I know it doesn’t, which is why I asked the question. Thanks for the info on Qobuz, one of these days I will have to check it out and compare.
I've read posts on other forums(DIYMA etc) where posters feel that getting the first unfold is good enough. Especially in a car stereo where you're dealing with road noise. But I don't think my Motorola even does the first unfold even though my TIDAL app shows "MASTER". Supposedly UAPP helps with that... But at home is a different story. Chromecast in HiFi mode on my home system sounds very good and it is so convenient. But, I am interested in milking out better sound if it is possible. A laptop with the TIDAL app would give the first unfolding which would allow a Master to be sent. My Classe's DAC is capable of up to 192/26 so that should be enough I think. It's then about getting a streamer like the Bluesound Node 2i if I want the whole enchilada. Plus I think it shows the streaming level numbers. This is a bit confusing to someone who is not digitally savvy.
I tried it and honestly didn’t think I was missing out on anything that I didn’t already have on tidal. On top of that, I already had a huge playlist and collection on albums on tidal that I really didn’t want to have to build all over again in another service. To me, the “hi Rez” was no more enjoyable than the hi fi on tidal.
I don't know if Tidal still does this - but a couple of years ago when I originally subscribed to the hifi version, the default set up was mp3. Even though you'd think that subscribing to the higher cost service would automatically select flac. Took some disappointing listening until I worked out what the problem was. Once I'd manually selected hifi (flac) streaming everything was fine.
I’m not happy with Tidal using MQA otherwise I don’t mind Tidal but I’m voting with my wallet and refuse to pay Tidal for using it.
Another reason not to be fooled by MQA. Doesn’t matter if your Classe can do 192/24 if it is not MQA equipped you won’t be getting the full MQA unfold.
If they manage to gain a foothold they should eventually get there however that may take a while. If you wanted to go the vpn route it would be the only way to try for now or if you had any friends you could go visit that have it in another country I suppose.
The beauty of capitalism. We love it, you hate it, but we both have the choice to either use it or not.
Does anyone know what the darker blue chromecast color is? Sometimes that little icon is light blue, sometimes it’s dark blue.
vinylshadow is correct. I find it also helps to turn off volume normalization in the menu as well otherwise it sounds as if the high end is rolled off or not as clear. Wonder how many people bother going into the menu to check all this stuff sometimes...
For someone who hates MQA so much why do you even care about it? I would just forget about it and pretend it doesn’t exist. I don’t like Kalashnikovs but I don’t sit around and think about them.
I just changed phones and went into TIDAL's settings and they were set at Normal. Changed that...I've never known that the "loudness normalization" had the effect you described. I turned that off too. I'll be interested to see the difference. When most people here are talking about TIDAL, is it all on your home systems? Anyone do any TIDAL playing in their cars out of a head unit? From what I've read, even though the TIDAL screen will show MASTER, cell phones and head units can't unfold any MQA or play Master's as they are not MQA( LG's are and can do both but I believe only through their headphone jacks where their DACs are). Iphones have something called bit perfect so it sends higher bit rate/sampling I believe. I've read a lot of posts from people using UAPP and they say that it makes a difference on any phone.I think it may allow for the first MQ unfold? Or sends higher sampling through the USB?...So, I guess right now I'm getting TIDAL HiFi in the car. Sounds good but always curious about the MQA which I guess you need a DAP for and play through a DSP..... Nothing's easy nor easy to understand for us digitally uninformed folks. But I'd be so interested to hear an A vs B, TIDAL HiFi vs MQA completely unfolded to see the differences and what the hubbub is about.
I figure, if there are so many people investing in streaming systems at home, there must be something to the sonics of MQA. And hi res files too. I've only played hi res from vinyl so I've never messed with them but TIDAL Masters would be fun to hear.
I’m using Tidal on my IPhone 6 through the head unit of my vehicle and it does play the MASTER files.
Well darn. Hadn't noticed the volume normalization button. What a daft idea for hifi use. Good idea if you are listening in a car where having volume normalization might be a good idea. But why oh why is the default low res audio and volume normalization? I've unclicked it.