I recently ordered the HD 650s and the Qudilex-5K and was wondering if Spotify’s audio quality will be a good enough music source for my untrained ears. This is my first audiophile setup.
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Yes, but sometimes the masters on spotify/streaming are very bad. I mostly listen to jazz and for a lot of jazz it’s really shitty 2000’s Rudy Van Gelder Remasters which are just abhorrent. Also, if you are getting deep into music you’ll probably find a lot of stuff you want to listen to that’s just not on spotify. But other than that it’s fine
Yes , make sure to put audio quality settins on “very high”
Yes , make sure to put audio quality settins on “very high”
Yes. A good number of people claim to hear a difference between high quality MP3s and lossless, and I’m not going to call them all idiots hyped up on placebo, but the fact of the matter is that the differences in a listening situation, even in a worst case scenario, are extremely small.
You might not, but I certainly do, they are morons lol
As someone who can hear the difference, it is extremely small and I only really notice it while ABing. But I just want the best no matter how impractical it is :3
Spotify Premium is good enough for most people. I’m sure u might have someone around u friends or family who have a high quality streaming plan from Amazon/Apple/Tidal etc check out for urself to see or just play a lossless music file thru ur phone/pc on the Senns via da Qudilex.
I still think Spotify has a good social element to it. IMO music should be fun and enjoyable first but you do you 👍yes
Yep. It’s good enough that you don’t need to worry about it. As long as you uncheck the option for volume normalisation, you will be good to go.
If you later down the line will want to experiment, you can start experimenting with higher end source material.
In my experience, which master was being sent out for which media/streaming service matters far more than a higher bit-rate number than Spotify can provide.
Volume normalization for the normal and quiet versions don’t actually impact sound quality now, if I’m not mistaken. It’s only the loud ones that affect the actual data.
I can’t tell a difference between Spotify premium and Amazon Music HD, but I choose Amazon because it’s cheaper for me as a current prime member.
Spotify Premium audio quality is fine for most people, but there are other reasons why I think it’s a bad choice. Namely, artist revenue.
I take it you dont shop at big chain supermarkets because they pay farmers less too? I doubt it buddy.
How is the qudelix 5k? Was looking for DAC/Amp. I heard some people use FIIO K7 too
I pair my HD-650s with a Bottlehead Crack.
Going against the grain here, but personally I wouldn’t decide based on the opinions of other people’s ears. Test some different files out for yourself, you may or may not perceive small differences between low and high bit rate MP3’s and AAC’s, and lossless FLAC, WAV etc. I personally see no reason to choose a lossy source, when lossless is available. That’s my opinion and people will downvote me for it.
Definitely yes was subscribing do deezer/tidal or downloading flac when I’m starting on my audiophile journey but end up using spotify anyways lul the difference is sometimes not audible or so little you know spotify is so so convenient
Yes
I wouldn’t know to be honest with you, I still use CD Players to listen to music with my set up.
Honestly I found it interesting to compare different sources myself. I just did trial memberships with different platforms and compared side by side. I did hear differences although I am not sure if just one is a tiny tiny bit louder than the other. Out of spotify, tidal, Qobuz and Amazon music I prefered Qobuz almost every single time blind testing, but it could be what I mentioned above. It sounded definitely different from Tidal even though it had the same Resolution / lossless files.