and same thing with the original (S/T) Rage Against The Machine album. I was really hoping to stream some "original masterings" of 90's era rock, but to my surprise, the only copy of Soundgarden Superunknown they had available was a 21st Century Remaster. 1.5 days in, and I don't know yet what tier I'm going to opt for, but I'm fairly certain I'll be a paying customer after this trial expires.įully acknowledging in advance that this is all still in Beta, a couple of things I hope they get ironed out prior to public release (or just haven't figured out yet how to fix/address as-is) include:ġ. and the steps up from there to 24-bit and then "sublime" both seem like pretty small, reasonable bumps, that add value for what they're asking for. $200-per-year for CD quality is a considerably better "deal" than Tidal was offering me ($1 off per month when leveraging my Plex Pass). the quality upgrade here is fantastic, and I feel like the Delta between GPM and Qobuz is bigger/better than what I remember is was for Tidal (which was also substantial and enjoyable, no doubt). But I think it *might* sound a little better? I always thought that *maybe* Tidal had messed with the Gain just a little bit on their HiFi stuff? I can't A-B compare Tidal and Qobuz (which would be the real/best test), but switching back-and-forth between Norah Jones Burn (first track of Day Breaks album) between Google Play Music (320 kbps MP3) and Qobuz 16/44.1 CD and the difference is STARK, real, and very tangible. which is the whole point (for me) to paying for Qobuz or Tidal rather than just running with Spotify or Google Play. Don't get me wrong, I've got eclectic tastes and certainly listen to some bass-heavy amplifed-electric-guitar hard rock or computer-sampled-hip-hop from time to time, but I never felt like that sort of music benefitted *substantially* from streaming at CD-Quality the way Norah Jones and Rachmaninoff do. There's more of an emphasis on Jazz and Classical, and less on "synthetic" sounds. Tidal didn't support 16/44.1 over Firefox. There's CD-Quality ("Hi-Fi") support for Firefox web player I need this, due to circumstances beyond my control, for listening at work. but I like this option more, for several reasons, some of which are probably unique to me but some of them may not be:ġ. I had a 30-day-free-trial of Tidal over Christmas break (ending right around Jan 11 or so), which I liked as well. Still *VERY* early (Day 2) into my 30-day-free-trial, but my thoughts so far are: Click to expand.I requested mine on January 11 (I believe?) and I got my invite on Wednesday evening (Jan 29).
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