A new problem with Tidal


I noticed a new problem with Tidal last night... When searching for Led Zeppelin IV, the list of choices was Deluxe Edition CD or HR, or the remastered in either CD or HR.  But when playing, they all play in the exact same CD 16/44.

I had this happen on more than one album, so I went to Qobuz and was able to stream the exact same album at Q HR FLAC 24/96.

I use a Bluestream Vault to stream through my McIntosh amp.

So is Tidal experiencing tech problems or are they intentionally mis-representing their streaming rates?

mojo771

I just figured it out... Easy as 1,2,3,4,5,6...

 

For some reason I got logged out of Tidal.  I'm not sure if this is a Tidal thing or a Bluesound thing, but Qobuz also did it months ago so I think its an annual thing they do? But its confusing.

1-Since Tidal no longer showed up on my BluOS I had to sign in and add Tidal to Bluesound - again.

2-Tidal now only plays max cd level.

3-I search everywhere on Tidal to change the settings, but there are none.

4-Search everywhere on BluOS, but no option to manage streaming quality

5-Go to Tidal on the PC... Nothing

6-Go to BluOS on the PC/Tidal/Manage/ there it is.

So now its fixed.  Only took 2 days of searching to find it, because, maybe it costs them more to stream HR so they hide that option so you will think you are getting HR when you are only getting CD?  IDK

I went through the same thing and just set max resolution for everything as I stream Tidal through an Innuos Pulse and straight from my phone while in my car. Just curious, how much of a SQ change did you notice ? Off topic I’ve encountered albums completely disappearing for a couple days and then available again on Tidal and Qbuz at the same time and songs on a premade list that won’t play and need to be reinserted into a saved/downloaded list. I think those issues are intermittent licensing issues. Cheers , Mike B. 

I never had a single issue with tidal. All songs that become “unavailable “ in playlists are from Qobuz. 

I've been seeing a lot of that with Qobuz as well, playing an album on Qobuz and then a random song gets the Error message and won't play, so you have to skip the song.  Which is why I was trying to use Tidal.

I read that Qobuz was aware of the issue and were working on a fix, but I had the issue again last night

The issue I have with Qobuz lately is not starting with the first track on some albums. After a few seconds, it just skips to the second track.