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Question Regarding Tidal Streaming- Premium vs HiFi
Nick B:
--- Quote from: tmazz on July 29, 2020, 10:13:36 PM ---Tidal Premium is a compressed MP3 based service. When you move up to Tidal Hi-Fi the files are delivered as FLAC files using at a native 44/16 speed. If those files are MQA encoded they will unpack to 96/24 or 192/24 files depending on the file and the hardware and/or software you use to decode them.
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Thank you :thumb:
rollo:
Qobuz plays Hi-rez without MQA. Using Qobuz Studio now. 24/192 no problem, 24/96 and native DSD. To my ears and others better sonics than Tidal. For what it is worth.
charles
tmazz:
I have to agree about Qobuz. Not only did the native high res sound better than the MQA on Tidal , but I though it sounded better when comparing the identical CD resolution releases (tough to do because you never know if they are using the same master on an album, but when I compared a new album on the first day it was released I thought it was a pretty good bet that it was the same mastering on both services.)
I gave up on Qubuz when it was pulled from Android Auto and I couldn't use it in the car. But I recently found out that it is back again and I'm thinking maybe I will have to give it another try.
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