Seems like a quick reaction saying Amazon killed Tidal. i took the 90 day free trial and okay Amazon is decent and cheaper which may be enough to tip the scales for lots of folks, However when I did an A/B comparison of the same song switching from Tidal to Amazon back and forth, Tidal sounded a bit more even handed on my system, Amazon seem to have a little too much energy in the upper mids and highs (for my taste). Trust me if I can save a buck or two usually you can count me in, so far I’m not convinced this is a good move for me. Of course YMMV. Doug |
Exdmd, that’s my experience to a T. I also notice that if you don’t adjust the sample rate, it’s upsampling everything which sounds worse than if readjusted to the actual rate. I’m enjoying Qobuz Hi-Res more thanTidal MQA as well. It sounds better to me and I like that there is more Hi-Res than MQA for my musical tastes. Overall, I think Qobuz sounds best. Ymmv |
Amazon has their own forum, with a dedicated thread to the Amazon Music HD service. They apparently don't take criticism well, there has been a lot of discussion about poor sound quality of Amazon Music HD compared to Tidal and Qobuz. The moderators pruned the negative posts last night, cutting the thread from 16 pages to 8. A company who censors constructive criticism probably won't improve the service by even implementing Wasapi exclusive mode. |
