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minus-squareWander@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoMeanwhile tidal already has better quality at the same price.
minus-squareTheFrenchGhosty@lemmy.pussthecat.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoMQA is literal garbage, so no, Tidal doesn’t. Qobuz and Deezer do however.
minus-squareYote.zip@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s been a long time since the MQA controversy but I remember this was a great video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRjsu9-Vznc IIRC Tidal basically applies subjective post-processing onto the lossless files and pretends they sound better.
minus-squareuseful_idiot@lemmy.eatsleepcode.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSnake oil at best.
minus-squareTheFrenchGhosty@lemmy.pussthecat.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoTidal proprietary lossy codec, that they advertized as lossless. https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=pRjsu9-Vznc https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=NHkqWZ9jzA0
minus-squarecosta@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI wanted to like tidal, but song suggestions and the search didn’t cut it for me after using it for 4 months. Other than that, quality is superb and very affordable!
Meanwhile tidal already has better quality at the same price.
MQA is literal garbage, so no, Tidal doesn’t.
Qobuz and Deezer do however.
What is MQA?
It’s been a long time since the MQA controversy but I remember this was a great video on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRjsu9-Vznc
IIRC Tidal basically applies subjective post-processing onto the lossless files and pretends they sound better.
Snake oil at best.
Tidal proprietary lossy codec, that they advertized as lossless.
https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=pRjsu9-Vznc
https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=NHkqWZ9jzA0
I wanted to like tidal, but song suggestions and the search didn’t cut it for me after using it for 4 months. Other than that, quality is superb and very affordable!