Tidal on Mac but control from iPhone/iPad?

Housey · 9 Dec 2018 at 14:57

I have both Spotify and Tidal and though I much prefer the Spotify interface I can't get past (to my ears) the better sound quality like for like I hear in Tidal £19.99 a month subscription. So I am going to bin Spotify and fully commit to Tidal! I have a Mac Mini running the Tidal app as my primary source connected into my DAC, but I seem unable to control the OSX App from my iPhone or iPad, which is simple to do on Spotify.

So what am I doing wrong, or is this feature not possible on Tidal? Also I had to send my DAC back to NAIM the other month due to a fault (now back) and what it also clearly evidenced to me is what a HUGE difference the DAC makes, but that's a whole other discussion.

Advice most welcome

Housey · 9 Dec 2018 at 15:13

That is a real pain in the ass! It is far easier as you know, to sit and playlist select from your iPad from the sofa. Poor from Tidal to not support that.

Housey · 10 Dec 2018 at 22:43

jpaul said:
can't you run a remote desktop from your ipad ...
or use a laptop from your sofa with usb dac , make up some long HQ audio leads ... listening to tidal now

Far too messy for my liking.

Housey · 11 Dec 2018 at 09:11

It’s all a faff. I just want the app to let me chose the playback device like Spotify does.

Housey · 11 Dec 2018 at 09:53

I think it has become a must have feature if you have multiple playback devices as I do. I want to be able to move between a room and chose a different device to carry on listening on.