Deezer / Tidal ?

Does anyone any thoughts on using streaming services such as Deezer/Tidal for Flac/MQA audio? I just signed up for a trial of each one, but thought I’d get your opinions as well so I can explore as best informed as possible...
I haven’t started using it yet, but I’m going to download the Tidal OSX App for potential MQA streaming.
Oh wise ones, share your wisdom with the likes of me...
I haven’t started using it yet, but I’m going to download the Tidal OSX App for potential MQA streaming.
Oh wise ones, share your wisdom with the likes of me...
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I wasn't impressed with the audio quality, I'm referring to their standard 320kbps AAC stream. I used Tidal to listen to a number of songs that I have on CD and 320kbps MP3 of, and I felt that there was some sort of EQ or enhancement being applied to the music that I wasn't a fan of. Like they were artificially boosting frequencies to make things sound "better", as opposed to just presenting the tracks as they are.
Maybe Tidal "HiFi" with the FLAC files don't have this artificial enhancement applied to them.
I can tell right off the bat how much more depth the FLAC versions have to them. But the interfaces aren’t amazing on either. I think the reality is that I’ll end up using my laptop as the streaming source either way (sigh), so I’ll also have to explore the OSX apps.
Maybe someone knows of better 24/192 steaming than either of those?
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Tidal/Deezer ? Pick your poison....but I believe Tidal may have the bigger library. Keep in mind, if MQA is what your chasing, that your dac also needs to be MQA certified as this is basically a 2 stage process to open the MQA format. The app itself contains one step, the associated dac is the second. Some really like it, others not so much, just a matter of preference there I guess.
User interface....none are really all that great, but do take some getting used to if all your familiar with is ITunes or the like.
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Oh yeah, cd's are forever sort of. Turn off the service and what do you have left?
PS Oh yeah, go with Deezer. Madona and Jayzee have enough money.
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