In just a few days, I have discovered many many many recordings that are new to me. it's an absolute joy for lovers of classical music. Primephonic's search feature for classical is head and shoulders above any other service, including Qobuz. I can't speak to the quality of their lossy formats.Ģ. No sound difference between hi-res tracks. My review, based on headphone and speaker listening with entry-level audiophile gear (Chromecast Audio connected to Topping D50s DAC via Toslink, NAD AV713 receiver, KEF Q50 speakers, HiFiMan HE400i 2020 headphones):ġ. One question regarding Primephonic v Qobuz: how can the hi-res recordings sound different between the two services, if they're the same recording delivered at the same lossless sample rate and bit depth? Seems to me that they would be the same bits streaming to my DAC. Perhaps this feature was added after the poster earlier in the thread suggested that you cannot. And BTW, you CAN search by conductor, soloist, composer, etc. I find myself sitting down to listen to music while reading a book at night, and before I know it, I've listened to way more music than I had expected and hardly read my book. It's search functions are phenomenal for classical music. I'm a new subscriber to Primephonic's top tier (hi-res). (No affiliation - just a happy subscriber) Primephonic has gone all-out to be the best classical music streaming service available today. The work that went into this simply awesome. This is a real time guide that explains passages in the music you are currently listening to. Primephonic has vastly improved on many, many levels: search (as good as Idagio), selection, support, booklets and documentation, music curation and suggestions based on listener history and finally they have now introduced what is called Maestro Listening guide. I am also a Spotify Premium subscriber (for popular music).
I gave up my Idagio subscription when Primephonic offered a half-price introductory year price (about $75). I've been a Primephonic subscriber since September. Spotify's search is best, but I'm finding Qobuz's search to be passably good. This seemed to be difficult to do in Primephonic. For classical music, it is important to me to be able to be able to filter on performer and/or conductor. Search Quality: From what I remember, search in Primephonic was difficult to use. Qobuz has enough gaps in content filled so that this is not so much of an issue.
Qobuz also has this issue, but to a lesser degree. When I did searches, I would often only be able to see one track shown from an album. The benefit of more presence is that recordings are more engaging because they sound more alive rather than just being reproduced.Īmount of Content: Also, Primephonic's lack of music content was an issue. Qobuz provides more presence around instruments and voices while Primephonic, though good, tends to sound more 2-dimensional in its sound quality. Sound quality: A Primephonic's sound quality was quite good, but Qobuz' sound quality was still noticeably better. Spotify Premium (320 kbps Ogg Vorbis which is not lossless) My subjective impressions of the musicality of the major HD streaming services:ģ. Adding Primephonic (a classical-only service) to the list as well:
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