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If you're looking to stay off Apple Music, Idagio is good. (I'm not affiliated with them, other than being a happy customer.)

cbfrench 5y ago
I can second this. I’ve been fairly impressed with Idagio in the years I’ve been using it. My only real gripe with it is that it used to be much easier to glance through a composer’s works by genre when looking at the composer’s page. Now that feature is buried a couple of menus down. Otherwise, the audio quality is good for a streaming service, and the catalog is extensive. (At one point they were testing a feature where you could compare recordings of the same piece. It would effectively allow you to switch between pieces at the exact same moment in the particular passage you were listening to. It was great, and I’m sad they never rolled it out. That feature alone would have made the app worth the monthly subscription.)
- eggoa 5y ago
  My gripe is the 1/2 second pause between tracks, even when they're supposed to blend together, like between 3rd and 4th movements of Beethoven's 5th. Otherwise it's awesome.
leokennis 5y ago
When I tried Idagio about a year ago their catalogue consisted of “second rate” labels for a large part. There was some DG/Harmonia Mundi/Sony but mostly releases by lesser known labels. Is that still the case?
- dmbaggett 5y ago
  In new releases I'm seeing Warner, Pentatone, Cedille, Sony, Decca, Arcana, cpo, signum, dB, Chandos, Erato. The main label I personally miss is Hyperion but I'm not sure they're streaming anywhere.
wrycoder 5y ago
I'm hard of hearing. The problem I have with Idagio is their low audio level - much less than e.g. Apple Music. I don't see any good reason for that - I don't need to be protected from myself. I finally cancelled - I couldn't hear the music. Currently, I like Tidal a lot. They have a video of Nemanja Radulovic / Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor which is stunning.
juped 5y ago
I tried both (along with a few others I don't remember the names of) and preferred Primephonic a bit, but I guess I'm an Idagio customer now. Wish I'd never given Primephonic a cent. The knee jerk is to blame Apple, but the real villains are the owners of Primephonic.

cbfrench 5y ago

I can second this. I’ve been fairly impressed with Idagio in the years I’ve been using it. My only real gripe with it is that it used to be much easier to glance through a composer’s works by genre when looking at the composer’s page. Now that feature is buried a couple of menus down. Otherwise, the audio quality is good for a streaming service, and the catalog is extensive. (At one point they were testing a feature where you could compare recordings of the same piece. It would effectively allow you to switch between pieces at the exact same moment in the particular passage you were listening to. It was great, and I’m sad they never rolled it out. That feature alone would have made the app worth the monthly subscription.)

eggoa 5y ago
My gripe is the 1/2 second pause between tracks, even when they're supposed to blend together, like between 3rd and 4th movements of Beethoven's 5th. Otherwise it's awesome.

leokennis 5y ago

When I tried Idagio about a year ago their catalogue consisted of “second rate” labels for a large part. There was some DG/Harmonia Mundi/Sony but mostly releases by lesser known labels. Is that still the case?

dmbaggett 5y ago
In new releases I'm seeing Warner, Pentatone, Cedille, Sony, Decca, Arcana, cpo, signum, dB, Chandos, Erato. The main label I personally miss is Hyperion but I'm not sure they're streaming anywhere.

wrycoder 5y ago

I'm hard of hearing. The problem I have with Idagio is their low audio level - much less than e.g. Apple Music. I don't see any good reason for that - I don't need to be protected from myself. I finally cancelled - I couldn't hear the music. Currently, I like Tidal a lot. They have a video of Nemanja Radulovic / Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor which is stunning.

juped 5y ago

I tried both (along with a few others I don't remember the names of) and preferred Primephonic a bit, but I guess I'm an Idagio customer now. Wish I'd never given Primephonic a cent. The knee jerk is to blame Apple, but the real villains are the owners of Primephonic.