I wanted something like Rhapsody's library management, but with the same audio quality or better than what Spotify was providing with Ogg Vorbis lossy. I did try new stuff, Spotify was nice, but it did not check all of my boxes. There was more work and upkeep, but I was happy. This was great for sound quality, as the lossy format was at a quality level that few people could reliably hear any difference when compared to a CD, though the interface was not as user-friendly as my experience with Rhapsody. After giving a few services a trial, I settled on MOG music for a few years. Most of the time it was inaudible to me, but on some occasion it would become apparent, and I blind tested hundreds of tracks and worked to improve my ability to identify differences. I got bogged down in the audio quality mud, and to be fair, some of the earlier streaming services has mediocre sound quality. (old school Tower Records style) I was enjoying music in a manner that I never could have imagined back in the 70's, 80's, and 90's.Īnytime a new streaming service came out, I would test it out. After a short period of time, I had what was similar to having my own record store. What struck my fancy with Rhapsody Music back in the day (~2004) was that is it maintained a library, and whenever I added an album, the application automatically add the artist and all the songs to their respective categories. Works great for Sony Z7M2s! Decided to ditch the HiBy R5s (just wasn't getting enough use so selling on eBay) and I use the Walkman for my IEMs 90% of the time.Īlso picked up a pair of AirPod Max's - why aren't they are more regularly recommended contender against other wireless ANC headphones? I feel like they easily blow Sony and Bose out of the water - especially if you can pick up a used pair.Ĭoming from a pure streamer since Rhapsody Music came out nearly 20 years ago, I am now using Apple Music as my primary source for music enjoyment. I relied very heavily on my Walkman (ZX507) and HiBy R5 Saber for most of my listening - but I've found recently to really enjoy the snappiness and reliability of my iPhone with the ALAC of Apple Music paired with an iFi Hip DAC. Currently using HiBy WiFi Transfer to move original FLAC files to Walkman which is fine. If only Apple Music was less buggy on my Sony Walkman (won't download library), then I'd be set. Then I can do my organizing/editing and have it automatically sync to the cloud across all my devices. Found a simple app/software - "FLAC Pro" that'll convert FLAC to ALAC and automatically add it to Apple Music. I've got a growing FLAC library (~2500 songs). And! The ability to set an EQ to that track/album alone - what? Since Apple has added their lossless ALAC and now Spacial Audio (Dolby) compatibility, its become a strong contender for me. The ability to easily adjust track info (Album title, artist, name, genre, etc.) -or- change how the track gets sorted (really great for those pesky albums with a lot of different artists that cause sorting issues).
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