Bob Nystrom

I've never really been an audio quality snob. I figure almost all audio I listen regardless of source is high enough quality to not be able to tell a difference.

But I just switched from Spotify to Tidal, migrated all my playlists over and, well, I was wrong. It literally sounds like I bought a new better pair of headphones.

Feb 20 at 9:13pmWeb
Show threadDavid SenaFeb 20
@munificent Even when using Spotify's lossless? (I've never tried Tidal)
Show threadBob NystromFeb 20
@Biovf Apparently, I have Spotify's quality set to "high". I haven't tried "very high" or "lossless".
Show threadMarcelleFeb 20
@munificent spotify also has god awful auto mastering it applies by default
Show threadIan WagnerFeb 20

@munificent Spotify’s audio is almost uniquely terrible among streaming services.

Tidal and Apple are ~identical these days though.

Show threadSebastian GrillFeb 21
@munificent Also when I tried TIDAL, I found their client much less annoying.
Show threadJoni KorpiFeb 22
@munificent Yep, and it is unfortunately difficult to unhear. A decade+ down the line I’m here running out of space to fit a 250 GB Plex library full of .flac files.