A very thoughtful post, Sieghard. Deezer is expanding its U.S. market beyond its Bose and Sonos offerings. Check with www.deezer.com if you are interested in following this growing company, headquartered in Paris.
Craig On 11/29/14, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all Sonos and music enthusiasts, > > > > Below is a link to an article which describes how Deezer, a music service > which has pretty much all the same features and an even larger collection > of > music than Spotify is now offering hi-fi streaming for Sonos users. The > stream will of course require a pretty fast internet connection as it is in > FLAC format (free lossless audio codec) and comes in at 1,411 kbps or > better. This is compared to 320 kbps which is what Spotify Premium > subscribers get. > > > > The only other music service which offers this quality and which is fairly > new and not yet available in Canada is Tidal. The Deezer Elite subscription > is $19.95 a month which is the same what Tidal charges. But anybody who > purchases a Sonos Play 1, Play 3, Playbar or I believe Play 5 as well will > get a one-year free Deezer subscription. That means if you are paying for > Spotify, you can save yourself $120 a year which goes a goodly way towards > the purchase of a Play 1 or Play 3. Anyhow, below is the link to the > article > and you can of course look in the archives for my posts about Sonos and go > to www.sonos.com <http://www.sonos.com> for more information. If you > Google > "Sonos Reviews" you will also find a lot of links for reviews of the Sonos > system from independent websites like Gizmoto, CNET and so on. > > > > http://blog.deezer.com/press/deezer-and-sonos-bring-music-lovers-the-first-g > lobal-high-resolution-streaming-experience/ > > > > I was, by the way, told that Sonos is currently working with Tidal to offer > their service via Sonos as well. This would of course be expected since > Sonos offers access to a huge list of music services via the Sonos system. > > > > I should also mention that accessing Deezer via Sonos is a much better > experience than Spotify because the Spotify app on Sonos is very limited > whereas Deezer gives you pretty much full access to what Deezer has to > offer. I was excited that Spotify is finally available in Canada as of a > couple of months ago and signed up for a Premium subscription, but since I > recently purchased a couple of Play 1 speakers along with a Sonos Playbar > and Sub and now activate the one-year free Deezer subscription, I am going > to cancel my Sonos Premium subscription today. I find that with these new > lossless streaming options, the amount of music available on demand > whenever > you want it and the ability to sync music to your device for off-line use > there really is less and less reason to actually go and buy the music. For > $240 a year I can have all the music I want now in lossless hi-fi format > whereas if I purchase an album via iTunes all I get is 256 kbps. Even with > a > Premium subscription streaming at 320 Kbps what I get is better than what I > can buy from iTunes. > > If you are streaming via a computer that is connected to a set of powered > speakers or an iPhone connected to a bluetooth speaker the higher price for > Deezer Elite is of course not worth it as you won't be able to hear the > difference between 320 kbps and the lossless format. You will need > something > like a Sonos Connect Amp paired with high-end speakers or a Sonos Connect > which is hooked up to an existing high-end stereo system to fully > appreciate > this increased quality. > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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