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Tidal FLAC vs. Qobuz

Does the recent change by Tidal, from MQA to FLAC make Tidal the better choice for streaming?  Or, since Tidal only seems to offer FLAC on its own app and not the BluOS defeat the purpose since you need to transmit by Bluetooth instead of ethernet?  

Currently, I stream from Tidal over direct ethernet cable to a Bluesound Vault streamer, to a McIntosh amp and Revel speakers.  I have a trial membership to  Qobuz but I find Tidal has a much better catalog.  Since Tidal added Flac I thought it would be the obvious choice moving forward, but isn't the point of FLAC defeated since you need to send wirelessly from the Tidal app over Bluetooth?

mojo771

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carlsbad2
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Tidal has a better catalog for hip hop, rap, metal, and anything less than 10 yrs old.  Qobuz has a much more extensive jass, classical, rock, country and anything esoteric library.

I found the quality the same and chose qobuz based on library and presentation. Tidal kept trying to change my musical taste.  BS.

Jerry

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