robbiey60 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Anyone here tried tidal hifi? I tried it just the other day and am pretty impressed with the quality. I have always been an HT guy but ever since I purchased my 83s I have been more 2ch than ever before, probably around 70/30 music/ht right now. Prior to tidal I was only streaming youtube for the majority of my music so this is definitely a step up. I have tidal streaming off the web browser on my gaming pc, audio set to 16bit 44.1khz on the pc audio settings to match the content. Audio is sent from my gtx970 via hdmi to my old onkyo 705 used as pre/pro sending the signal to my NAD and rf83s. I do not use audyssey on ht or 2ch anymore and have a seperate sub eq and very basic "room treatments" consisting of throw rugs hung at the 1st reflection points. Laugh if you will but using the clap test I went from a distinct sharp echo when clapping in the room to none at all just with wall hangings. I also switch from 2.0-2.1 depending on music genre and/or mood. If any here are running tidal hifi what are connections, methods and reasons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiey60 Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 Oh and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! We are a little ahead of you down here in New Zealand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeinid Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Hi Happy new year to you too. I love streaming Tidal. I also love Spotify, Pandora, Radio Tunes and a few other services. I use my computer, a Wyred 4 Sound modified Sonus player and mostly a Lumin streaming player with built in support for Tidal. It's wonderful. Sounds awesome and I have the world at my fingertips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Yes, but after the Jay-Z acquisition there was a heavy shift in Hip-Hop and Pop with the recommendation engine and new releases. And they've had 3 CEO's since that time. http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6784736/tidal-jeff-toig-ceo-qa Tidal, pre-Jay-Z showed great promise, but it's just not worth the premium price if it will simply be used to augment one's owned media. Spotify is plenty sufficient for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeinid Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I agree about not liking the direction, but if it gets worse, I'm out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiey60 Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 I like spotify but the promise of 1411kbps flac drew me to tidal. If spotify offered this I would stay. Thoughts on this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wganzer Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I've been using Tidal for about 4 months and I love it. I play it thru a Squeezebox Touch connected to a Qnap Nas. I control everything via a iPad air. It works great . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiey60 Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 I've been using Tidal for about 4 months and I love it. I play it thru a Squeezebox Touch connected to a Qnap Nas. I control everything via a iPad air. It works great . I am a bit behind with all the new airplay tech and am reasonably new to pc in general, what is a squeezebox and a qnap and what are their functions if you dont mind me asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wganzer Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 A Squeezebox Touch is a device that accesses the music files on your computer to play on your music system. It was discontinued by the manufacturer (logitech) about 2 years ago. Why I don't know. You can find used ones on e-bay. Q-nap is a company that makes nas systems (network attached storage). This is a sort of specialized computer for large storage purposes. For example mine has 2 2 terabyte hard drives enabling me to keep thousands of cd's on one device. Sorry if my explanation is not too clear but there is literally mountains of information about this stuff on the internet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trentster5172 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) I play it through my MacBook Pro into an Emotiva DC-1 via USB to my Emotiva XSP-1, Emotiva XPA-1L monoblocks to my Klipschorns. Love it! It's a great hifi streaming service when I'm not listening to high def files, vinyl, or CD's. Edited January 5, 2016 by Trentster5172 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiey60 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 I play it through my MacBook Pro into an Emotiva DC-1 via USB to my Emotiva XSP-1, Emotiva XPA-1L monoblocks to my Klipschorns. Love it! It's a great hifi streaming service when I'm not listening to high def files, vinyl, or CD's.How does the quality compare to physical media on that(awesome)setup? I only have a few cds and cannot tell any difference on my 83s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Kid Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Call me old fashioned, but I will always take my own physical media over streaming media. Why? Because all it takes is a dip in bandwidth to make the streaming service say "gotcha" when they promised 1411 kbps. It can be their fault, or your own fault. With physical media, I never have to worry about that. Thus, I will always prefer the sound of a physical disc or vinyl. In addition, the less steps it takes to get to your amplifier, the better. A CD Transport or good BDP right to your amp is going to sound better, IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattSER Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Call me old fashioned, but I will always take my own physical media over streaming media. Why? Because all it takes is a dip in bandwidth to make the streaming service say "gotcha" when they promised 1411 kbps. It can be their fault, or your own fault. With physical media, I never have to worry about that. Thus, I will always prefer the sound of a physical disc or vinyl. In addition, the less steps it takes to get to your amplifier, the better. A CD Transport or good BDP right to your amp is going to sound better, IMO. You old fart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The History Kid Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Call me old fashioned, but I will always take my own physical media over streaming media. Why? Because all it takes is a dip in bandwidth to make the streaming service say "gotcha" when they promised 1411 kbps. It can be their fault, or your own fault. With physical media, I never have to worry about that. Thus, I will always prefer the sound of a physical disc or vinyl. In addition, the less steps it takes to get to your amplifier, the better. A CD Transport or good BDP right to your amp is going to sound better, IMO. You old fart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coleman Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I run Tidal HiFi through my Oppo 103D. Best music stream hands down imo. Very very impressed overall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RottenPilot Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I am in concurrence with Coleman. I stream Tidal through my Oppo 105D and find the quality to be excellent. I really like Tidal HiFi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trentster5172 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) I play it through my MacBook Pro into an Emotiva DC-1 via USB to my Emotiva XSP-1, Emotiva XPA-1L monoblocks to my Klipschorns. Love it! It's a great hifi streaming service when I'm not listening to high def files, vinyl, or CD's.How does the quality compare to physical media on that(awesome)setup? I only have a few cds and cannot tell any difference on my 83sSorry I missed your post. Tidal is definitely CD quality and on par with my Oppo BDP-83SE playing CD's. The 96-192k 24 bit downloaded music I have is amazing! I prefer good vinyl the best. Edited January 13, 2016 by Trentster5172 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiey60 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 I play it through my MacBook Pro into an Emotiva DC-1 via USB to my Emotiva XSP-1, Emotiva XPA-1L monoblocks to my Klipschorns. Love it! It's a great hifi streaming service when I'm not listening to high def files, vinyl, or CD's.How does the quality compare to physical media on that(awesome)setup? I only have a few cds and cannot tell any difference on my 83sSorry I missed your post. Tidal is definitely CD quality and on par with my Oppo BDP-83SE playing CD's. The 96-192k downloaded music I have is amazing!Very nice! Good to know it is actually cd quality as this is my main/only music source now. Movies and bd are a different story lolSent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellyken Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Thanks for the explanation here! As a music addict, I would like to listen to music with high audio quality. Tidal is almost meet my needs. But it won't allow to play the music on other platforms. Luckily, I found a tool called AudFree Tidal Audio Converter to help me and it works well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 An old thread but I too am interested in thoughts on Tidal and perhaps Amazon HD. As a Prime member I can get Amazon for $12.99/month. I think Tidal is $19.99. Not concerned about the price difference though I had rather not support Jay Z unless the sound quality is compelling. Thoughts appreciated. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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