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Is Tidal/Deezer worth it?

Hello, everybody, I’ve been thinking to move on from my Spotify subscription to move to Tidal or Deezer. I want to try out HIFI audio, but still get a good and stable experience. Are there any suggestions for which one I should pick? Could you also tell about your experience with those apps, or are there any other you would recommend more?

Auli ,

Yes I’m “in Argentina” and it is totally worth it like under 3 bucks for a family plan.

alokir ,

As far as I’ve experienced you need really good quality headphones in order to enjoy Tidal. Mine is on the high end of mid tier and I couldn’t tell the difference in quality when I asked my wife to test me. I use Youtube Music because it’s pretty much the same as Spotify plus no ads on regular Youtube.

philip_the3rd , (edited )
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I got a pair of mid-range Sennheisers and the difference in quality is noticeable. Could never go back to tin can sound.

kabe ,
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That’s what we call the placebo effect.

Try telling 256kbps AAC and lossless apart when you don’t know which is which beforehand:

abx.digitalfeed.net/spotify-hq.html

Haphazard9479 ,

I’m tired of monthly subscriptions. I bought a lifetime Plex Pass. PlexAmp is a great app that plays music you own(or as close to owning as you can get).

philip_the3rd ,
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Dunno where you stand on all things Apple, but Apple Music is truly stable and has Hi-Fi (lossless). Works on both iOS and Android. Queuing and other specifics might irk you at first - just bear in mind it’s different from Spotify in that it favours albums over playlists and algo-generated content. TIDAL’s fine and the sound quality rumours you’ve heard are all true, but still has a bit of ironing out to do. Deezer used to be great, but now it’s expensive AF. Just export your library through tunemymusic.com or soundiiz.com first and feel free to explore whatever tickles your fancy.

Flaky ,
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Ditto on Apple Music. Lossless at no extra cost with a much better UX than all except maybe Spotify. Wasn’t a fan of Tidal’s UX compared to Spotify and Apple Music, and Deezer still has this weird hard limit of 2,000 tracks on playlists. For comparison, Spotify has a 10,000 track limit and Apple Music has none (not to be confused with the 100k song library limit).

My main reason for sticking with Apple Music lately was the library management, particularly when syncing local songs. I have some music I got from Bandcamp that is not on streaming at all. On Spotify, you can’t have them alongside your liked songs, while on Apple Music, they’re treated as part of your music library and therefore much more streamlined than Spotify’s.

verysoft ,

Spotify is unfortunately on track to completely destroy its UX. They are also horrendously slow at implementing highly requested features. Competition seems to be finally creeping up though.

Flaky ,
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I’ve heard as much, especially on r/TrueSpotify when I still used Reddit. Lots of “where hifi/2fa”.

Apple’s UX isn’t perfect either but the library management is a huge part of why their UX is personally better for me.

dmmeyournudes ,

Unless you have expensive equipment, you will get no quality improvement over 360bit from Spotify. No flagship phone or Bluetooth headphones have high enough quality for various reasons. So without dedicated equipment, they’re not worth paying more than you do for Spotify now.

TurtleTourParty ,

You should be able to get some improvements if your phone and headphones support LDAC or AptX HD. How perceptible this improvement is is debatable. IMO it wasn’t worth the 75% reduction in battery life for my headphones.

d3Xt3r ,

And even if you have the equipment, whether your ears can discern the difference is debatable. And even if you can discern the difference, whether it’s a noticeable improvement is another matter. And even if is a noticeable improvement, that doesn’t necessarily mean your enjoyment of the music is any higher - sure, you may be able to make out some additional instruments or some nuances you didn’t pick up before, but that doesn’t mean the emotional response that’s invoked in you is any higher. At least in my case, I found that in the end, it didn’t really matter - the enjoyment that I got from listening to lossless audio via audiophile gear wasn’t really much different from the enjoyment I got from HQ streaming music via regular gear. At least, the inconvenience wasn’t really worth the gains.

IMO, music is about emotions and mood. Some of my fondest memories of music can be traced back to crackly radio on a cheap 2-in-1 set and making mixtapes, or catching the FM waves whilst driving and discovering some legit good tracks, many of which are still part of my regular playlists.

lemmyvore ,

even if you have the g, whether your ears can discern the difference is debatable

You can test if you can tell the difference!

abx.digitalfeed.net

IMO everybody who’s considering Tidal or another hifi platform should take this test first. If it turns out you can’t tell the difference at 128kbps then you really shouldn’t bother.

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