Tidal HiFi Test - how representative?

Hgeifman...sorry, I meant to comment on this several months ago.

You have stated several times that "there is a very slight delay when starting music on Tidal and another slight delay from song to song." I do NOT get this using my Sonos nor did I get this when I was using my Squeezebox Duet with ickstream.

Maybe that is an artifact of using a computer for the streaming?

Mofi and Hgeifman, I noticed the same thing when my stereo was down for a few weeks as we got our floors replaced, I listened to Tidal via the app on my laptop, there is indeed about a 2 second pause between tracks that does not seem to be defeatable. There is no pause via Sonos, I've never bothered to investigate why as all of my listening is through Sonos now.

Thanks folks. The comments are interesting. I would really love to hear from someone who has compared the test samples to actual content as streamed by Tidal. Hgeifman - is that something you would be willing to do? (Looking for ears other than mine to weigh in.) Thanks again.

When playing back Tidal from a computer the delay problems are a result of no gapless playback. In streamers like Sonos or Auricle they do have gapless playback so no delays. I hope Tidal fixes this. Spotify had this problem at first and eventually fixed it
Alan

Ghosthouse, My Tidal system is working fine and I prefer not to try the Tidal
Test system. However, I do not understand the problem. I clicked on the
Tidal test link above and discovered that if you "Pass the test, you get
a 30 day free trial for TIDAL". You have nothing to lose. Assuming
your audio system is okay (I do not know), you get 30 free days of Tidal at no
cost. You can listen to your favorite songs using Tidal and then decide.