AFAIK, yes, and they’re around the same ball park, I think cheaper on the individual plan, but a dollar more than Tidal on the Family Plan, IIRC. Nothing like trying them out.

Right now, it’s Qobuz that pays the most, and they also sport lossless audio formats as well. Tidal’s still a good pick, as far as music streamers go, though.

I’d like to think I have a healthy mix of both. Some albums are imo best in their original or earlier pressings (or at the very least in terms of bang for buck) and some have great remasters that make for the definitive version of the album, which can also be quite the personal preference.

For instance, early Zeppelin pressings (namely Porky Pecko and Robert Ludwig cuts) beat the most recent remasters out of the water, imo, but maybe I’d stick with the Classic Records’ 45rpm pressings if I’d been one of the lucky few to get them then.

And I definitely enjoy the older pressings from Pink Floyd’s DSOTM and WYWH more (have one with an HTM cut), but I like Animals’ 2018 Remix the most, when it comes to that album (although I could see someone prefering the OG’s sound) and the Syd Barret-era Mono versions remastered are great if you don’t want to lease your ass to pay for OG pressing prices on those.

Personally, I’ve moved from originals to good remasters, when possible, the better my system got, because it’s harder to find OGs from last century that are in good shape at a reasonable price and don’t take away from your listening experience with noise.

Non-targeted ads and funding from investors, as far as I can tell.

It’s French and free.

Worked for Turkey, apparently.

Oh, they’re in for it now. It’s strike three, so the next time they check their mailboxes, they’ll find a strongly worded letter there. That’ll teach them!

Hehe, they’re a niche buy, handmade from Portugal in the 00’s, called Harpa Lusitana.

Does that one have the God of Thunder cover track?

More BS to distract people from the Epstein files.

I’m giving IronFox a chance and also using a hardened Fennec, both of which are based on Firefox.

Didn’t think I’d see a degoogling list without DeepL, for translations. That’s definitely a choice.

More pressure? Okay, but at his age, there’s only so much clenching Donald’s butthole can exert.

Have to wonder where all the indignation from from the Federal gov supposedly overstepping its authority went, when the Republican party got its flaming bag of orange dookie through the door.

They’re still European, much closer to the EU geopolitically, and if you think about the many damaging trends we import from the macro USA, which is further distanced from us, it’s not such a big leap forward to think this might also contribute negatively to the social climate in the EU. Not to mention the UK itself.

I would personally suggest Qobuz, as it is demonstrably the service that pays artists the most and has multiple tiers of lossless audio options. The next best thing would be to buy from artists directly, whenever possible (maybe even physical media, if you have a good sound system for that).

People here advocating for piracy sound cute, but I wonder how actual musicians would feel about that.

Can confirm: am over 35 and if I stay up later than that I start to get cranky and sour about kids these days with their insistence on trying, instead of doing or doing not. Ugh!

Never watched any of the movies, but the gory setting and gameplay look very intriguing.

Congrats on falling down the audiophile rabbit hole. Shortly, you’ll be receiving your complimentary gold-plated interconnects and a lifetime subscription of A/B’ing different masters without actually listening to the full album 🙃

I’ve started collecting 1:24 and 1:18 scale models of my favorite movie cars and I guess you could say my holy grail would be a 1:18 sized, 1985, Cumberland Grey, V8 Vantage Aston Martin, from 007’s The Living Daylights (and recently, No Time To Die). That and the 1:18 Chevy Nova from Death Proof, without breaking my bank account.