Spotify or Tidal?

chrapladm

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Glad to see this thread as I am trying to decide on which service to use. I have basic Pandora now but it will no longer be available in Australia from August 1st. SO I will have to look t some of these others that are mentioned. Not sure if the libraries of some will have all my music and also not sure how easy the features are to use on the different ones but hopefully I can find something easily and quickly.
 

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Tidal Hi-Fi all the way for me.

If you go with a lossy streaming service because you can't hear a difference today, you lock your ability to discern the difference at that level. Listen mostly to a lossless service for a few months and try to go back to a lossy one, and you will probably find the difference to be more obvious.
 

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Tidal Hi-Fi all the way for me.

If you go with a lossy streaming service because you can't hear a difference today, you lock your ability to discern the difference at that level. Listen mostly to a lossless service for a few months and try to go back to a lossy one, and you will probably find the difference to be more obvious.

I would agree. I did hear difference between Tidal HiFi and others, but this was not the case for every song. Furthermore, Tidal didn't have all the songs that I wanted like Spotify did. In my personal opinion paying $9.99 a month for Tidal HiFi wasn't really the best option for me. I ended up going back to Spotify and paying $4.99 a month for their premium.

Possibly if I had a higher end equipment, I might be table to take advantage of Tidal HiFi MQA.

I would recommend to try all of the streaming services since most give you a 30 days trial period. You should be able to find the one you like the most within that time.
 

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Tidal hifi all the way. Wish I had the info I need to get the military discount.
 
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