May 27, 20215 yr Just cancelled my Tidal subscription since it looks like there is almost no difference in the music I care about between Tidal and Qobuz anymore.
May 27, 20215 yr I need to try out Qobuz too.....Tidal hasn't been bad for me, and there's SW that let's you rip for offline use. But the MQA thing does bug me....thankfully most of the music I've been streaming isn't MQA.
May 27, 20215 yr I think I’m jumping ship to (cr)Apple music soon. Once lossless is ubiquitous, Tidal loses a lot of its draw. Edit: OK, just watched the video. Goodbye, Tidal. That video is so damning. Edited May 28, 20215 yr by TMoney
May 28, 20215 yr There’s now a part 2, if you feel like spending some more time: There’s pure insanity going on surrounding this on various forums. The pro-MQA crowd is now engaged in trench-warfare trying to discredit the guy who posted these videos. Changed its tune to “well we never said it was lossless — it’s lossy but BETTER than lame old lossless!”. There’s an edit war going on in the Wikipedia MQA article.
May 29, 20215 yr If MQA was a nothing-burger that didn't add anything over lossless I would have just shrugged and kept using Tidal. Bit-perfect lossless is the goal. Those videos suggest that MQA tracks generated from hi-rez masters actually harm the sound vs. just having a redbook FLAC. That is totally unacceptable.
May 29, 20215 yr 21 minutes ago, TMoney said: Those videos suggest that MQA tracks generated from hi-rez masters actually harm the sound vs. just having a redbook FLAC. That is totally unacceptable. Come on, didn't you read the marketing copy? By being lossy in weird obtuse ways, MQA is now better than lossless! I'm watching this manufactured drama unfold with morbid fascination. I just wish I knew what problem MQA was supposed to solve. Want lossless? FLAC. Want compression? MP3, AAC, Vorbis. Is MQA a better lossy compression? Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Just give the community enough resources to actually test it and prove it.
May 29, 20215 yr I’m on the Qobuz trial, too. Playing through Audirvana, which gives 90 days. Enjoying the curated content, and it actually sounds better than Tidal to me. Too bad there’s no easy way to ABX, or I’d give it a shot.
May 29, 20215 yr I've been on Deezer for years. Not the greatest interface but FLAC quality and I've got playlists I've invested in creating... I've often wondered whether they will continue to survive in the U.S. but so far so good. Only odd thing was I once had to cancel to enjoy a reduced rate that was more reasonable ($15/mo vs a good bit more if memory serves). HS
August 30, 20214 yr Had never heard of Primephonic before this, but interesting news for the classical music fans who have Apple Music. https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/30/22648604/apple-acquires-primephonic-classical-music-streaming-service
August 31, 20214 yr Yeah, I tried Primephonic for the trial period when I first heard of it many months...or a year? ago, it was...fine.
November 17, 20214 yr So TIDAL is apparently catching up a tiny bit with the times....just got an email, and they now have 3 tiers: Free tier with basically MP3 quality HiFi tier with CD ( ? ) quality HiFi Plus tier with HiRez quality where available I was in the HiFi tier, and got upgraded to HiFi Plus at same price. No word of course on MQA.....at least not in the skimming I saw. I'll likely hang on to it for longer now, but will see about ultra-long-term.
November 18, 20214 yr Me n+1! Additionally, they promised to give my favourite band every month 10% of my fee -- that's like $1.50, which is about $1.50 more (with rounding) than they're getting from Spotify, as I tend to listen to some very underground bands. https://tidal.com/formusic?showLove=true&crm=true Just decided to keep Tidal, if for nothing else, for that. Of course, in April, that'll probably be Kylie Minogue, but that's okay.
November 18, 20214 yr Author Speaking of which, Slickdeals points out three months trial, any plan, for $1 https://slickdeals.net/f/15409318-tidal-music-subscription-3-months-1-00-any-plan-bestbuy In the comments they point out best buy has 6 month of apple music for free* (new subscribers only) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-free-apple-music-for-6-months-new-subscribers-only/6451501.p?skuId=6451501 But my favorite comment was "I just subscribed through Argentina via VPN it's like 1.5 usd a month for hifi" Geographical Arbitrage FTW Edited November 18, 20214 yr by Grahame
January 9, 20224 yr Seems the Spotify hifi tier timing is still unknown (missed earlier stated EOY). https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/All-Platforms-Music-HiFi-Quality-Lossless-Streaming-16bit-44/idc-p/5324421#M238504 Edited January 9, 20224 yr by blessingx
January 9, 20224 yr ^^ My son is waiting for that....I am giving him my Elac Discovery endpoint, it does Roon (he can't use that when they move to their new apt.) and Spotify connect. I am also giving him a pair of speakers and a receiver. Sounded good with Spotify, but not as good as with Tidal/Roon..... Edited January 9, 20224 yr by skullguise
January 9, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, blessingx said: Seems the Spotify hifi tier timing is still unknown (missed earlier stated EOY). https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/All-Platforms-Music-HiFi-Quality-Lossless-Streaming-16bit-44/idc-p/5324421#M238504 Jebus. How hard would it be for them to just start serving up 16/44.1 FLAC in addition to 16/44.1 MP3? Maybe an exclusive KS/WASAPI mode in the desktop app. That's all it would take for me to be a very happy camper. Edited January 9, 20224 yr by Beefy
June 20, 20242 yr On 1/9/2022 at 2:07 PM, Beefy said: Jebus. How hard would it be for them to just start serving up 16/44.1 FLAC in addition to 16/44.1 MP3? Maybe an exclusive KS/WASAPI mode in the desktop app. That's all it would take for me to be a very happy camper.
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