Streaming is the price of 1 album, 1 higher res album if you get a higher res plan (unless you get the Tidal mqa plan, which upsamples from 44.1). If you listen to more than that, or especially if you want to explore new music to find out what to buy, streaming is great, though automatically inferior in sound output quality compared to files.
Tidal class-action
MQA declared bankruptcy. I smell the fear of a class action lawsuit against Tidal. We could do that. Tidal has 8 million subscribers, we don't know how many or how long they all were paying double by subscribing to the 'nobody can prove Tidal has any tracks higher than 44.1khz' plan. They probably have lots of people on phones who haven't even heard of MQA who trust them and wanted the one that sounds better. They're right not to have to listen to any talk about MQA if they want the plan that sounds better.
MQA means you can't prove the file is an original copy or not. That Beethoven track you like it says is 192 could actually be Dua Lipa at 11khz.
The bankruptcy move was probably to protect themselves from Tidal, who is the receiver of people's funds.
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@mitch2 +1. good point! "...sold it to many of us, and nobody can prove it is exactly what they say it is? That doesn’t sound so different from most of the audio tweaks we buy." |
audioisnobiggie, Dude, I never post here, just read, but I couldn’t pass this one up. I had no idea Audio has conspiracy theorists nut jobs! Thanks for all the lolz reading your comments in this thread. But seriously, for your health, and the safety of others, please take your prescription medication. |
Streaming gives you access to millions of albums. If you add roon, you get links to other music you may be interested in every time you select an album to play. You also get additional information on many of the artists and albums, all at a reasonable cost. If you like discovering new music or listening to albums you might want to hear once but not pay $10 to $15 for, streaming is the way to go. |
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