Please compare:

02011-06-27 | Music | 7 comments

I thought that SoundCloud could replace my iDisk account, but the quality of their streaming seems very poor to me. Please compare the SoundCloud streams I posted yesterday with these streams and let me know in the comments what you hear. Thanks!

Barcelona Nights from Santa Fe:

Barcelona Nights from The Santa Fe Sessions:

7 Comments

  1. yumi

    Listening and comparing, for myself, I think the depth of the sound is shortened with SoundCloud.

    I will be very interested to learn what others think about the difference, or if there is one to them.

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  2. Steve(brokerbiker)

    Yumi- I agree with you. The difference seemed very apparent to me, immediately. I will compare again using my headphones, but SoundCloud seems very thin and I would not ‘store’ my music on it.

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  3. Joe

    I too agree that the difference is very apparent, even more so with headphones.

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  4. LindaW

    I too agree, the SoundCloud is lacking.

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  5. Ottmar

    Thanks!

    Apparently SoundCloud always streams 128kbps, regardless of the file stored on their server. In addition they may compress on the fly, in order to save space.

    I am still hoping that Apple might consider continuing iDisk beyond next Summer, but in the meantime I will continue my search.

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  6. v2or

    I have to eco what everyone else said the sound difference if very apparent.

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  7. Steve(brokerbiker)

    Ottmar- You gave us a ‘heads up’ on Apple Airplay. I just bought a new Pioneer A/V Receiver that has Airplay built in. Pioneer also has a vtuner Internet App that works through Airplay devices to provide Internet radio. I can now listen to Radio Free Santa Fe on a variety of devices.

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