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Tidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right (www.theverge.com)

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[-] li10@feddit.uk 6 points 8 months ago

Not surprised, I was fed up with the cost so setup a new account with a Nigerian VPN, only a few pound per month with that method.

Might switch back to a UK account if they make the price more reasonable here.

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[-] resetbypeer@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Actually this is a good deal. Curation on tidal is good, meaning they have cool playlists handpicked by people. In the past when I used it it was with questionable MQA encoding, which had a lot of controversy. But 24/192khz flac, If you care about audio quality is a better offer than Qobuz.

Can't go wrong for the price. But I think the main driver should be audio quality. Because FLAC files (esp 24/192khz) can be very data hungry, for those who use it mobile only. So you need to be careful with that. You can use lower sample rates and higher bitrate mp3 as well if my memory serves well. But that defeats a bit the purpose of what Tidal stands for

[-] aleph@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

But 24-bit audio is useless for playback. The difference is literally inaudible. In fact, the application of dynamic range compression during the mixing/mastering process has a far greater impact on perceptible audio quality than sample rate or bitrate does (the placebo effect notwithstanding).

If you care about audio quality, seek out album masters and music that is well-recorded and not dynamically crushed to oblivion. The bitrate isn't really all that important, in the greater scheme of things.

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[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Tidal is still around? I'm impressed

[-] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Are they pretending everyone knows what that is?

[-] Furedadmins@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Spotify really beats everyone at cricket noises when responding to competitors.

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