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SQ difference between Air Play Lossless and Local FLAC playback?
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05-05-2023, 07:48 PM
Thanks mate,
I do have a UPNP server (Jriver running on a computer in another room) and taht does sound great streaming to Moode. However the convenience of streaming services and music discovery is too big...

For now I switched to using Tidal which sounds better (to my ears) than Apple Music on Airplay to the Moode. Frankly I'd be happy with proper lossless 44.1/16 and I really feel like it's just Apple music that downgrades the sound, I also tried Amazon Music and that too sounds better on Air play.
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05-05-2023, 09:01 PM (This post was last modified: 05-05-2023, 09:23 PM by TheOldPresbyope. Edit Reason: ETA - added mention of Deezer )
For what it's worth, there are Tidal and Qobuz streaming services plugins available* for the LogitechMediaServer. The server itself can be installed on Window or linux hosts or on least some NAS appliances. Full disclosure: Some time ago I experimented with the Tidal plugin but have since cancelled my Tidal subscription so I have no idea how well it's working these days.


Some like the LMS user interface, some don't, but that's true too for accessing the same services via a BubbleUPnP client, say.

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Kent

*ETA - and Deezer
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05-06-2023, 10:32 PM (This post was last modified: 05-11-2023, 09:37 AM by stefil.)
(05-05-2023, 07:48 PM)Blue566 Wrote: Thanks mate,
I do have a UPNP server (Jriver running on a computer in another room) and taht does sound great streaming to Moode. However the convenience of streaming services and music discovery is too big...

For now I switched to using Tidal which sounds better (to my ears) than Apple Music on Airplay to the Moode. Frankly I'd be happy with proper lossless 44.1/16 and I really feel like it's just Apple music that downgrades the sound, I also tried Amazon Music and that too sounds better on Air play.

The Oldpresbyope is right, you can use streaming services like tidal qobuz or others with uPnp (LMS handle this).

Discovery is not mandatory in that context, upnp renderer can receive the stream.
Works also with web radio streams.
upnp has 5 main layouts, not all are necessary at a time

With LMS you can integrate Tidal but also your itunes library
Moode can also be set as squeezelite renderer for a full integration with LMS if you are not satisfied with upnp

My LMS is hosted on a docker container on a Synology NAS
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