I wouldn't quite call it a revelatory experience, but at the very least it's a reminder to me that I should avoid my greater impulses and steer clear of buying music from iTunes. I am usually pretty skeptical of these flowery claims about high-res audio files, but I can say after this quick comparison that for whatever if it's worth, the MQA version definitely sounds much better than either one. I compared the three versions of each track - one purchased from iTunes (256kbps AAC, "Mastered for iTunes"), one streaming from Spotify (Premium, 320kbps OGG), and the Tidal MQA Master.ĭoing the comparisons via my desktop, which is connected to my Sony UDA-1 DAC/amp via an Audioquest USB cable, listening through my Sony MDR-Z7 phones.
There are not a ton of albums in the "Masters" section that I am familiar with, but I tried a couple songs from Beach House's 2015 albums, ("The Traveller" from Thank Your Lucky Stars and "Sparks" from Depression Cherry) I'm not a Tidal user myself, but I have access to someone's HiFi account so I decided to download the desktop app and give it a quick spin. If they have a couple of them then they likely them allĪnything that's on Blue Note or Concord JazzĪnd the major classic Classical labels such as Rainer Brüninghaus (If they have this guy then they have the rest) Much of the stuff would likely be on the ECM and ECM New Series label such as: If the play lists dig deep into the really obscure stuff then I'm set with the goal being to discover material that I've never heard of before They have it if they have that many titles. I guess the really big deal would be to discover obscure stuff that I've never heard of before.
In 40,000,000 titles they most likely would have it. It also plays on any device, unlike some high-quality audio formats like FLAC." The format was developed by a company called MQA, which has created a technology that makes it possible to deliver master-quality audio in a file that’s small enough to stream. Tidal claims it sounds “as flawless as it sounded in the mastering suite.” Tidal already offers a high-resolution streaming option of 44.1 kHz/16 bit, but the new “authenticated and unbroken” format clocks in at something closer to 96 kHz/24 bit. Tidal has become the first service in the world to offer what it’s calling “master-quality” streaming, offering its customers the chance to listen to music in ultra high-resolution.
" The company claims it offers the sound of the mastering studio at home. Go to 'What's New' and under the heading 'Albums' you'll see the new tab for 'Masters'. If you have Tidal Hi-fi subscription you will still need to download the latest Tidal desktop application.
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