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Im over Tidal

I'm cancelling my Tidal subscription due to laggy, glitchy performance along with a music selection that is lacking.  I just can't take the long load times.  If it only take 3-5 seconds but you go through 3 or 4 tracks before you settle on one this adds up.  This along with dropouts (especially Friday and Saturday nights when I am trying to listen to Tidal) and I'm over it.   You are at the mercy of Tidal and your internet connection for music if this is your only source.

I'm moving on to vinyl.  Way better to have hard copies of your music in my opinion, and if you're going to go cd's why not vinyl?  I'm over being a computer dork in order to be an audio dork. 


Two thumbs down for Tidal; I waited it out to see if they would improve but they haven't.

b_limo

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lalitk
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Zero issues with Tidal since I switched from Netgear Powerline adapters to Apple AirPort Extreme duo.  Best sound and music collection is growing...still not on par with Spotify and Rhapsody.  But I would take awesome streaming quality over content any day.  

Last thing you want to hear is 'lifeless' sound from your precious gear.  

Happy Holidays! 
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lalitk
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b_limo

Sorry to hear about your problems with streaming. I am in agreement with many here, it's probably your network/internet connection. One way to be sure is to try another service like Spotify and see if you experience the same issues. You must hard wired your streaming device. In my setup, I have isolated the streaming from rest of the traffic by adding a pair of AirPort Extreme on both ends. 

Every now and then my AT&T router bogs down and I have trouble connecting to Tidal. Whenever this happens, I also experience sluggish web browsing so I know it's not Tidal or my streaming device.  A simple soft reboot of the router fixes the problem and I am back to enjoying music.


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