Re: Master Streaming is here! More on the way!
Originally Posted by
MJP
It's sort of annoying that they don't actually tell you which version of the album is the master version. Usually the second, but seem to need to hit play to confirm. On my system, it's sort of a mute point though, both sound similar and niether Hifi nor master sounds as clean as a cd from my old onkyo CD player. Probably some combination of streaming, conversions and the likely cheap soundboard in my laptop. I think it is good though, if there is a "better" than cd streaming option, maybe it will at least pressure other providers to go lossless. Spotify sounds like junk compared to tidal, but tidal is expensive, so would be nice to have another option....
I have two daughters in college so I take advantage of the student discount so I pay $9.99 for TIDAL HiFi. I agree that for $20 is expensive, though.
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