That becomes a much more appealing concept for audiophilia (if you will) for me than keeping it an exclusivist club priced only for the financially elite. I like good sound but I also respect the notion of good quality sounding “everyman” gear anyone can afford and integrate into their lifestyles. Thus far, I’ve done numerous comparisons between Tidal streams, vinyl and high resolution physical media counterparts when available with mixed results largely dependent on the quality of the source material available on the service (a challenge not unique to Tidal).Ī little background on me before I get to the review part of our show today: I am sort of a populist audiophile. It is making me think about the intrinsic value of a streaming service in general for the audio-appreciative listener like myself (and perhaps some of you, Dear Readers). However, I have been listening on Tidal from a purely musical and functional perspective to try to see if it fits in my lifestyle. I haven’t studied MQA deeply at this point from a technical standpoint - I know that there is a big divide of believers and disbelievers - as that discussion is not really my focus here.
Tidal is a little different from the other services out there (as far as I know thus far) not only because of its creation by and for musicians but also due its accommodation for the MQA codec, a higher resolution format which is apparently optimized for streaming. And it got me wondering whether at some point I might be able actually do a review based solely on a streaming service like Tidal.
As a reference tool, it has been very handy to have there, I will admit.
He hepped me to the app version of Tidal which I was able to load up on my iPad. My editor planted a little seed in the back of my head recently when I had to make a sudden family emergency trip back East and had to complete follow-on work for some reviews remotely. Twitter Facebook Email Print LinkedIn Pinterest SMS WhatsApp
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