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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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williewonka
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B_lino....

Are you using wi-fi or ethernet?

If Wi-fi - Are you in a neighbourhood with lots of routers?

Does your computer have a fast Wi-Fi card?

Where is the router in relation to the computer - my router was in the basement and the computer was on the second floor - too far away

Is you gateway/rpouter fast enough?

Personally - I had all of the above issues that were a factor in using Wi-Fi for streaming - so I went Ethernet and have not had any issues since.

Most of the issues were related to Wi-Fi speed and neighbourhood router interference - the service from my ISP is about the mid point in todays offerings, so it's definitely fast enough.

Regards...

williewonka
3,115 posts
 
B_Limo - If you are using Wi-fi - I just changed my Wi-Fi adapter due to issues with the old one and Windows 10.

The Old adapter was very "glitch-y" but
 according to the stats displayed in Windows there was not a problem.

I ruled out the Router, since every other device in the house worked very well

Seemed like the adapter was the next logical part for replacement

The new D-Link Xtreme N adapter is lightning fast are very reliable

Maybe this is your problem???

Regards....
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