a choose language button in the upper right hand corner.

You can listen to Qobuz from a number of nations, you can download content to your mobile devices, etc. No problem at all.

Been a member for several years - the lossless stream is excellent, and the selection is large, including many versions of the same recordings. And no need for a French proxy server.

soundproof:

Millemissen - you'll find a choose language button in the upper right hand corner.

You mean the 'Google Translate-button'👻

 

Thanks for the info anyway - I think I'll give WiMP a try....

...stop ripping my CD's and maybe even sell my NAS.

Greetings Millemissen

Haven't bothered with looking into WIMP, since I'm very satisfied with Qobuz. Particularly with their 24/96 downloads, and the fact that I can put music on mobile devices, and easily change the playlist of what is made accessible on them.

They're pretty serious - down to even making available a calibration download for two-channel playback.

I have just downloaded the app, and looked at their service. If I'm right the 9 euro per month is a 320 mbs download quality just like most of Spotify, but the real stand out service is the CD quality service at 29 euro per month.

Looking at it from the English speaking world, the site can be a clumsy at times whilst it constantly tries to translate, and when I selected pop/rock it came up with country and western!

@soundproof

How - if at all - did the opportunity of streaming all the  music you want to in uncompressed quality change your attitude to music/music-listening..

Are you consuming more?

Do you 'shop' more, because you now can have it all (the 'buffet-mentality').

Are you listening to albums more than once (if you are an album-listener).

Has your taste of music changed?

Do you enjoy music as much as before?.

Did you change your equipment? No CD-player - no NAS?

And more........

These are questions I wanted to hear answers/opinions to.

When we don't 'own' the music anymore, in some way or another our attitude to music will change, I guess.

MM

I enjoy looking at the beautiful countryside and other peoples houses where I live. I don't own any of them, but that doesn't change my pleasure in appreciating them.

Hi Chris,

But what if you could just move in (and out), whenever you would like to?

Would that be different?

MM

Maybe, but using a Spotify on my comfy new H6 headphones makes for a great experience.

Millemissen:

@soundproof

How - if at all - did the opportunity of streaming all the  music you want to in uncompressed quality change your attitude to music/music-listening..

Are you consuming more?

Probably couldn't consume more music, as I'm voracious in that respect

Do you 'shop' more, because you now can have it all (the 'buffet-mentality').

I listen to more varied music, and a lot more recordings/versions, and I find it very engaging to easily be able to compare versions of classical recordings, for instance. Interestingly, Qobuz and other streaming services have enormous catalogues of classical and jazz acoustic.

Are you listening to albums more than once (if you are an album-listener).

I love vinyl, and the album habit has stuck. I rarely listen to just one track of something.

Has your taste of music changed?

I prefer acoustic music, in any category - with little post-prod, and that's what takes up 90% of my listening.

Do you enjoy music as much as before?.

I have excellent sound systems - and enjoy music wildly.

Did you change your equipment? No CD-player - no NAS?

Haven't spun a CD in at least two years, and when my NAS gave up the ghost three years ago, I didn't bother with replacing it.

And more........

These are questions I wanted to hear answers/opinions to.

When we don't 'own' the music anymore, in some way or another our attitude to music will change, I guess.

Well - I do own about 6.000 vinyl records ... and crates of CDs, that have been taped shut.

MM

 

Maybe I wasn't clear enough in my postings?

After I have started using Spotify, I certainly have noticed some changes in my music-listening behaviour

As you know Spotify (Premium) is 320-quality - this is the reason why I still use my CD- and FLAC-collection, when I sit down for 'heavy-listening'.

I use Spotify  more for exploring and for background listening.

But I definitely use my CD/FLAC-collection less than before, and have stopped ripping my new CD's?

If WIMP (Qobuz or anything similar) brings me the lossless quality i want, I probably wouldn't need my 'own' collection anymore.

I would need no CD-player, no NAS anymore....

My setup would change - probably I would end up with my Playmaker and a pair of good speakers (for each room) and my iPad.

If this is the reality for other B&O-owners too, will B&O ever need to bring out a new 'audiosystem' - and if, how should it look like?

MM

Thanks, soundproof.

Your answer came, when I was writing my last post.

MM

I love spotify, I have used it for about a year now. I used to spend about £30 a month on iTunes new music and now I spend £10 on spotify. To be honest I used to buy albums and I listen to them for a week or two then they sit on the virtual shelf like old CD's.

spotify is streamed from my ipad to my airport express on atape2 and via ML around my house and it's wicked I just wish there was an app for the blackberry z10.

i subscribe to about three playlists that are updated weekly to contain the latest chart music. That's all I need really.

 

Tonker:

I have just downloaded the app, and looked at their service. If I'm right the 9 euro per month is a 320 mbs download quality just like most of Spotify, but the real stand out service is the CD quality service at 29 euro per month.

Looking at it from the English speaking world, the site can be a clumsy at times whilst it constantly tries to translate, and when I selected pop/rock it came up with country and western! Beovision 11-46, Beovision 8-26, Beovision 3-32, Avant RF 28, Beosound 8, Beolit 12, Beocom 2, Beotime, H6 and Form 2, Beo 4's and a 6.

I did too - but then it wanted access to my FB friends list which is a no-no.

I guess I could/should create a second FB just for this purpose so that my suppliers could spam one another instead of you :-)

HI there

Spotify allows you to use your facebook login or create a seperate login.

i opted for facebook and then just disabled the auto posting from within spotify and updated the application privacy settings within faceboko to read only never post etc.

 

Hope that helps a little

 

I just declined the request for a link to facebook. There are actually people who aren't on fb, and they are still capable of buying streaming services.