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in which case both of you are happy with what you have. A good outcome all round. Let the format wars cease here I find it quite odd that increasingly on this board someone says how pleased they are with the format they are listening to, and have just invested in, only for someone to poor cold water on their enjoyment by questioning how could they be hearing what they say the are hearing because of the format they have chosen to listen to. Let's just respect eachother's different choices for accessing great music without having to always question, shall we?. Just a suggestion.

Thank you, that is a really helpful explanation. It gives me information to work from.

Your certainly close to answering or at the very least giving interesting context I'm not up on the tech side in the slightest and get quite confused by the language sometimes. I was very happy with an arrangement that evolved built around the Chromecast which seems an ideal method of laptop to amplifier connection. But this is now the restricting factor as it requires the cast function in the player. When at home and streaming from your local drive are you doing so to an amplifier? If so how? I have thought about Google Drive as the cloud storage. Something to investigate more. I thought VLC would be the answer as their mobile app is just the sort of interface I was looking for and had used as my player on my Android for some timebut when downloaded onto a laptop it was very different and quite restricted. I need to look again as I can't quite believe there should be the difference.

I have copies saved in two places, not on the cloud

I've used GPM for a few years as my cloud storage and player for downloads, casting to a Chromecast Audio. Not audiophile I realise but a perfectly acceptable set up, for now. Google's decision to close GPM and migrate everyone to YouTube Music has been particularly tiresome as you have to pay for YouTube Music Premium to access the cast function. Thanks Google! I've found Plex as an alternative, working nicely, but not being cloud-based that feels a step backwards. Anyone know of free cloud-based storage/player that has the cast function?

That's the one label that's really consistently piqueing my interest these days. I haven't bought a lot but those I have have been very interesting. This label is one of the reasons I buy more downloads for contemporary releases these days - many are in my Bandcamp Wishlist for some time soon

I wasn't suggesting that Discogs was the holy grail just that Allen might get an idea of his CD's value by looking there. I assumed he was clever enough to work out to look at the Sales History and to factor in the 'pie in the sky' pricers. A recent example has been Maria Schneider CDs, not seemingly many on the secondhand market (presumably original buyers still like them) and those that are selling are at £10+ which isn't a bad price at all. As with anything, it will depend on what titles he's trying to shift.

Yes, this. I'm surprised how much some rarer CDs do sell for. Worth running a few against discogs listings for an idea of their current value.

Just got myself the download off the back of this conversation, thanks everyone. I'd forgotten about its release.

The Paul Desmond Quartet, featuring Don Elliott - s/t [Vogue UK] lovely, lovely music

I try not to use Amazon. Prefer to support retailers that pay their taxes and respect their employees. I realise I'm in a minority and open to accusations of 'wokeness' or similar but I'm happy with that. And, that's a great album

Jackie McLean - One Step beyond [Blue Note, NY} finally snagged one, bread and jam for the rest of the month .

I didn't realise that was out yet. Need to get a copy quickly. Love Mr Porter's music so pleased to hear you report it's up to usual standard

How difficult and costly is it to make recordings available digitally through Bandcamp or your own site? Genuinely interested to know. I would buy Nessa downloads. A good example of how international shipping rate increases have restricted my access to US releases in recent years.

I would definitely, if it weren't 2.00 am here! My dedication only goes so far

I'm pleased you're enjoying it That is fantastic, thanks for posting. It scares me how much great music there's out there that I have no idea about. I'll certainly be making the acquaintance of Jupiter and Okwess.

Increasingly downloads for me, simply a matter of space. I buy more LPs than CDs as I like the 'vinyl experience', (yeah yeah I know...). I find it's original LPs or downloads for new releases now (unless it's Monk's 'Palo Alto 😁) I stream a lot, mostly non-Jazz, as low risk discovery and trialling. Almost exclusively new releases. As I have bought more downloads I have found CDs less rewarding, exposing the fact that the disc is simply a means of storage. So unless the CD package offers a lot of added value then why not the download? Another realisation alongside this is something I never thought would happen and that's that I don't miss the cover/notes on most CD releases anymore.

Beware the list of sold out titles. I very nearly sent the money for the Evan Parker/Keith Rowe before spotting the list. That quartet with Leandre was the other I was ordering

Admirable, you're lucky to still have one so it's worth supporting. I'd normally buy mine from Honest Jons for the same reason but I found something else very cheap on Juno and just had to add Jackie to the order

Is Juno not an option? Not having any idea of their EU postage rates but their UK rates are very competitive

Lots of great music in that selection. Enjoy them. I'm listening to the RCA LP of Citadel now having just listened to the Swedish version and ordered a reissue of Metropolis, all because of your original post so thank you!

Just ordered the McLean from Juno so hopefully it's available now

Well done Mr Abbott

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