Associate
Looks like this just launched today, 7 day free trial. Might give it a go when I get back from Ireland.
Tidal Lossless streaming
- Thread starter TwsT
- Start date
yeah got a 30 day trial music sounds good not sure if sounds better but I think with a bit of work the interface could be my favourite still £19.99 is a lot a month especially when DRM restrictions still apply, UK getting shafted like usual.
£12.39 if you use hola to set up the paypal payments but damned dollar rate is terrible atm
£12.39 if you use hola to set up the paypal payments but damned dollar rate is terrible atm
Last edited:
yes like every other company they are screwing the UK
:/
:/
The one thing I like about tidal is that they have an offline mode so it doesn't use your mobile data allowance.
Quality seems decent enough for underground travel (and better than anything else apart from a personally ripped cd to lossless, otherwise very little difference) - using a 128GB iPhone 6 so storage isn't a problem lol
It IS very expensive and a little frustrating when they release an album, and then you find that some of the tracks aren't playable (at all), waiting to hear back the reasoning behind this.
Quality seems decent enough for underground travel (and better than anything else apart from a personally ripped cd to lossless, otherwise very little difference) - using a 128GB iPhone 6 so storage isn't a problem lol
It IS very expensive and a little frustrating when they release an album, and then you find that some of the tracks aren't playable (at all), waiting to hear back the reasoning behind this.
Not sure either. Only tried the free version.
Associate
Signed up for the 30 day trial, I'll see - or hear would probably be more appropriate - how it goes.
I'm not impressed with the dollar=pounds pricing though!
I'm not impressed with the dollar=pounds pricing though!
software needs some polishing when compared to deezer and spotify.
They won't be tempting me from deezer at the moment. If they fix the software and sort the pricing. maybe.
They won't be tempting me from deezer at the moment. If they fix the software and sort the pricing. maybe.
Associate
I agree TwsT, from the brief play I had last night the software could do with a bit of work and the pricing really needs sorted but since its a free month I'll give it a go.
Think they are shooting themselves in the foot with the cost though.
Think they are shooting themselves in the foot with the cost though.
yes the software looks great and is easy to use I just think it's poorly optimised (perhaps not dealing with the load well) it's feels sluggish to react in searches and whilst I know playing can't be instant at times it seems oddly slow. I have 120mbps tinterweb so it shouldn't take too long to start playing.
Associate
I heard rumours a few months ago that Qobuz are suffering from financial difficulties. Whilst they currently offer gapless playback and digital booklets, I wonder if they'll have to cut back on future improvement if the rumours are indeed true.
What is interesting is how quickly Aspiro have managed to build hardware partnerships for TIDAL after seemingly being ambivalent during the roll-out of WiMP. We'll see in the next few months whether they can improve the core performance of the service, and I e-mailed them with my own questions (their e-mail support is very responsive when the messages get through, but seems to have a very strict spam filter so I had to send to all the below addresses):
And their response (via general AT tidalsupport DOT zendesk DOT com ):
Has anyone seen any reports of the 24-bit/96kHz streaming collaboration with Bluesound at RMAF 2014? I've searched and found the following tangential mentions:
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/primer-rocky-mountain-audio-fest-2014/
http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/tide-inand-tidal-lossless-streaming-rockin-boat
What is interesting is how quickly Aspiro have managed to build hardware partnerships for TIDAL after seemingly being ambivalent during the roll-out of WiMP. We'll see in the next few months whether they can improve the core performance of the service, and I e-mailed them with my own questions (their e-mail support is very responsive when the messages get through, but seems to have a very strict spam filter so I had to send to all the below addresses):
dabotsonline / Nicholas Polydor said:
And their response (via general AT tidalsupport DOT zendesk DOT com ):
Fredrik @ TIDAL said:
Has anyone seen any reports of the 24-bit/96kHz streaming collaboration with Bluesound at RMAF 2014? I've searched and found the following tangential mentions:
Spencer Holbert said:
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/primer-rocky-mountain-audio-fest-2014/
Tyll Hertsens said:
http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/tide-inand-tidal-lossless-streaming-rockin-boat
I tried qobuz I think it suffers from the same problems as Tidal
buggy software and expensive as heck. and to the average user (which is where you make your money) £20 is too much when they can barely hear the difference. I mean it's not twice as good by any means.
buggy software and expensive as heck. and to the average user (which is where you make your money) £20 is too much when they can barely hear the difference. I mean it's not twice as good by any means.
Soldato
I'm surprised this thread hasn't surfaced again, as it was officially launched last night.
I don't know what to think. £20 a month is a lot! And even the £10 a month is pretty much the same as Spotify free, without the ads.
Anyone still using it?
I don't know what to think. £20 a month is a lot! And even the £10 a month is pretty much the same as Spotify free, without the ads.
Anyone still using it?
I have a 1 year sub with deezer i got off the mm for £25 so no not using tidal 
I might have another trial of it see if they've improved the software but In all honesty works net connection wouldn't like streaming FLAC and doing my job
I might have another trial of it see if they've improved the software but In all honesty works net connection wouldn't like streaming FLAC and doing my job