Probably, but I’m not sure.
I think generally speaking, Qobuz is supposed to be better overall (selection/SQ).
I’m happy with Tidal, and I also enjoy MQA.
I like tidal as well I’m just thinking about how often I use the master tracks when I’m listening intently as opposed to casually… contemplating saving the 10 a month and just have 320 on the go and putting the 10 I save into buying flac 
Thanks peeps I appreciate the conversation
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Anyone know a good way other than Spotify to get local files and streaming music to play nice together? I like to create huge playlists and shuffle them as I work. I enjoy some music that is not available for streaming and like to include some of those songs in such playlists. For example, Porcupine Tree’s album Fear of a Blank Planet, at least the studio version, is not on streaming services, but I like to dump some of those songs into my playlist for shuffling. Another issue is tracks that usually play together as one song (something like Pink Floyd’s Happiest Days of Our Lives into Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2) don’t shuffle well. But, you can use Audacity or similar and combine those tracks into a single file that plays together in a shuffle. Currently, Spotify is the only service I know of that allows you combine local files and streaming into a single playlist and shuffle it all together. Spotify is a very good service but isn’t lossless. For casual or background listening, as is the case while working, that doesn’t matter so much. However, carrying two monthly fees for streaming services, one lossy where I can do this and one lossless for more focused listening, is getting old and seems unncessarily hard on the wallet. Anyone know of any reasonable solutions?
-Roon + Tidal
-Audirvana + Tidal
-Plex + Tidal
-Google Play Music allows you to have your own files stored
Hope it helps!
Thanks for your help. I have Audirvana + Qobuz and that does not allow for mixed streaming and local play lists. I don’t remember that working for Tidal and Audirvana either, but I don’t have Tidal anymore so that could be different now. I see Roon has an android endpoint option but I’ll have to wait for some future date that becomes more financially sensible. In general it seems I must have an unusual use case. If there was higher demand for this then Spotify wouldn’t be the only one doing it.
Just got Deezer Hifi, same price as the Tidal Masters thing. Gonna see if it’s better in the trial period.
At first sight it seems better featured, don’t notice any audio quality difference for better or worse, need more time for this.
My main gripe with Tidal is that it has a useless recommended/suggested algo, and they’re not doing shit about it. It’s been the same since forever.
I have tried every music streaming service there is. I finally stuck with Amazon Unlimited HD. Master quality audio on many tracks with by far the best app at sorting your library. I couldn’t do Tidal because the music library is beyond garbage. Who designed that crap? It doesn’t do as good of a job as Spotify on bringing you new music to try out but if you’re looking for the best combo of sorting your music library and music quality, Amazon is really your only choice.
If spotify offered the sq of the other services they’d be unbeatable. id go back in a heartbeat
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In Canada, we cannot get Qobuz nor Amazon HD Music…
Considering Sportify quality to be poor… We are currently stuck with either Tidal or Deezer Hifi.
Between both, Tidal and Deezer Hifi… quality wise, is one better than the other?
Feature wise, I’m sick of Tidal suggesting rap and R&B when I never listen to that…
But Audio Quality is #1 for me, so I’ll stick with Tidal if it sounds better than Deezer Hifi.
Suggestion?
I havent tried deezer but I’m back to tidal after using spotify for a week… I do notice a difference in quality between spotify tracks and master tracks on tidal… it’s worth it to me
What I’ve read tells me tidal is preferable to deezer but i may try it for myself
I’ve decided to simply go ahead a give Deezer a shot.
Currently it’s 3 months free… After that it’s still 25% cheaper per month than Tidal.
From my quick testing :
Tidal Master Track sounds better than Deezer Hifi
Tidal Hifi sounds the same as Deezer Hifi
Note: if you decide to try Deezer, by default the streaming quality is set to Standard (128kb/s)… or at least it was for me. High Fidelity streaming, they say it’s “Stream in lossless quality”
I’m sold lol
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I’m currently using Roon with my own FLAC archive, Qobuz and Tidal. Not exactly the cheapest option, but man, is it luxurious. 
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Home music servers for the win lol
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Coming from an analog library and being new to digital having tidal is extremely convenient lol… I’ll continue buying digital downloads but focus on albums that arent masters on tidal at least narrows it down a bit 
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After a year with Tidal Masters and mqa capable hardware, I added qobuz studio
After the 1 month trial I cancelled both
Qobuz is 25€/month in germany and best soundquality
Worst app and weak serach function with a fast growing catalog - wait for a promodeal or come back if I start missing it and get the 199/year “deal”
Tidal Masters mqa is ok.
Catalog grew in the last months- however knowing qobuz, I don’t see me coming back
The R&B and HipHop suggestions got on my nerves
Will miss the magenta mqa light on my DAC the most
Still using Spotify Premium since the beginning and won’t cancel it
The 10 bucks are a no brainer for the best portfolio, best app and the best suggestions
The remote feature and the car-connect support are dope
Please spotify get the qobuz quality and charge 30/month
Still use Amazon HD and the 7,99 on top don’t hurt for the amount of audiobooks we consume
The non ASIO nor Wasapi driver support is non audiophile- still a bad joke marketing it as audiophile
My wife and I, we both have our own audible account with 10 bucks each for audiobooks and podcasts
Think about cancelling one of the audible subscribtions and get qobuz back
In the meantime I rip our CDs to Flac.
We own more than 1500 albums and I have over 1200 CDs not ripped yet
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… I’d use qobuz if it were available in Canada
This.
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I’m glad I’m done with doing that lol, I always made sure to not let them pile up without ripping them
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Started late with FLACs
Had most ripped on mp3 and in the Amazon Cloud auto-rip
Now every new CD got ripped in the last 2 years as FLAC immediately (somehow)
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Has deezer always been so bugged on Windows?
The thing can’t even pause a song when maximizing the program, you need to click somewhere to make it work.
The forward/back buttons don’t work.
This is quite shit.
Also the hidden volume button pisses me off immensely. Whoever thought it should be displayed on-hover must be some sort of sadist.