Suggestions ? Tidal Ifi Bluetooth stereo
CH46E
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I find myself streaming more music than any other media lately. I have a IFI zen blue that basically connects everything from my phone to my TV. I'm only using 2 channels for the TV and movies at the moment.
I use YouTube a lot for music. I have a Google Pixel Pro 7 to connect to the ifi Blue Zen. Maybe 25% of the time I stream Pandora.
If I subscribe to Tidal will I truly get a higher resolution? Or is there something better?
I'm running the Ifi Blue Zen to a upgraded Anthem Pre 2L to a Schiit Lokius then to a Krell KAV 3250. The speakers change weekly.
So.... Yes or no? If at least 60% of my listening in streaming, should I pay for tidal or another?
I use YouTube a lot for music. I have a Google Pixel Pro 7 to connect to the ifi Blue Zen. Maybe 25% of the time I stream Pandora.
If I subscribe to Tidal will I truly get a higher resolution? Or is there something better?
I'm running the Ifi Blue Zen to a upgraded Anthem Pre 2L to a Schiit Lokius then to a Krell KAV 3250. The speakers change weekly.
So.... Yes or no? If at least 60% of my listening in streaming, should I pay for tidal or another?
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Been streaming exclusively for a couple of years now. Have been very happy with a Qobuz subscription. To my ears, it sounded better than Tidal and Spotify. Their suggestion algorithms are better, though, if that's important to you.
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Tidal has a 30 day trail period. Just try it for a month and see.Analog: MoFi MasterTracker > MoFi UltraDeck > Sutherland 20/20
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I find myself streaming more music than any other media lately. I have a IFI zen blue that basically connects everything from my phone to my TV. I'm only using 2 channels for the TV and movies at the moment.
I use YouTube a lot for music. I have a Google Pixel Pro 7 to connect to the ifi Blue Zen. Maybe 25% of the time I stream Pandora.
If I subscribe to Tidal will I truly get a higher resolution? Or is there something better?
I'm running the Ifi Blue Zen to a upgraded Anthem Pre 2L to a Schiit Lokius then to a Krell KAV 3250. The speakers change weekly.
So.... Yes or no? If at least 60% of my listening in streaming, should I pay for tidal or another?
Tidal is great! Sounds really good, has great algorithms and user interface. I need a family subscription, and when Best Buy stopped their yearly deal on tidal, I switched to qobuz. Sounds slightly better, but everything else is not quite as good.
To answer your question, either tidal or qobuz will sound MUCH better than Spotify or pandora, unless it's purely background music, then it doesn't matter...Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
Game Room 5.1.4: Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
Bedroom 2.1 Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer -
Tidal is now 11 a month
Quobyz user interface and algorithm is pretty terrible. I found it impossible to use for my use. The weekly q was terrible and tidal daily discovery is amazing- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
As mentioned before on a different thread, Trey.....it's because most of your library is on Tidal. The Qobuz interface and suggestions for me are awesome. It just takes a while for their algorithms to mimic what you normally listen too. It takes months, not just a trial period to figure out what you normally listen too in order to offer suggestions based upon your preferences.
Having Qobuz for years now, I find zero issue with their suggestions. The nod for user interface does go to Tidal but I still prefer Qobuz (personally).
BTW, thanks for the reminder about Tidal. Time to re-subscribe for the few selections that are not available on Qobuz.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
I did import my entire tidal library to quobuz though and did give it a month.
My main issue is the weekly q is only like 20 songs and they were never close to what I listened to and it's only updated weekly.
I usually listen to the daily discovery every day and it's usually on point.- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
Yea I actually think the suggestions are pretty good now that I've had Qobuz for a while, but I still would pick tidal for overall user experience. When my year subscription runs out I'll reassess and potentially drive my family nuts again 😂Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
Game Room 5.1.4: Denon AVR-X4200w; Sony UBP-x700; Definitive Technology Power Monitor 900 mains, CLR-3000 center, StudioMonitor 350 surrounds, ProMonitor 800 atmos x4; Sub - Monoprice Monolith 15in THX Ultra
Bedroom 2.1 Harmon Kardon HK3490; Bluesounds Node N130; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer -
Yep and also tidal has mostly started to abandon mqa and is doing flac files- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
