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RE: Spotify or Tital?

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In Reply to: RE: Spotify or Tital? posted by Rod M on July 08, 2022 at 18:17:36

I'm now on Qobuz, but I used Tidal for about 6 years and Spotify for about 5 years before that.

Tidal
+ Better SQ
+ Artist pay is one of the highest in the streaming biz
- Search feature is bare bones
- No personalized recommendations. There's curated playlists and promoted albums, but the focus seems to be on new music.

Spotify
+ Better for music discovery. It's not as good as YouTube, but at least it has a machine learning program generating personalized recommendations.
+ Supported by everything
- Artist royalties are shit and they're not transparent about how they are determined

I also agree with you that 320Kbps is good enough for the car or portable speakers. If you're going to use the service on your main rig at home, get Tidal. If you know what you want to play and just need a service that provides it, I can also recommend Tidal. But if you want a service that helps you find something new to try, Spotify is better.

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Why not Qobuz ? - AbeCollins 11:55:37 07/13/22 (2)
Just curious Dave.... You recommended Tidal but your post says you're now on Qobuz after 6 years of Tidal. Is there a reason why you did not recommend Qobuz?

I have Tidal and Qobuz and run both at home but I rarely use them in the car. Perhaps one is better than the other in the car? Better user interface? Better reliability?

Thanks.
- Rod said Tidal vs Spotify - Dave_K 12:32:42 07/13/22 (1)
  That's the main reason.
  
  Also, Qobuz is a little more expensive. I'm paying $12.99 monthly. That might make the difference if he's only going to use it occasionally e.g. for travel.
  
  Otherwise, if Rod is looking to use this in his main system, I would lean towards paying a little extra each month to get lossless hi-res from Qobuz.
  - Ah, yes. Give the O.P. what he asked for ;-) - AbeCollins 13:17:03 07/13/22 (0)
    I should have payed closer attention.
    
    I think we're still waiting for Spotify to offer CD quality / lossless music. AAC or MP3 streaming at a high enough bit-rate is fine for the car but it seems like all the streaming services are starting to offer true CD quality.

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