In Reply to: Abe, slightly OT... posted by ghost of olddude55 on December 24, 2024 at 03:46:15:
My only actual experience with hearing music from Apple was way back when you could download 128 Kbps then later 256 Kbps AAC music files from the iTunes store. AAC is lossy like MP3 but generally sounds a little better. I haven't 'streamed' anything from Apple but I will probably try them out at some point. I understand that they stream 'lossless' CD quality and higher these days.
To my ears Tidal and Qobuz are comparable in sound quality on my home system when played through Roon. And they both sound very good in the car.
Here's a thought on the various phone Apps for playing Tidal, Qobuz, Amazon Music, Apple Music, etc. Each of these has their own App and it is possible that some might be setup (adjusted) differently. I know that Apple's Music App has various EQ settings. Do the Tidal and Qobuz Apps have similar settings? I'm just throwing this possibility out there in case your App settings might have been different for Apple Music vs Tidal and others that you might try going forward.
To complicate matters there are 3rd party Apps that can tailor the sound across the board for whatever music App you are using.
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- It could be... - AbeCollins 09:32:07 12/24/24 (1)
- Turned off the EQ settings... - ghost of olddude55 09:40:16 12/24/24 (0)