Home audio systems have evolved from one-speaker mono sound (many decades ago) to complex systems, such as whole-home audio that creates sounds rivaling concert halls and top-end cinemas. For over 40 years, Natural Sound has delivered high-end audio and video solutions to our clients in Weston, MA, and the surrounding communities. 

We partner with the best-in-class brands to deliver an exceptional audio experience - whether you’re watching a movie in your home theater, listening to music through a multi-room audio system, or enjoying high-end audio in a dedicated space. One of the brands we use is McIntosh. Founded in 1949, this leader in handcrafted, high-performance audio is known for its patented technologies engineered to deliver the legendary McIntosh sound performance. 

Let’s look at what our two-channel audio systems offer discerning audiophiles when combined with world-class, high-performance audio systems. 

Last time we met, we discussed Tidal and its partnership with MQA. This time we are going to bring its chief competitor Qobuz into the conversation. Tidal and Qobuz are at present the only services that bring "higher than Redbook CD resolution" music to the listening public. In that elevated sphere, they alone compete. For all you music lovers in the Boston, MA area, these are both excellent high-resolution streaming services.

Last time we introduced our Greater Boston, MA readers to the high-resolution audio streaming services, Tidal and Qobuz. Both offer their subscribers the opportunity to choose exactly what they want to hear and hear it in full CD resolution...or better, selecting from vast libraries of recorded music. In this way they are distinguished from services like Pandora (adaptive playlists, not on-demand, and lower quality) and Spotify (on-demand, but not full resolution). Other full resolution services include Deezer and Amazon HD, but neither offers higher than CD resolution listening choices.

(This is kind of a personal article about my relationship to recorded music. Reader beware!)

If you had told me 15 years ago that I could pay $20 a month and hear almost any music I wanted to in very good fidelity on both my home audio system here in Framingham, MA and my cell phone, I would have laughed and said "Really, what an incredible bargain.” 

Streaming music actually started around 2005 and has gotten progressively more popular as more services have been developed and the fidelity has gone from OK to really good--purportedly as good as a CD or better. You know, high-res or MQA or something of the like.