Why is it not available on any of the streaming platforms? I don't know. It is out of print on CD, & totally unavailable from any streaming service in the U.S.
Case in point: my favorite Van Morrison album, for personal as well as musical reasons, is "Tupelo Honey". (This is particularly true of classical music, where the particular performance matters, not just the composition.) And I have plenty of CDs that are not available on any streaming service. I have over 1,000 LPs that never made it to CD or digital, and some of them are some of my favorite recordings. If it's a recording I care about, I want to own it in perpetuity - so that I know I will always have it. Not to mention that your library of ~10,200 albums will immediately increase to over 30 million.The difference between streaming & downloading is that I "own" the downloads. So if every penny counts, you can do the math: you can buy a streamer and a subscription to Qobuz, stop/reduce buying downloads and you will save a ton of money. But if you are already buying downloads and enjoy listening to them, you are actually streaming (albeit from your server instead of a music service). I realize that you are not interested in “streaming” and that you prefer physical media. So you might want to do your homework before purchasing. You should be aware that there are many examples of so-called high-definition downloads that are nothing more than "fake" Hi-Rez recording. However, if Qobuz is already offering you a better price, I would go that route. If you are not in a rush, every so often HDTracks offers discounts/specials that can save you money. Unfortunately, that information is not always available.
One way of checking is finding out when they were remastered and/or the remastering engineer. If the downloads are both the same resolution, most likely they are the same. (I might be mistaken but I didn't have the time to dig deep in their mobile site to refute this.)
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Also it seems if this extra info is available it's shown on their full site but not on the mobile version of their site. If I recall correctly some HDTracks releases will show a bit of information about the mastering process (who, when and maybe where) but this is not for all of their albums. (I've even gone as far as buying a few of the same albums from different sites to compare but not apples to apples - more so DSD vs PCM comparisons.) Ultimately I'd say let your own ears and wallet lead you in your decision. If there is a way to compare the same album (at the same bit and sample rates) from the two different services before purchasing I suggest doing so. Thanks!Even at the same sample and bit rates, if the albums were mastered differently this can play a crucial role in sound quality. I have found the identical albums, with identical resolutions, at both HDTracks & Qobuz, but HDTracks is selling them for more than double the price Qobuz is asking.Īre the HDTracks Hi-Res downloads so audibly superior to the identical resolutions on Qobuz that they are worth double the price, or should I just save some money & go with Qobuz? (I have no problem paying more if it actually gets me better quality.) Since my new SACD player (Marantz SA-10) has digital inputs, I now want to purchase (download) a number of high-resolution albums that are not available on SACD.
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