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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
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audphile1
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I never had a single issue with tidal. All songs that become “unavailable “ in playlists are from Qobuz. 

mojo771 OP
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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

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abenavraham
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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.

dman777
188 posts
 

I've had issues with Tidal.

1) replay gaine can be non-existent 

2) sometimes an album won't play, it would be obvious it wasn't ripped right 

3) I guess the common music's not available anymore from license issues 

Was going to switch to qubuz but now I'm not sure. The replay gain still bothers me though a lot. It might be the ever solo software

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