Look into the Meridian Explorer 2 as a reasonable option to get a good sound from your laptop for streaming Tidal.
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.
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.