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Originally Posted by bleucamaro
You piqued my curiosity, so I signed up for Tidal and did a bunch of AB testing between it and Spotify (connect) last night. Yes, Tidal sounds better. I don't think its from compression as much as lossy format (Tidal seems more full range - better lows), but even bluetooth streaming in the car, Tidal sounds a bit better, and I think its more how they EQ their files. The only analogy I can think of is in photoshop you start with the same RAW file, and Tidal would have more vibrance and a bit of sharpening. Then both export to .jpg but the Tidal export is slightly higher resolution. It ends up looking better because of the edits than the compression method. End of the day, still sounds better. . . Do I want to keep both services though? Spotify UI is miles ahead of Tidal's.
Tidal and Spotify can stream from their native apps, just select the device you want to play on (have to be on same wifi network)
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I’ll agree with you on Spotify’s superior UI. But the SQ from Tidal simply ups the game in a way I appreciate in my dedicated 2 channel room. If Spotify actually ever releases their hi-res format, I’ll surely switch back.