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Newbie with Tidal question.

New to hifi. I have a nice but probably 15 year old system. Sounds great via CD player. 

Just signed for 30 day trial of Tidal hifi. 

However, it’s going into the pre-amp from my laptop through the headphone jack/RCA ‘y’ cable. 

It sounds pretty good to me. A/B testing verses an actual CD of the same song is better but the difference doesn’t seem huge. 

I’m just wondering what I’m actually getting quality-wise with this setup and if it is any better than the Tidal low-fi option or iTunes. I’m assuming even if I’m using the Tidal desktop app that the signal is still coming from the laptops sound card. 
n80

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@n80  Not a knock on you but with your current set up, it sounds like Tidal Hi Fi isn't worth the extra cash.

Depending on how resolving your system is (amp and speakers), the next logical step is probably an external DAC if you wanted to utilize what Tidal Hi Fi has to offer over Tidal standard.  Your computer DAC isn't doing you any favors unfortunately.   
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