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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?

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erik_squires
15,803 posts
 

I'm not sure which application you are using @zokniai , but with Roon or my phone I often get Tidal to give me 44.1/16.  I suspect it's your settings.

zokniai
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I use Aurender a15 (4 conductor)

coppy777
118 posts
 

Easy choice here.  I don't like music made by anything that plugs into the wall, want to understand the lyrics, and I don't jump up and down while listening.

Also MQA is now a proven to be lossy and noisy process.  The Provence of some music has been shown to be questionable at Tidal.  Qobuz also sounds better to my ear.

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