Has anyone tried the Tidal music streaming?

Started the HiFi free trial today and love the sound quality. Yes, there is a very noticeable difference when comparing 320kbps and below of other streaming services to the 1411kbps FLAC that Tidal streams, but no way am I paying $20 a month for music streaming. I'll be canceling before 30 days are up.

The mobile app and desktop browser UI is decent but doesn't live up to Google Music or Spotify. Already had a couple of crashes on the mobile app and the desktop UI froze up once already. Pretty sure with updates, it should be an issue.

If you're one of those audiophiles that must have the best quality. Then it's worth the $20 monthly. Google Music is good enough for me. Tidal does offer a $9.99 standard sound quality service, but I don't see any reason to switch.

MacNut said:

While I think tidal is a nice option. You really need fancy equipment to really make the difference worth it. That said MP3 is awful. At least go for AAC. The problem now is kids don't care about sound quality. They just want to hear it through crap earbuds. I would love to see quality sound become standard again. I am fine with Spotify at 320.

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I wouldn't say you need expensive/fancy equipment to notice the difference.

I noticed a pretty good difference between 320 and flac from my $50 over the ear Sony headphones when playing from my Note 4 and Laptop. Also noticed a good difference of quality via bluetooth on my car stereo.

Cheap earbuds, didn't notice a difference.