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Qobuz/Tidal Differences

For those who have both, can you point me in the direction of some tracks that, in your opinion, shows the differences in the sound quality between the two streaming services?

I read constantly of folks who point out one is better than the other but IMO I think they both sound pretty similar.  So I kind of want to test my hearing.  

Please help.

Thanks.

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mwinkc
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JayZ owned a small percentage of Tidal, but sold it a year ago.

I’ve never gotten got a message asking "wouldn’t you enjoy listening to some JayZ?"

I’m not into Rap but I went with Tidal for their catalog and the Tidal Connect integration with my streamer. I didn’t really notice a concrete difference in SQ between Qobuz & Tidal. Both have different versions of some tracks so it's likely that some versions sound better than others.

sonic79
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A big advantage of Qobuz is access to hi-res material in FLAC. Tidal packages anything higher than 16/44.1 in MQA. I don't trust MQA nor Tidal's peddling of it, and that's a reason why I listen to Qobuz streams most of the time.

When comparing 16/44.1, it's hard to tell any differences between the two. It all comes down to the master. I have a subscription for both out of redundancy. There are occasions where one service will not have a track or album, but the other will.

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