This is indeed good news as I was flirting with an Auralic Aries Extreme with dual femto clocks for lossless HQ streaming with Tidal/Wimp. Hoping the current ID41 + MC200 will give it a fair fight.
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In the mean time I have stopped my Deezer account and subscribed to Napster which works like a dream on my M gear. I always used Deezer and now Napster to decide my next CD or download purchase.
Will Tidal and others to come streaming services change my behavior and stop me from buying at all, I wonder. At the moment I don't think I will.
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In the hifipig.com write-up, they mention streaming at CD quality and storing locally offline.
The storing offline is not mentioned direct from Tidal/Wimp.
If this were the case, this would defiantly be an interesting alternative to buying CDs and ripping.
Reading some other links there is also talk within 12-24 months (closer to 12) that there would also be HiRes content streaming... see what unfolds.
At the moment I'm enjoying the Napster interface into Sooloos and let's me try music I wouldn't have otherwise listened to and then decide what CD to buy next, to keep a high quality content... or look on one of the HiRes download sites.
If I could listen to a service like Napster and have the same interface into Sooloos but at CD or HiRes quality and then later download what I want to keep, then �19.99/month is a good deal. otherwise I think it's a little overpriced.
Without the download option, I think I'd rather stick to purchasing physical discs or downloading HiRes files that I own as that equates to 2x CD's/month.
Still good to see things going in this direction though and I may give it a go for the short term... my thoughts may change due to the convenience.
Darren
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otherwise I think it's a little overpriced.
