2/19/2023 0 Comments Tidal vs qobuzComments regarding service performance I'm less than ideal conditions would be valuable, but I rarely see it. I wonder if WHF tested the streaming services over a high speed link or over a dodgy service like the one around here. I wonder why no reviewer ever mentioned this. The kit was all well reviewed and I do not recall one review that pointed out that in normal domestic setting this could be a problem (I know some folk do not have this problem with this brand, but fora reveal I'm far from unique). I moved away from one brand because of its noisy linear PSUs. HiFi reviewers receive kit for review (unlike Which? they do not emulate a consumer and buy products to test them) if they give negative commentary then will they still receive items to review? I don’t really care if a HiFi reviewer prefers different kit and expensive cables. While Qobuz owns a million Hi-Res tracks and over 60 million tracks in CD resolution. Users can find music on the Tidal sections like albums, explore, etc. For Tidal, it offers more than 70 million tracks and 240,000 music videos in its library. i bought my music system so I could enjoy using it to play my favourite music. Qobuz vs Tidal Library First, the most important aspects is the music library. Although, I am unlikely to subscribe, I agree Qobuz is significantly better than Tidal.Īs for HiFi magazines, I’m far from convinced by subjective reviews. I had the opportunity to compare my music server with Tidal and concluded I couldn’t enjoy music using a streaming service. Subsequently, I heard a Linn SDSM where Linn used Qobuz and revised my views. 0000005 % audio-geeks get the most out of our toys.I’ve always rejected Internet streaming because I prefer my own music server. Your entire job is to help me and the rest of us. We spend too much time and energy agonizing over gear when we should be agonizing over recordings. But the depressing reality is that we have no control a really good recording streamed over Tidal will always beat a so-so recording streamed over Qobuz, and vice versa. I also have a dumb, but nonetheless real, skepticism toward MQA and its whole “compressed, but not really” approach. But, like others have said, I do prefer the Qobuz sound for some elusive reason. I’ve invested a decent chunk of money into my digital side on two systems, and I still find it a close call. (2) I question whether it’s decent enough, however, to reveal a difference between HiRez Qobuz files and Tidal’s MQA. (1) OP is doing something that, IMHO, more people should do: bypassing the Node 2 DAC and using it as a streamer only. Almost sounds like two different recordings when listening on Qobuz vs Tidal. The Qobuz file sounds fuller and has more presence. I listened to ’The Box’ by Roddy Ricch which is a MQA file on Tidal and CD quality on Qobuz. Not a big fan of hip hop, but decided to listen to something that is squarely in Tidal’s area of focus. The CD quality file on Qobuz sounds a LOT fuller and more natural. I’m currently listening to a track that is a MQA file on Tidal vs a CD quality file on Qobuz. In the process, I think side effects of doing this is to take out some of the presence of voices and instruments and add an artificial quality to voices and instruments. I think they have applied some equalization to boost the bass and treble. Tidal doesn’t have either song in higher than cd quality. Qobuz had the ziplock / rich don’t stop singles out a day before Spotify and they’re both in high res. For instance, one of my favorite artists right now is Saba and Tidal has 0 high res Saba tracks. Tidal sounds better.though very similar, it just does not have that edge. Qobuz also has more hi res tracks than tidal for what I’ve found. The CD is closer to Qobuz which sounds better than Tidal. Some additional thoughts about Tidal after listening on higher quality equipment. There was a slight edge on the snare drum on Qobuz. Spotify Premium even seems to sound better than Tidal. I’ll listen a bit more to Tidal, but so far I’m not impressed at all. Tidal sounds very two dimensional and flat in its sound quality but with some harshness in the high frequencies. Round 2, Qobuz vs Tidal: So far Qobuz is clearly better than Tidal even listening through pretty cheap desktop passive speakers. My listening notes comparing Qobuz to Tidal:
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