been subjecting my small audio server to a whole lot of grief.
Can you not find what you need in spotify? Sorry for the stupid question, it is more curiosity driven.. yes I am a cat.
I have a so old Spotify account that it predates their offical launch, which has everything to do with having one of the very early developers over for dinner one evening. In those days, you could tell by the song titles from which "release group" they had their files (which is not a problem in Sweden, as long as you pay the fees when it is streamed).
Thus, I've seen what happens when people have a beef with the distribution channels over various issues, mostly money. (The Taylor Swift brouhahaha is particularly well known, but I was more concerned with the Zappa case) If you want to be certain that music that is important to you is going to be available to you, nothing beats a local library.
Also, while the encoding of Spotify is quite good, there are always improvements to be had in quality.
I'd suggest going to
NPR for their sound quality test and assess your quality needs, in a soul-searching way, afterwards. If you can tell which is which, "congratulations", you need a bigger hard drive and better sound system. If not, well, go buy a Boom Box off the Dwagon. Collect, before the end of month ;-)