Square acquires majority of Tidal in $297M deal

Re:Square acquires majority of Tidal in $297M deal by kingosticks on Thursday March 04, 2021 @11:21AM (#26344347)

This https://open.spotify.com/album/1V5q6IEheMUjOTYJar4f54 ? It sounds fine to me but the exact copy I get might well be different to you if we are in different regions.

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Re:Square acquires majority of Tidal in $297M deal by kingosticks on Thursday March 04, 2021 @07:06PM (#26350393)

The Spotify version sounds identical to the tidal "hifi" version (to me). I'm actually pretty curious now what this amazing CD version sounds like!

I'm currently on a Tidal free trial but I won't be moving from Spotify when it's up. I personally can't tell the difference. Maybe I'm half deaf but ignorence is bliss.

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Re:Square acquires majority of Tidal in $297M deal by willtim on Friday March 05, 2021 @04:56AM (#26354999)

I've uploaded a small example, a small clip taken from the CD followed by the same clip captured from Spotify: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F3NvOpqcMfvNSmyyvbgfUlV6XMO...

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Re:Square acquires majority of Tidal in $297M deal by kingosticks on Friday March 05, 2021 @07:45AM (#26356231)

Cool, thanks! I had a go at a comparison. This is Spotify ("Very high" and volume normalization disabled), then Tidal ("HiFi") and then yours (CD then Spotify). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Stns23J5aRoj9EeZBVKrX35Cxfh...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rAITjrK39fiJYOT53ghq9DbC-e4...

If it's helpful for you, the code 'LIDLMUSIC' gives a free 6-month Tidal trial. It might be UK specific I have no idea.

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Re:Square acquires majority of Tidal in $297M deal by willtim on Saturday March 06, 2021 @05:49AM (#26366580)

Very strange, I can confirm that your Spotify sample does sound much better than my one. Mine sounds identical on Windows and Android though, two very different platforms, so it may indeed be a UK problem. Thank you very much for the code.

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