Tidal Music


Hi Audiogoners,
Is there any advantage to subscribe to Tidal Hifi if we don't have the MQA decoder in our DAC?

Thanks,
Calvin
dangcaonguyen
My DAC is the Wavelength Audio Cosine with 24/96 capacity. I don’t know if I should subscribe to Tidal Premium or Hifi. 
heh Dang....Tidal and Qobuz offer free trials so I recommend you check them out and see what you think
I'm a Tidal guy....the service is good IMO
MQA, from a technical standpoint, may or may not be your cup of tea. In theory though, things marked MQA have a better mastering pedigree, so whether you listen to them with or without an MQA DAC, you may still get a benefit. Given the 500K titles lost in the MQA fire, your mileage may vary.


As others noted, Qoboz has high res without MQA requirement and so does AmazonHD but your playback path options are pretty limited.
Aside from the sound quality, access to a wide range of musical content by itself is worth the price of the subscription.