After tidal improvement to flac hi res files, do you prefer tidal or qobuz?
I have a NDS playing standard tidal and a node connected with digital cable to NDS. I did not notice sound improvement in NDS playing standard 16 44 tidal files vs node playing hi res files and dac conversion performed by NDS.
Still bare NDS is great, maybe biggest difference can be heard from recording quality, doesn’t matter the encoding hires vs cd quality. What’s your opinion?
I am thinking exactly the same thing, but not on same device.
I would like to stop my Spotify and move to Tidal or Qobuz, so following this thread to get more insights!
I stopped spotify 1 year ago, honestly I think Spotify is more oriented to podcast, playlist and generic fun, while Tidal is fully dedicated to music. now with flac even more. music catalogue is very wide, not fully comprehensive like spotify but really wide. most important thing is that musical experience w tidal / qobuz is much better, difference of quality is big. this you can try also with trial period
I recently switched from Tidal to Qobuz. With Qobuz it is possible to listen to Hires 24 bit audio, while on Tidal the mda files are not supported by Naim.
In my opinion the SQ on Qobuz is much better, I hear much more detail in the music. I can also listen at higher volumes without impact on the SQ
Unfortunately Naim does not support the Tidal 24 bit Flac files, so currently only possible to stream in 16 bit.
I have to admit that during the trail period of Qobuz my opinion has changed. First I was very optimistic about the SQ, but I miss depth and punch. It is sounds too bright. I am back on Tidal again and hope for the software update soon.