Thank you for the reply. Yea I use my Ifi idsd BL with my desktop so it uses an external power source however it doesn't work for turbo mode as the battery drains faster that is maintained so it runs out after about 40 minutes. If I have it on normal power mode it is fine to maintain it's...

I am a big Ifi fan and have owned their products for years now. My recent setup of the Hd800s and Ifi idsd BL was pure heaven but unfortunately the battery is slowly dying in the Black label. I can't use turbo mode for more than 30 minutes before it dies. I decided to get a dedicated desktop...

I have both, there is no difference. The vast majority of people in the audio industry aswell as numerous studies done have confirmed that almost everyone can't tell the difference. I notice the audiophile industry is full of marketing gimmicks that do nothing to enhance the sound while costing...

Spotify led is green and Tidal goes magenta only when i play MQA however for the rest of Tidal's lossless tracks the led is also on green.

Hifiman Edition X V2. Connected to desktop pc or note 10 via USB connection to a ifi xDsd Dac/amp

I have about 20 more days of Tidal, using a Ifi Xdsd Dac that can play MQA. No difference between Spoitify and Tidal (MQA). I've A,B'd them for a few days, I had them literially playing a second apart and again no difference.

So if people generally can't hear the difference between Flac and 320kbps why would anyone pay for Tidal over Spotify? Peace of mind? Also the amount of reviews you get from the big audio sites that talk about how much better Tidal is than Spotify in terms of audio quality baffles me

Is the black micro much better in terms of sound quality?

My needs are sound quality first, portability second lol. Whatever sounds the best

The funny this is there are some who say there are huge differences yet i have pretty decent gear and ears that can hear pretty well and i'm just not hearing it. I'll give it more time but so far after 30 days i will be going back to Spotify

So the data file of spotify's 320kbps seems to be the sweet spot. Small enough to not take up too much room but also large enough to make sure all the auidable quality is there. Well i'll not lie I wish lossless was better. I'm always on the lookout to improve audio quality especially if it's...

Hey guys my setup is a Hifiman edition X V2 and a ifi XDSD Dac. I've been using spoitfy for years as we get it free here with most phone plans. I'm trying out Tidal which costs $30 a month and I was expecting to hear a significant difference based on the file size compared to Spotify. Can anyone...

Also can anyone tell me if the ifi micro black label is worth getting as i see it for a good price and was wondering how much better it is than XDSD?

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Anyone else get an issue with tidal where switching between MQA and regular tracks can just break the DAC,i end up having to reset my DAC or computer just to get sound out of it as it cuts out sometimes when i switch between MQA and regular tidal tracks. It can last for about 20 mins where i...

The easiest way to test this the quality in Tidal was to switch between normal mode and master while playing a track and comparing. The difference was quite noticeable in that normal was more closed in while master was certainly fuller and seemed louder. Now this could be done on purpose by...

Ok i had a look on a few other forums and i think it have an idea what it is now, amateur mistake lol. I'll post it below Hi Guys - Chord Electronics team here, we will try to give you a quick run down on whats happening. Neither your phone or Mojo is defective, and spotify is not at...

Yea i'm beginning to wonder. In New Zealand Spotify premium is free with most phone plans. Tidal costs $30 a month so i was hoping for a bit better than this to justify it. Now it could be that it's an issue with the XDSD itself not showing higher quality audio through Tidal but based on the...

It's weird because i went into settings and it turned it up to studio quality. This hasn't affected Tidal which gets 44100hz sample rate and a green LED yet when i play spotify the LED lights up yellow saying i'm playing at higher quality than Tidal? It really shouldn't be this difficult to get...

Hey guys i need help. When i'm using Tidal with my desktop when i play MQA tracks the LED light does light up magenta. It's just every other track that isn't master is stuck on the green LED which is telling me according to the manual i'm playing on the lowest quality, I figured it would be more...

Hey guys i was wondering what peoples experiences was from using Tidal with Bluetooth compared to Spotify with bluetooth, is there a noticeable difference still as you won't be getting the highest quality with Tidal?

Thanks guys, i can't hear the difference listening between the Tidal app and with Tidal in the UAPP App. I'll compare Tidal to Spotify however over the coming weeks while my free trial is ongoing. How are you guys finding Tidal?

Any idea why with the UAPP it still says 44 khz? Cheers

I'm ready for giving up on lossless audio o Thank you very much for those, my desktop connection has been fixed and is now purple. With my phone i didn't know the green LED is still Hi fi and yellow is masters which makes sense.

I have the Ifi control panel driver installed and it detects my XDSD but when on Tidal it still shows a green LED. The control panel also says revision v5.30 which i assume is up to date. Also do you get Magenta even through your note 9?