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In Reply to: RE: TIDAL and quality posted by John PA on April 26, 2016 at 12:17:16
I listen to Tidal over a very good high end system and the quality of sound is outstanding. You must open Tidal in Chrome. If not you will not get 16/44 quality sound. I compare tidal to cds played on an Audio note transport and Audio-Gd Master 7 dac and the are very close to being identical. Several of my friends stream Tidal and they agree with me.
Alan
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I will work more with the settings. I don't open TIDAL in anything, just in TIDAL.
But I am going to work more with the settings as there has to be something that is not right or there wouldn't be so many that use and enjoy it.
Thanks for the input.
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You don't realize but anytime you open a program on your computer you are opening it in your default browser. You might be in internet explorer so you have to download Google Chrome and set it as your default browser. If you don't do this you are getting less than cd quality sound When you run a file in tidal. Down at the right hand side of the screen when you are running a file in Tidal it says HIFI. If HIFI is gray you are getting poor sound. If it glows white you are getting cd quality sound. This is a must. Also in Tidal settings you must select HIFI. If you can't then you are not opening in Chrome
Alan
Safari as my default and don't like Chrome. The HiFI is white and in settings, not greyed out, TIDAL indicates that HIFI is being used.
iBasso DX100,DX50 DX90. Chord Hugo. HiFiman 901s balanced. RSA Intruder, The Lightning. Fostex TH900 balanced, HE1000, HE-6, 560, 500, JH13 Pro balanced. Lyr2, Audeze. Balanced mostly with Whiplash cables. Photo gallery: www.pbase.com/jamato8
You can NOT stream lossless Tidal using Safari only Chrome. Or you can download their player (Mac or PC) and get lossless. But if you are opening up Safari and logging into Tidal, you are not getting HiFi.
I downloaded their player, that is how I use TIDAL.
iBasso DX100,DX50 DX90. Chord Hugo. HiFiman 901s balanced. RSA Intruder, The Lightning. Fostex TH900 balanced, HE1000, HE-6, 560, 500, JH13 Pro balanced. Lyr2, Audeze. Balanced mostly with Whiplash cables. Photo gallery: www.pbase.com/jamato8
Ok, then you are getting lossless. Do you see an option under "settings" > "streaming" > "Sound Output"?
On my Macbook Pro, I have three options:
1) system default
2) built in output
3) PS Audio 2.0 audio out (my DAC)
Every single time I turn on the Tidal app, I have to reset from "system default" to "PS Audio 2.0 audio out". It is an annoying extra step but it makes a clearly audible difference.
to the Mojo or the Hugo.
iBasso DX100,DX50 DX90. Chord Hugo. HiFiman 901s balanced. RSA Intruder, The Lightning. Fostex TH900 balanced, HE1000, HE-6, 560, 500, JH13 Pro balanced. Lyr2, Audeze. Balanced mostly with Whiplash cables. Photo gallery: www.pbase.com/jamato8
TIDAL is a streaming service so you have to open it in something. The TIDAL web player will only provide lossless streams if used with Chrome. Not sure how that impacts quality when not using the web player.
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