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Why do I "need" Audirvana, Roon or the like versus just Tidal App?

Hi, I stream Tidal MQA and their hifi via my Macbook Pro. I use the Tidal app on the MBpro which unpacks MQA, contains my playlists etc. In the future, I may also stream ripped cds on very rare occasion from a connected hard drive, as well as any hi res audio files I may purchase. However, 99.9% is an is likely to continue to be Tidal streaming. Maybe, just maybe adding Quboz or Amazon in the future...


I feed this from my MAC via USB out to my integrated amp and DAC (Peachtree Nova 300). I have no plans to have a separate server etc in the short term, …but may do so in the future.


I cannot understand what, if anything, Audirvana (or Roon and the like) would bring to.the table in my scenario. Perhaps better MQA unpacking? Slicker interface? Better sound quality?

I would greatly appreciate you all's thoughts on this! Thank you very much.


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stereo5
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Are you people aware that the most well known music artists make only a few hundred dollars a year on their music being streamed by Tidal, Spotify and others?  Thats right, only a few hundred.  Knowing this, I will never stream.   Because of this, many good musicians are calling it quits.  I always purchase the physical media so as to give the artist a little extra.

So all of you who are streaming music for a small pittance are actually harming the musicians you love so much.  Think about it.
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stereo5
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My point exactly.  When records and CD’s (physical media) were in vogue, the artists made enough to survive and their live events made them rich over time.  With all concerts cancelled this year and into next year, many artists can’t survive on what the streaming services pay out.  
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