Therefore there’s the chance the audio is altered (resampling, volume control, filtering). When you use the browser version of Tidal, the audio is put through the Windows mixer before it goes to the DAC. It’s about what happens to the audio before it gets to your DAC.Īlthough this guide is primarily written with Microsoft Windows in mind, it also applies on Apple MacOS. Why wouldn’t the audio signal be clean when playing music through your computer? Even when you’ve hooked up an external DAC to your system so the audio isn’t subject to electrical noise from the internal computer parts. Wait…!? What are you talking about?Īlright, this might sound confusing right now. Otherwise, you’re better off paying $9.99 for the Premium (320Kbps) subscription. When you’re paying the extra for Tidal Hifi it’s important that the signal is kept as clean as possible when going from source (Tidal) to your DAC. How to get the Best Sound out of Tidal HiFi? The music streaming service owned by Jay-Z and a variety of other successful music artists distinguishes itself by offering uncompressed (lossless) 16-bit 44kHz audio quality and a selection of MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) albums in 24-bit up to 192kHz to its subscribers if you’re willing to pay the $20 monthly fee. You could call Tidal the Spotify for audiophiles. FYI, Tidal dose not seamlessly steam through Jriver, they tried working out a deal but it fell through.MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) Tracks Everyone's systems will sound different but I've enjoyed streaming with Tidal and using Roon together to complete my music library. All of My Morning Jacket's streaming albums are terrible sounding and are hard to listen too. They let you know with a little light indicator, but it's also obvious. You can easily tell on Tidal when you don't get a good version of a CD. If I was new to the game then yes, lossless streaming is the way to go. With Tidal I'm able to find other versions, maybe a greatest hits or a completely different pressing that they used vs. For example, I have a several CDs that just aren't up to par for sound quality when they were made.
Through my system I find that Tidal can sound as good as my CDs played through Roon or Tidal. If you have lots of CDs you should rip and enjoy listening to them. I wouldn't say Tidal sounds better but as good as your CDs on a given piece of software like Jriver, Roon, so on.
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