FWIW - using Tidal and Spotify (premium/hifi subscriptions to both).
SQ with Tidal is better but I also experience periodic buffering dropouts, esp. late at night though rarely during the day. Never happens with Spotify. Am paying for Blast Xfinity high speed internet service. SQ with Spotify is NOT terrible - just not as "vibrant" as with Tidal. Spotify library is definitely superior to Tidal and I like the interface better. The Browse/Discover function from Spotify is a great way to discover new music. BTW for all the Tidal fans, it was interesting to me to see that not all Tidal streamed music is uncompressed. While much (most?) of it is (as witnessed by the Aries Mini/DS Lightning file data display) I do notice the occasional AAC file; e.g., Joe Bonamassa's "Blues Deluxe". Still sounds very very good.
SQ with Tidal is better but I also experience periodic buffering dropouts, esp. late at night though rarely during the day. Never happens with Spotify. Am paying for Blast Xfinity high speed internet service. SQ with Spotify is NOT terrible - just not as "vibrant" as with Tidal. Spotify library is definitely superior to Tidal and I like the interface better. The Browse/Discover function from Spotify is a great way to discover new music. BTW for all the Tidal fans, it was interesting to me to see that not all Tidal streamed music is uncompressed. While much (most?) of it is (as witnessed by the Aries Mini/DS Lightning file data display) I do notice the occasional AAC file; e.g., Joe Bonamassa's "Blues Deluxe". Still sounds very very good.