Apologies as this might be a silly question. I know TIDAL HI FI music is about 1400 kbps, what about TIDAL MQA when unfolded?

soundizer said:

Apologies as this might be a silly question. I know TIDAL HI FI music is about 1400 kbps, what about TIDAL MQA when unfolded?

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I believe FLAC files encoded in MQA are about the same size but don't quote me on that.

The partially unfolded 24/ 96khz MQA file does sound better in every instance I tested. With some older songs I hear significantly less noise than on the Hifi version.

This was all tested using a Chord Mojo and my various headphones and iems. Clear improvement accross the board when A/B testing and when listening for pleasure.

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Given that it says, "Mixed and Mastered by Steve Wilson" 13 times on the screen (not to mention at least 2 more times off screen), I think we can be fairly certain. 

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LOL, thanks.  I finally signed up for the 60-day trial, so plenty of opportunity to compare.  That album will be first, since I've got it, and we've got the lineage.  All I can say is, Hooray for Audacity! 

I wonder if Tidal will ever have Radiohead and Pink Floyd Masters. 

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I am based in the UK and have found TIDAL Support to be awful. You have to fill out an online form.

Also when TIDAL SUPPORT eventually got back to me via email they stated reference to 96kbps - i think they made an error as should have stated 96kHz.

Useless support for a £20 a month service.
Spotify Premium is not much better in my experience using it for 3 years.

Best support experience so far for me is Apple Music - i can call them or get Apple to call me. Very super friendly and they will not stop helping address a query until the matter is closed.. This is free even if you have not subscribed to Apple Music.

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Anyone have feedback using the Meridian Explorer 2? Seems like a cheap way to get the full benefit of MQA as a nice mobile/laptop setup.

because the tidal desktop has built in mqa decoding.

mojo777 said:

  Anyone have feedback using the Meridian Explorer 2? Seems like a cheap way to get the full benefit of MQA as a nice mobile/laptop setup.

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I haven't heard the Explorer2 since CES 2 years ago when it was announced and even then I didn't get a very good listen.  But with that said, remember, just because you're feeding 24/384 (or whatever) to your DAC, doesn't mean it will sound better than 24/96 on a better DAC.  If you're looking for a new DAC in the price range, it's definitely a nice advantage having hardware MQA support.  But I wouldn't go out of your way to grab one just for the MQA if you already have a solid DAC.

soundizer said:

I am based in the UK and have found TIDAL Support to be awful. You have to fill out an online form.

Also when TIDAL SUPPORT eventually got back to me via email they stated reference to 96kbps - i think they made an error as should have stated 96kHz.

Useless support for a £20 a month service.
Spotify Premium is not much better in my experience using it for 3 years.

Best support experience so far for me is Apple Music - i can call them or get Apple to call me. Very super friendly and they will not stop helping address a query until the matter is closed.. This is free even if you have not subscribed to Apple Music.

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Funny in the US tidal support is email also but very quick to respond and if you still have a question no need to start a new form the sent email can be responded to. I find this very unusual with support, audioquest requires you to fill out a new request form each time they respond because the email address sent cannot be responded to.

Can anyone help please. Just installed Tidal on a Mac Computer. TIDAL HIFI subscription.

(1). I can see about 100 albums for Masters on What's New / Masters. How do i find more Masters, please?

(2). I cannot get it to output sound into Chord Mojo when using Optical Connection. Is it USB audio only? The USB Audio connection works fine, but I prefer to use Optical.

(3). Is there no Equaliser on the Tidal Mac Software?

(4). Tidal are very slow responding to questions on email, is that normal? Been waiting since Friday for replies to emails.

(5) Is Chromecast supported as my Android TV shows Tidal when I Google Cast, but no music plays. Maybe not supported during Trial period perhaps?


Thank you kindly for any help with the above. Much appreciated.

soundizer said:

Can anyone help please. Just installed Tidal on a Mac Computer. TIDAL HIFI subscription.

(1). I can see about 100 albums for Masters on What's New / Masters. How do i find more Masters, please?

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Thank you kindly for any help with the above. Much appreciated.

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In the main desktop view (defaults to What's New for me), Look for the Albums section (should be the 2nd one), click "Masters", then click "Show All" off to the right.  That should load all of the them.  It doesn't looked like much at first glance, but more are exposed as I scroll through the list.  This is in the Windows desktop client.  There are far more than 100; I got tired of counting the rows (10-per-row * 30 rows is where I stopped).
 
What they really need to fix is the artist view, maybe with a Show Only MASTER Recordings link.  I just started using TIDAL, so I may be missing something, but I don't think so, based on previous posts in this thread.
 
Good luck with your other questions.

soundizer said:

(1). I can see about 100 albums for Masters on What's New / Masters. How do i find more Masters, please?

(2). I cannot get it to output sound into Chord Mojo when using Optical Connection. Is it USB audio only? The USB Audio connection works fine, but I prefer to use Optical.

(3). Is there no Equaliser on the Tidal Mac Software?
 

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1) How it's currently set up feels like a quick fix (which is kind of odd, considering everyone and their dog have known that MQA is coming to Tidal for at least a year now…), I'm sure they'll eventually build something more usable. What you can try is to click into the artist views, some of them have more Masters albums – which are relatively easy to spot if you try to find duplicate looking albums. However, in order to see which is Masters version and which is standard Hifi, you'll just have to press play and see what it says in the bottom bar.
 
2) Definitely not limited to USB only (Masters nor Tidal in general). Personally I've been listening to the Masters via optical out on my MBP, connected to CA DacMagic – works great @ 24/96. How new of a Mac you have? If I've understood correctly, the latest models no longer have optical output in the headphone jack.
 
3) Correct, doesn't exist. (If you for some reason want a software eq on your Mac, try an app called Boom. But I'm not sure how that would work in connection with an external DAC, probably doesn't).