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Streaming Spotify vs Tidal

Hi, perhaps you can help, a litlle background. I have been steaming Spotify for a number of years and love it except perhaps the sound quality. I stream to my main system which has both Spotify and Tidal built in, and to my networked Bose HT systems and lastly through my phone to my car. My question is does Tidal have the same great connect-ability that Spotify has? If you have used both do you recognize a difference in sound quality? What has your experience been with Tidal? My streamer does not do MQA, not sure about my other devices either. Thanks for your help! 

grm
jbmac75
193 posts
 

Like Qobuz for sound. Tidal seems to be deep on selection though.

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carlsbad
1,551 posts
 

I stream qobuz via Roon so roon provies a very nice interface.  My kids use spotify and it seems to be the leader in ease-of-use by a long shot.  In your car you probably won't benefit from a better quality stream and frankly your Bose HT system isn't considred high end audio and you might not see much improvement switching to a high res source at home eitehr.  Be happy with spotify.

 

vonhelmholtz
911 posts
 

In my cars I notice a varying degree of improvement with Roon/Qubuz and directly streaming Synology NAS FLAC files to their Auto Android/Apple Play app. My F150 has the lowest road noise and a "good" sound system and the improvement is easy to hear, but for convenience and safety I only use apps that integrate with AA/ACP.  I don't want/need Tidal.

soix
9,456 posts
 

You lost me at “Bose.”

grm OP
149 posts
 

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I think for on  the go audio and my HT systems, I'll stick with Spotify, it works great and is feature rich. For my main system, I do have a small collection of DSD downloaded albums that I send to my streamer via USB and JRiver, it works great but I have not been able to find a good selection of music, mostly classical and smooth jazz. So maybe a subscription to Qobuz or Tidal? My taste leans towards classic rock. Again, I appreciate the feedback! 

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