BIG difference Tidal vs Amazon Music

I connected directly to both via Nad M33 Bluos app. Was just surprised Tidal coujd be lesser quality for that one track.   usually not the case  

What a minute! Are you saying Tidal sound quality was lower just on that one track? That could easily be attributed to the master that is being provided by the streaming provider.

What is your overall opinion of the sound quality of Tidal vs. Amazon Music?

I am usually equally happy with the sound quality of music from both

I recently switched my digital cable between my streamer and my DAC, from a mid-level cable to the top of the companies lineup. What a difference, contrary to what people say, the digital cable plays a big part. I stream Tidal, And everything sounds better now.

I tested Prime for 3 months.

It was OK.

Sound quality was a little uneven from album to album, but mostly OK.

I found Tidal to be more consistent and was as good or better than Prime most of the time.

Two larger factors included:

1. Tidal connect integrates better with my Node streamer.

2. On Prime, a number of my favorite albums simply did not play on the Node...giving me faint static crackling sound and no music what so ever.

I tried the 3 month trial from Tidal. HiFi for 6 weeks and HiFi plus for the remaining 6 weeks. At the end I subscribed the the HiFi plan...had no use for MQA. I’ve been very happy with the HiFi plan.