HIGHRESAUDIO

It would seem you can only stream Hi Res (~35,000 against Qobuz ~70,000). On purchases, Qobuz’ Sublime discount is usually deeper than the one offered here.

Try the trial!

Not tried the streaming service but if their download quality is anything to go by,  it will be excellent.      They are one of my go to first www sites for downloads,  all metadata is correctly edited & almost always ready to go straight into the NAS.  I had just one problem once,  I e-mailed them (saturday pm) & within minutes the problem was solved & they apologised with a free download credit for next time.   The only problem is they are what their name suggests & don't sell 16-bit (CD quality) & if an album is not released in 24bit or DSD,  then they don't carry it.  

Shame at the annual stream price cheaper than Tidal and Qubuz HIFi subscriptions, but as MIKE-B says a weak catalog unless you just want the best quality to stream.

I good healthy bit of pricing competition, wonder is Sublime+  will give up the crazy £350 for 1 year and 1 payment 

I expect there tl be no difference streaming hi res quality between the two services. They’ll both be using the same master sources.

Obsydian posted:

Shame at the annual stream price cheaper than Tidal and Qubuz HIFi subscriptions, but as MIKE-B says a weak catalog unless you just want the best quality to stream.

I good healthy bit of pricing competition, wonder is Sublime+  will give up the crazy £350 for 1 year and 1 payment 

It is expensive but less than the cost of a new album a week.  If I could get gapless working I'd upgrade to Sublime+ from Sublime which I'm happy with for the discounts on purchases.

Obsydian posted:

Did not want to disrupt the Qubuz thread, but note i was about to go Sublime +, then saw https://www.highresaudio.com/en

Anyone any experience, some bold claims

Looks like they will be integrated into Audirvana in q3/2018 and potentially Amarra and Roon too.

My query is how I'll output to the Nova - there's a desktop app (mobile app in development) but if this can't output via Chromecast or UPnP I'd need a computer and a hooked up to the Nova or a DAC.

Obsydian posted:

Shame at the annual stream price cheaper than Tidal and Qubuz HIFi subscriptions, but as MIKE-B says a weak catalog unless you just want the best quality to stream.

I good healthy bit of pricing competition, wonder is Sublime+  will give up the crazy £350 for 1 year and 1 payment 

£1 a day for unlimited access to a vast catalogue, including most newer releases in hi res.  Crazy cheap imo! 

likesmusic posted:

Obsydian posted:

Shame at the annual stream price cheaper than Tidal and Qubuz HIFi subscriptions, but as MIKE-B says a weak catalog unless you just want the best quality to stream.

I good healthy bit of pricing competition, wonder is Sublime+  will give up the crazy £350 for 1 year and 1 payment 

£1 a day for unlimited access to a vast catalogue, including most newer releases in hi res.  Crazy cheap imo! 

Agree, i do pay £20 a month for Tidal (and £15 for Spotify), but monthly,  even a year Tidal is £240, Sublime+ is £360 a year, but 24bit (well more of) and discounted downloads which i don't want.

Mike-B posted:

Not tried the streaming service but if their download quality is anything to go by,  it will be excellent.      They are one of my go to first www sites for downloads,  all metadata is correctly edited & almost always ready to go straight into the NAS.  I had just one problem once,  I e-mailed them (saturday pm) & within minutes the problem was solved & they apologised with a free download credit for next time.   The only problem is they are what their name suggests & don't sell 16-bit (CD quality) & if an album is not released in 24bit or DSD,  then they don't carry it.  

I found a CD quality album on it, very over priced though compared to other sites.