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
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HiFi sound on TIDAL streams lossless audio by utilizing the FLAC format, providing large and uncompressed audio files for a more authentic listening experience. In order to stream MQA on any DAC, you can make use of tools such as AudFree Tidal Music Converter.

It can convert your tidal music to high quality regular MP3 and other audio formats. You can then transfer them to DAC and other devices for playback. And it won't touch the quality of the original audio. What's more, it will retain all the ID3 tags of your Tidal music tracks.

I do not have a MQA dac and for the last few days, I am comparing Tidal hifi to hifi+(we do not have Qobuz in Canada). Here's my preliminary findings : 

MQA : Music seems more dense. Details are more evident. More spectacular.

Hifi : Less in your face, more natural. More air between instruments.

I will pursue the comparaison but honestly, at first glance, I think I prefer the hifi / non MQA  version.

What do you think? Anybody else made the comparaison?

PS : English is not my first language so...