Spotify Premium vs Tidal ... opinions?


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zoot45
To be honest, I have tried to use Spotify and Tidal before. I prefer Spotify rather than Tidal. 

-Spotify launched over a decade ago and is now one of the biggest subscribed-to services in the world. -Tidal has also made a huge name for itself by focusing on superior sound quality including CD-quality lossless streaming and hi-res FLAC-based audio files. 

-If you're on a tight budget, go for Spotify. It offers a free subscription plan supported by some (fairly annoying) adverts. Step up to Spotify's £10 a month Premium subscription plan and the audio quality shoots up to 320kbps. 

-Tidal doesn't off a free, ad-supported subscription plan – only a free 30-day trial. The cheapest plan - Tidal Premium will set you back £10 a month. It's ad-free and streams music at 320kbps.

Apart from music streaming service, there is a Spotify Music Converter from DumpMedia to convert your favorite songs and keep them forever. It is a tool that removes DRM protection. This converter offers you a free-trial period so that you can try to use it before pushing to the purchase. 



@speavler"tried spotify and tidal. still prefer pandora"
AGREED!Pandora + streams at 24/192 for $5.00 a month!
freediver
AGREED!Pandora + streams at 24/192 ...
I think you're mistaken. Pandora is lo-res mp3 quality.
cleedsfreediver
AGREED!Pandora + streams at 24/192 ...
I think you're mistaken. Pandora is lo-res mp3 quality.


"Paid subscribers enjoy three mobile bitrate tiers that impact the music's sound quality. You can select Low (32Kbps AAC+), Standard (64Kbps AAC+), or High (192Kbps)"...
freediver
AGREED!Pandora + streams at 24/192 ...You can select Low (32Kbps AAC+), Standard (64Kbps AAC+), or High (192Kbps)"
You're confused, @freediver. Pandora's 192 Kbps is 16-bit lo-res mp3. Compare that to CD (16 bit/1,411 kHz) or true hi-res such as can be found on Tidal or Qobuz, which are 24 bit and have a bit rate of 9,216.