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Im over Tidal

I'm cancelling my Tidal subscription due to laggy, glitchy performance along with a music selection that is lacking.  I just can't take the long load times.  If it only take 3-5 seconds but you go through 3 or 4 tracks before you settle on one this adds up.  This along with dropouts (especially Friday and Saturday nights when I am trying to listen to Tidal) and I'm over it.   You are at the mercy of Tidal and your internet connection for music if this is your only source.

I'm moving on to vinyl.  Way better to have hard copies of your music in my opinion, and if you're going to go cd's why not vinyl?  I'm over being a computer dork in order to be an audio dork. 


Two thumbs down for Tidal; I waited it out to see if they would improve but they haven't.

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b_limo OP
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Sorry I haven't replied forever... for some reason I didn't have the text box.

Anyways, yes I do believe it is my internet connection, without getting into details.

I have another thread that I can't seem to respond to either and that one is "Tidal vs Spotify".  Many people have responded saying that Spotify sounds as good as Tidal, which it doesn't, not even close.

I actually use Tidal as my main source and have for quite some time; I started this thread in a fit of rage but it was due more to user error than Tidal.  

ejr1953
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I have my laptop/music server connected to my Comcast router with a wired ethernet connection, as it's on the very far end of the house and the signal is not very strong or consistent, no one's fault, just a long distance from the router.

Having said that, I have had no problems with Tidal, none!  When I first subscribed, on a very rare occasion I would get a message that they were having some sort of problem and recommended that I switch out of "hi fi" mode, which I never did.

Even streaming hi-rez digital music files is WAY less data than streaming video.  44.1/16 files should not take up much bandwidth.

I suspect your problems are with your network and/or internet connection.

As for the content, when I can't find an album, I let them know.  Sometimes it's the lawyers who decide what the streaming services can and can't provide, not the service, same issue with Spotify.
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lalitk
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b_limo

Sorry to hear about your problems with streaming. I am in agreement with many here, it's probably your network/internet connection. One way to be sure is to try another service like Spotify and see if you experience the same issues. You must hard wired your streaming device. In my setup, I have isolated the streaming from rest of the traffic by adding a pair of AirPort Extreme on both ends. 

Every now and then my AT&T router bogs down and I have trouble connecting to Tidal. Whenever this happens, I also experience sluggish web browsing so I know it's not Tidal or my streaming device.  A simple soft reboot of the router fixes the problem and I am back to enjoying music.


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