why again are Naim streamers not supporting Spotify?

Does Spotify offer downloads like Qobuz (CD quality and hi-res) ?

Is the catalogue as extensive ?

I dont doubt Naim streamers sound good with Cd rips or less but think they are optimised for higher quality source material.The fact is the likes of Linn and Naim dont rate Spotify.

Hi Jan,

Spotify doesn't offer downloads (although you can sync songs to your device and play them when not connected to internet) and 320kb/s is as good as it gets. 

I had assumed Spotify has a bigger library than Qobuz, but perhaps not?

Keith

Unlike Naim, Linn does offer an app, Songcast, that will stream Spotify.

Songcast was developed by a Linn user as no app existed at the time. It's an open source product, hence, quite different to Naim's proprietary nStream. AFAIK Linn don't offer an app themselves.

They have AirPlay though, which is already a much more elegant solution than having to deal with an extra box for the same thing.

It's offered on their website so it must be recognised by Linn.

Songcast is an audio device driver for mac and windows that sends any kind of audio output to the selected Linn DS. The multi room feature which replicates an audio stream to another DS is also called Songcast and uses the same protocol. All very neatly designed and also works with hires music up to 24/192.

There is no Songcast for iOS or Android devices. For iOS one can use Airplay (sometimes called "NetAux" by Linn). For Android I don't know.

And then there is the Kinsky app but this is only for controlling a streamer device like n-stream does for Naim devices.

Seems like the Logitech Squeezebox devices, Touch, Duet, are really excellent VFM compared to Linn and Naim streamers. I can stream all the music on my PC, listen to Spotify, internet radio, there's a Qoduz app available and control it all from my Andriod device(s). And it all sounds pretty good as well IMHO. Obviously Spotify at 320kbps is not as good as lossless formats, e.g. FLAC or ALAC. Why were they ever discontinued?

This argument does not hold water. Does it mean that in the same way, it should also not play anything lesser than 16bit/44khz?

Because its nice with some back ground music sometimes and the idea to have 2 different systems that handles this is quite disappointing.

//jonas

+1

Sounds like Linn has some good software options.  I thought I read in another thread that Kinsky works on Naim streamers.  I wonder if it is possible to use Linn's airplay app and bypass Nstream altogether?  

Yes, Kinsky works with Naim.

have tested it

Is a List of the 4000 hi res records avaliable?

4296 at the moment

http://www.qobuz.com/qualite/S...gement-ecoute-albums

cheers

Aleg

Thanks.  I'll give it a try.  

Wow

every Single One avaliable in the store

Qobuz, at first glance, does not have any heavier stuff in their selection. Is this some kind of statement from Naim toward fans of heavy rock and metal music?

Strange remark, as if Naim determines the catalog of Qobuz?

What are you missing?

Black sabbat

metallica

ac/dc

anthrax

e.g.

That's painfully low compared to Spotify's claim to 20 million songs; indeed there are whole genres where Qobuz has little to nothing.

It's clearly not a replacement, IMO, regardless of the audio quality.