Thanks for all the "likes". There are other concerts that are well worth a "session" vs a "listen", and by that I mean a clear your schedule for 1½-2 hours an immerse yourself, like being there. "Eagles Hell Freezes Over" in DTS surround is another audio and visual treat, and in my opinion, one of the BEST combinations of band members making up that group. While I'm on that, does anyone else feel like the Eagles without Glen Frey just isn't "The Eagles"?
James Taylor Live at the Beacon Theater, there's many others.
On a completely different topic, and what one aspect of led me to this forum, the last week or two when I'm not working I've been exploring a number of music streaming services, now that I've achieved my MAIN GOAL: For OVER a year I've done a web search here, made a phone call there, but never really dedicated myself to finding out how to get "the music on my Android phone" (it's not really on it, that's where my apps are) IN to my killer sound system(s). In the past, for over 6 years, I subscribed to Spotify premium and plugged my phone in to a stereo audio input via an analog 3.5mm Monster cable, using the phone's D to A chip. Well, my "new and improved" Galaxy S22 Ultra only has USB-C and the little cable that converts USB-C to analog stereo mini-jack and then connects to the same Monster cable just sounds dull and lifeless, and the volume output is way too low. So I started out along the path of trying to get the digital stream from my phone to my equipment. Seemed "logical" kind of like a CD transport, and then having the receiver do the decoding. After what seems like a long time and a cheap "doo-dad" purchase or so, and Bluetooth is ok for my car, but DEFINITELY NOT ok for my home, I gave up that route and discovered "casting". I bought a used Chromecast Audio device for $50 ($15 more than they sold new) and I got it set up. Really impressive and I'm happy I have it, but within less than a week later I saw the WiiM mini pro streamer and got one. It's even better than the Chromecast Audio device, so now that I have that up and running, I have to decide on a streaming service. I get Apple Music as an inseparable part of my Verizon service plan, and they have up to 192/24 material, but as bad luck will have it, the WiiM seems to not be able to stream (Cast) Apple music at any resolution higher than 44/16. I have the output resolution on the WiiM set to 48kHz @ 24 bit depth. 44/16 comes through at 44/16, but I've had a lot of "Ultra HD Amazon music come through at 48/24 and Tidal Master the same, 48/24, which is my self-imposed res limit so I can have 2.1 playback on my Sony receiver. Anything higher than 48kHz blocks activation of ALL "sound field processing" on my Sony including the "A.F.D." configuration (2.1). So 48/24 is my "brass ring" output resolution and I have been working with the various apps and their services to ultimately have just Apple Music as my sole service or have ONE subscription service that can do this for any higher resolution.
