new to streaming- help!

Shoot an email to the university IT department about what you're trying to do. They might have some answers. If you can stream Tidal on your Mac you should be able to get it to work on your Node X, which is an excellent choice, btw. The BluOS app is great. (I use a Node in the living room.)

In the meantime, using bluetooth to connect to the X works. If it's a dorm room, I'm betting you don't have Focal Utopias, and maybe bluetooth will be fine for now. Or before you buy anything else, you could use the X as an external dac if you want to try that.
Good luck! Enjoy the music. And thanks again, Margot!

(I really don't think switching to Qobuz will solve anything.)

I really don't think switching to Qobuz will solve anything.

She doesn’t have to deal with Tidal anymore, so it at least solves that.

Hi all!  I have now communicated with University IT.  I do not have a live ethernet connection and there likely is an issue with WI FI.  I can resolve it, I think.  I need to register for a different WI FI --with the Mac ID that is on the bottom of the Node X.  Hopefully when I do that, I can get my phone (or mac) to recognize the player so I can go ahead and install Bluos and be on my way.

I'm on Fall Break and away now so won't know for a week if I am operational, but will report back.

One other question for those who do like Tidal--If I am not connecting the Node X into external DAC, will I notice a difference between cd quality level and the premium (hi res) membership?  I went with the less expensive for now, but wonder what others think?  Would this only be worth it with external DAC?

Many thanks to all of you!

Margot

If I am not connecting the Node X into external DAC, will I notice a difference between cd quality level and the premium (hi res) membership?

Good question, and it has a lot to do with the quality of the rest of your system and if it’s resolving enough to reveal the differences.  That said, the DAC in the Node is not exactly helping a lot, and that alone would point me to CD quality that doesn’t exactly suck.  If you’ve got a very good system and are able to position your speakers appropriately in the room hi res might be worth it, but I have my doubts.  My guess is you could maybe start with a Premium subscription and downgrade it if you don’t hear meaningful differences but don’t know if Tidal allows this so worth checking into.  In any event, here’s hoping you finally get the IT monkey off your back so you can get up and running! 🤞🤞🤞.

Don’t go back to PC.  USE Ethernet cable.  Reboot.  And u should be good to go