So here I am tonight, listening to the NDX and to my ears, Radio Paradise sounds better than anything I have played on Tidal.
Any idea why?
Is it electronic trickery?
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Try listening to ‘Progressive Rock’ on the HiDef channels. Lovely rich presentation and huge bass weight!
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Are you listening to the main mix and in the highest def? I’ll give it a try. I’ve never listened before.
Tidal is playing flat 44.1 khz
Radio Paradise is in AAC 44.1khz 320bps
The NDX is pretty much at its limits playing encrypted 44.1/16 FLAC cloud streams from Tidal, roughly 1 Mbps. It works a lot less harder with lossy web radio streams at 320 kbps… I suspect that is what you are noticing and why your lossy streams are sounding better.
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I believe radio stations often add some DSP lipgloss to their streams.
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That probably explains it.