One of the things that irritates me intensely about streaming services is that albums will come and go because of licensing changes without any warning whatsoever.
I sat down today to play albums by Andreas Vollenweider, only to discover that Qobuz has dropped all but one of his 14 albums that I have in my library. Fortunately, I had bought 5 previously, so they exist as local copies in the library - now I’m going to have to seek out the rest - and now not all are available for download purchase.
Almost next to my biggest gripe, which is that even if the do put the Vollenweider albums back up, they might be a different and hot compressed mix that sounds like garbage compared to what you used to play.
I think the issue is not one of resolution, but quality of the release, i.e. mastering/ remastering.
I’d like Roon to deal with this a little more gracefully. More often than not one release is replaced by another yet tracks vanish from playlists and albums are unavailable. It’s be good if Roon suggested alternatives rather than having to do this manually.
I’m not disagreeing, just saying what I do. I don’t buy music and don’t own music. I just try to keep my Tidal and Qobuz linked to the best available. It can be a moving target.
