Right now I'm listening to "Die Roboter" from the 1978 album "Die Mensch-Maschine" (2009 remix) through Tidal and the app clearly states: 16 bit 44.1 kHz FLAC
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Are they really hiding the fact that this stream has been created from an MQA CD master? Why Tidal would try to further push MQA content? Their official strategy is clearly different. Sounds good, btw.
Fully agree on that point. For Spotify's (still defunct) business model music is exactly as important as it is for their typical customers: it just has to be there and that's it.
The younger people around me honestly don't even
understand what I mean when I'm talking about "better sound quality". And to a degree that's even understandable. Even with Spotify there are no clicks and pops, there is no random noise, there's no rumble, no wow and flutter, no highs dramatically cut by misaligned tape heads and there's hardly any stutter.
Dynamics in music is not a concept they grew up with (talking about recorded music of course, but hey, what's the dynamic range of a live pop concert?). Differences in detail or clarity are probably differing more between different masters remixes or remixes of the same track than between streaming services. Stereo imaging? Being a fragile concept on its own, doesn't play an important role listening through cool Marshall Bluetooth speakers (and not even listening through headphones).
I ended up paying for a Tidal Family plan in addition to the existing Spotify Family plan, even though the latter is mainly used by myself. Well, I can afford it and there's a little hope (really just a little) it might have an educational effect ...
