@mirolab Everything has absolutely not been remastered — that’s ridiculous. Switch to Qobuz. My DAC says everything is 16/44.1 or better, and my streaming now sounds better than spinning discs. Tidal sucks as does their absurd and total BS MQA algorithm. It needs to die. Feed that into your Audio Workstation.
What am I missing?
When discussing streaming we often hear the quality achieved by streaming compared to "cd quality". "Cd quality" seems often to be the standard by which streaming is favorably compared while cds have at the same widely fallen into disfavor as a medium. If "cd quality" continues to be a quality standard by which we judge streaming services -which it appears to be- why exactly do we hold cds in such disfavor? More sophisticated dacs can always be employed with cd transports as they are with streaming. I understand the convenience and storage issues with cds but I also understand that with streaming you will never own the music which you do with cds. This becomes even more unclear to me when considering the resurgence of vinyl and the storage and convenience issues involved with this medium. I don't believe the music industry ever wanted us to own the music we listen to but rather preferred we only rent and pay for that music each time.
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@soix Don't mean to drag this out, but I think maybe you don't understand what remastering is. It has nothing to do with bitrate. I've done remastering (& recording, mixing & mastering). I've done some great stuff, but I've also been paid to do some really terrible things to audio.... against my audiophile sensibilities! I do want to try Qobuz, as I really dislike Tidal's interface and music suggestions. They don't seem to tune into my preferences, and push modern rap & R&B music, which I don't like. Lately I've enjoyed the free version of Spotify more, just because they have better playlists than Tidal. I also don't care for MQA. |
very good that you want to try Quobuz. Now you just have to do it😉 I did id 2 years ago and do not regret it.Bdw, you will get a free trail for 1 month. soix is right about the SQ offered by Quobuz. If it sounds better than sound from a CD is, at least in some cases, debatable. But I have no intention to start such discussion. Cheers! eagldriver
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@mirolab You may well be right, but I’m willing to learn and would love to hear your thoughts. It’s hard for me to imagine anyone would bother to remaster existing 16/44.1 recordings. Why would anyone take the time/$$$ to do that?
Totally with you on that. I switched from Tidal to Qobuz, as many others here have done, and would never consider going back. I’d really like to hear your thoughts on Qobuz content quality if/when you give it a try. Hell, it’s free and you don’t seem to be a big fan of Tidal either, so why not?
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