Streaming vs. CD


Is the digital signal of a server like Tidal of higher quality than that of a CD?
rvpiano

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streaming services like Qobuz offer three levels of audio quality:

-  MP3 320 KBPS (compressed like Spotify)
-  FLAC 16-BIT / 44.1 KHZ (this is CD quality)
-  FLAC 24-BIT UP TO 192 KHZ (hi-res, better than CD)
@elliotbnew I suggest you contact Qobuz or look at their website perhaps to gain more info as I don't exactly know the answer to your questions. A quick look at their website indicated the following:

We do the preliminary work with recording studios, in partnership with record labels and film studios, to obtain 24-Bit Hi-Res files with an identical sound to that of the engineer’s studio master