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Re:Square acquires majority of Tidal in $297M deal by threeseed on Thursday March 04, 2021 @02:20PM (#26346887)
> You can use Tidal lossless for streaming things.

I have a Focal Clear, Schiit Lyr 3, Schiit Bifrost 2 and I can not tell the difference between Tidal and Apple Music. There are tests online which people regularly post on Head-Fi and Reddit which also shows that almost all people can't distinguish lossless from high quality lossy encodes.

> or rip CDs yourself. This will give you the best quality

No it won't.

As Apple describes in their guide for Apple Music they have, "dynamic range that’s superior to red book CD audio" because they transcode from the high-bit masters.

https://www.apple.com/itunes/docs/apple-digital-masters.pdf

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Re:Square acquires majority of Tidal in $297M deal by aparashk on Thursday March 04, 2021 @09:40PM (#26351848)
Master quality is king these days, when "transparent" compression codecs are used. However, there are still many people who believe they can hear/feel the difference. You will need a combination of a golden ear and extra good equipment, starting from about 1K and above for a headphone setup.
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