mikeymad

Thanks again. I do think I will give Qobuz a try, to see if their buffer can bridge the gaps in my downtime. I did see lots of reports of them sounding good, and lots of hate for TiDAL MQA debacle.

ha, TIDAL apparently....

I did try that when I first got the iFi Audio Micro iDSD Signature Finale Portable Headphone Amp and DAC. It worked, just not as convenient if I am also trying to use the phone for anything else for an extended period of time, or not fully charged. I thought I remember it not sounding as good as my laptop out, but would need to do a direct test. But a free Qobuz trial wouldn't hurt as well to test all the variables. thx again

Thanks G - The download would work for phone (just a bit less spontaneity) - but not for windows app unfortunately. I do serious listening more on the laptop than on the phone. I connect to real headphones. Hmmm that would be nice. I might have to explore Qobuz more. Seems that there is an app for windows as well. I could try a Qobuz trial to see if that will work for me. I would pretty much max out any buffer that they would offer. Time to search for a 90 day trial code.. :}

So this may not be worthy of a thread resurrection, but I am wondering about any other experiences. I have been using, and happy with, TIDAL for around a year or so now. But now that I am using the Elon internets I have started to have issues with buffering. Apparently, from my research, TIDAL does not buffer that much data when streaming. I have dropouts with both my phone app and the windows app - I have not directly compared it to the browser version, I stopped using that a while ago. Anyway with Startlink the internet is either on or off, and living amongst the trees causes it to drop more often that I would like. Example (line at the top is good): So, my internet does not really slow down, it is binary, it just turns off. What does this mean Mikey, and get to the question? I am curious about Qobuz and if there is any experience about how much data it buffers to handle these types of outages. TIDAL can handle a few seconds but a 6-10 second drop, like the right hand side of the graph, nope it will stop the song, and sometimes freeze the app. Causing me to kill the app in the task manager, and say bad words. I would have no issues with switching to Qobuz, but only if it would have a better experience (i.e more data buffering). But any thoughts, experience, ideas would be appreciated. I already put the dish on a 33 foot pole, that helped get a lot more stable connection. (ignore the DIY setup - just temp solution for testing)

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus 1963 https://album.link/i/1471359682 Example: Worthy 4 track set. With the monster 18 min side B.

Year end Marathon of very bad movies. But at least we are making fun of them. The only problem I had is that I fell asleep to it, and woke up in the middle of a Joe Don Baker movie. Not the way you want to wake up..

La Petite (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Ludovico Einaudi 2023 https://album.link/i/1711280464 Example: Short album of short tracks. And I like them all. I have not seen this movie, but I have a trigger on TIDAL for Ludovico, so gave it a listen. I wish I could use some of this music to accompany my drone shots, but I would get content matches. Anyway, just lovely melodies. Not a lot of heavy lifting here.

RIP Tom Smothers dead at 86. Lived in Santa Rosa for bay area HCers.

Christmas loaf. First camper bake, whole grain wheat with just a bit of oat flour. Made from new starter. she'll eat...

Cheers Sir Ric -- Happy Birthday.. You can buy all the Camera Equipment you want at any store that is open today... Wishing you a great family day.

Cheers Ken - Merry Birthday and Happy Christmas -

I have not done any real searching this season, been a little busy. But I guess it goes to show that, like most sports for me, if I cannot watch it easily and for free, ...meh... And highlights just don't seem to do it for me, yeah if I followed a sport and I need to know the results of the one game that I missed before the next match. But I just don't follow anything like that, so watching a highlight of a game that I am not invested in, is boring. Now when I am in day 5 of a cricket test match that I have watched all 4 days leading up to it, and it is within a 100 runs of winning The Ashes, I am all in! go sports...

Sad to report that last year, World Curling Youtube stopped broadcasting and posting full length matches. Only highlights. I unsubscribed.

Let us hope that it is redirecting not building steam. Now that I live at a base of one volcano and about 60 KM from St. Helens, I have a newfound respect for 'do what the geologist say'. Stay safe.

I never thought of Josh doing Broadway. It is what he should have been doing. Such lovely tone. Anyway, I never really was drawn to seeing Todd before. But my interest is peaked more than before. I think that Johnny Depp movie threw me off.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1BlgiVoD5l/?igshid=ZDE1MWVjZGVmZQ== VID_32270722_233406_907.mp4 Edit: hmm that does not seem to work in my chrome browser - and it is big - sorry admins. Let me know if I should delete - or how to.

^^ I watched the Tiny desk the other day when it came out. Was not compelled to post. I thought it was good, I really liked her tone and style, and that was about it. I didn't really care about a 'jazz' label on it, and still really don't. It's music and it is good. Enjoy. So. I saw this yesterday and I really liked the song when I first heard it and how it was used in the movie. I took the time and listened to it again, on a good rig and with headphones. I can say that it is an audio treat, layering and depth of field. Really well done. What Was I Made For? [From The Motion Picture "Barbie"] Billie Eilish 2023 https://song.link/i/1696819855 No YouTube link this time, listen to it from your streaming service in high-rez with your main headphone rig. worthy.

Planet Earth III (Original Television Soundtrack) Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, Sara Barone 2023 https://album.link/i/1717011744 Nice Soundtrack for life from Sara and Jacob.

Almost as suggestive.. Christmas Portrait (Special Edition/Reissue) The Carpenters 1978 https://album.link/i/1434882633 Example: 🎄🎁

A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened (2023) It does not make me want to watch the special again, but I do feel a little better for having seen it. And grateful that I didn't see the other specials at the time {Donny and Marie, Bob Hope, etc.}

CLOSURE / CONTINUATION. LIVE. AMSTERDAM 07/11/22 Porcupine Tree 2023 https://album.link/i/1714270546 Example: New Porcupine Tree live album? Yes please. Well recorded, and a good performance, considering it was a single show. I have been lax in my Tree listening as of late. TIDAL queue is just too long sometimes. But this was a welcome treat.

Okay Speaking of 1964 Speaking of Live Speaking of Jazz Trio Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio – Live in Lugano, 1964 Oscar Peterson 2023 https://album.link/i/1702942233 Example: Now these are examples of good archive recordings. Well recorded, great performances and so fun. So many other unreleased live performances are unreleased for a reason. This does not seem to suffer from that. I also enjoy the 'album' format. 6 tracks - 43 minutes. I don't always need the ultimate complete recordings with 74 tracks and 8 hour runtime. {opens TIDAL and searches for '1964 live'}

Tales: Live in Copenhagen 1964 (Live) Bill Evans 2023 https://album.link/i/1715457640 Example: Great Sunday listen. It almost just sounds like live in the studio (no audience for the first 6 tracks). So I did some research. 1-6 recorded at Radiohuset, Copenhagen, August 10, 1964 7-10 recorded at TV-City, Copenhagen, August 25, 1964 11 recorded at Stakladen, Aarhus, Denmark, November 21, 1969. The recording of the second half of the album is still good, just not as great as the first 6. But it seems that Bill was really in a nice groove in 64 and these tracks are a lot of fun.

It had been a long time since I had seen any of these. And about a week ago YouTube served one up to me. I have almost finished all three seasons at this point.