EDIT: The only reason why I still had it at this point was because I could use it with other apps. However, now that my Spotify Subscription is cancelled, it doesn’t work with anything. It’s mildly infuriating because today, I can’t still use it with other apps like I was able to yesterday.

Please don’t make the same mistake I made. No one should buy this.

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    The audible difference between Tidal and Spotify is way overblown even with audiophile quality gear.

    Apple Music does sometimes sound better by comparison, but that’s more to do with the fact that they tend to curate their music library with better sounding master recordings than it does with what codec/bitrate they use.

    The downsides of AM is that it can be a pain if you aren’t already in Apple ecosystem, and its suggestion algorithm often isn’t as good.

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      Yep I’ve tried them both and can pick between Tidal and Spotify when flicking between the same song but if played a random song on 1 service and not the other I can’t pick it, Spotify is definitely good enough for me.

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        Yup, and even when doing quick A-B testing, it’s usually a slight volume disparity that makes it possible to tell them apart.

        The idea that Tidal sounds noticeably better because it offers FLAC instead of a lossy codec is pretty much a myth.