[canali]

i'm just getting back into audio and finding some great sound with various hi res streaming stations.
i know there is 'tune in' etc, and high res stations like deezer, goboz etc....but any others
you can recommend that don't cost as much perhaps?
 
found this times article useful
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/the-best-internet-radio-stations/
and i went on to sample some of the stations suggested.
(am also trialing the www.jazzradio.com site...some fab music there...but is a subscription service)
 
amazing what a good source can really do to your cans
 
feel free to suggest your own favs.

 

[PETEREK]

Pay for Spotify Premium at $9.99 a month and be happy on the go without listening too critically. If your headphones are a little unforgiving to poor recordings or bad bit rates, you better go with Tidal. Tidal has great audio quality for a streaming service, but the user interface is a piece of schiit. I personally use Spotify Premium and Pandora One on a daily basis while in the car or just on-the-go in general. 

 

[canali]

thanks.
 
the results of this test from 'the verge' were interesting, having a panel listen back to back apple music, spotify and tidal
without knowing the vendor.
 
all listening with the same pair of cans (sony mdr 7506) paired to an apple 6 plus

What sounds better: Apple Music, Tidal, or Spotify?

 
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/7/8872115/apple-music-tidal-spotify-audio-quality-test
 
also from cnet
http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-music-vs-spotify-is-there-a-difference-in-sound-quality
 
cnet makes a good point too when comparing, say spotify to tidal
''As we found when we compared Spotify to lossless-audio newcomer Tidal, listening tests can be tricky, especially with older material. If you're listening to an older (predigital) recording, the version your individual streaming service uses could be one of dozens of different versions floating around. For example, in one of our earlier tests the version of Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" on Spotify actually sounded better than the one offered by Tidal, even though Tidal's lossless compression should sound better. New releases are easier to compare because record companies tend to supply the same version to everyone: iTunes, CD-mastering and digital-streaming services
 
and as per a google check
/https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=spotify+vs+tidal+vs+apple+music+quality
 
all in all i think it's a great era we're in: hd in video, now coming to audio and forcing our vendors to offer up
better resolution music (thanks neil) to pair better with our better audio components...think it will only grow in the future.
 
i'm still new to all of this, but finding it nonetheless exciting and a great reason to get more deeply into audio,
in the same way that hd tv has done for my enjoyment.

 

[PETEREK]

Well, in my experience the Sony 7506 aren't too unforgiving to the source quality so it might not be very apparent which is better, which is probably a positive thing. If I were to be using that headphone, I would just use Spotify Premium. You can listen to any song you want and the quality will be as good as the headphone is capable of reproducing.