Deezer Elite – total game changer
For the past 26 years I have been buying CDs – thousands of them. It took me a year to rip them to a lossless codec (ALAC) and put them up on my server. I then listen to the CDs on my Sonos system – wither from ZP90 connected to Benchmark DAC or Play 3, Play 5 or Soundbar. Then suddenly the winds change. Deezer has recently rolled out an inexpensive Elite service in the United States – which provides lossless FLAC streaming i.e. CD quality at 1411kps – on Sonos. Suddenly there is no point buying CDs anymore. Strangely, this service is more flexible than my own music library – which has been maxed out on Sonos for some time (65,000 track limit). With Deezer – everything is available. Strangely, I have had to stream albums from my Deezer account to my Sonos – albums that are present on my server, because I had to cut that album out of my library.
This is the end of digital music ownership. Aside from collector’s sets, blu-ray discs etc. I really don’t see the point of buying CDs from this point onwards. If you want an immersive music ownership experience – buy vinyl
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