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Spotify vs Tidal - worth switching?
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I use YouTube Music. For 18€/month, I get unlimited access to both YouTube Premium and YouTube Music for the whole family (5 accounts). The music selection is better than Spotify, as anything tagged as "music video" on YouTube you can play in YT Music. I can't tell the difference in sound quality between Spotify and YT Music, but I use Bluetooth headphones anyway...
Tidal doesn't have lossless. Apple music and Deezer do.
https://youtu.be/pRjsu9-Vznc
Really. The last time I checked was about a year ago
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I get what you're saying and if quality matters to you, go for it. I listen on Bluetooth headphones while commuting, and I really can't tell the difference... For me, the added benefit of YouTube Premium is better than the potential sound quality increase. It's great that we have choices :)
Edit: YT Music has 256kbps AAC & OPUS
What is the bitrate for the "High" (Not HiFi/FLAC) quality version? I had heard it was 320, so the same as Spotify. Unfortunately when I tried Tidal a couple of weeks ago, most of the music I listen to only goes up to "High".
Though not that I have top of the line headphones to make a difference anyways, I'm sure.
“High” is Lossless - 16-bit, 44.1 kHz (aka CD Quality). It used to be called “HiFi.”
“Low” has two options (for me at least): 96 or 320 kbps (AAC).
“Max” is HiRes and MQA.
HiRes is anything better than High, up to 24-bit / 192 kHz. Some (many?) HiRes songs are 24-bit / 44.1 kHz.
MQA is older and worse than HiRes and I don’t recall hearing good things about it.
I actually think that nowadays YouTube music is better than Spotify. It's just that the sound quality kinda sucks.
I totally would've agreed 1-2 years ago though.