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(02-Mar-2015, 12:46)GuillaumeB Wrote: (02-Mar-2015, 12:40)amabrok Wrote: Thanks for sharing that Guillaume. Now I'm really eager to learn what the outcome of a TotalDac D1 vs Aurender X100 shot out would be?
Hi amabrok I'd need to try and source one since none of my friendly dealers stock Aurender.
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I have no experience with Tidal, but my audiophile friends in the Netherlands report that it sounds not as good as their locally stored 16/44 FLAC files. I use Qobuz, and to my ears, the sound quality is really good. I hear no difference between Qobuz and locally stored FLAC files. I certainly don't experience any lack of liveliness (reported on Tidal by ears I trust).
That is then a good point of the Auralic Aries....... the Auralic Lightning DS app has Qobus integrated already.
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(02-Mar-2015, 13:20)EricDH Wrote: I have no experience with Tidal, but my audiophile friends in the Netherlands report that it sounds not as good as their locally stored 16/44 FLAC files. I use Qobuz, and to my ears, the sound quality is really good. I hear no difference between Qobuz and locally stored FLAC files. I certainly don't experience any lack of liveliness (reported on Tidal by ears I trust).
Wow that is really good to know Eric. Thanks!
I have Qobuz in Ipeng so will give that a go too and report back. I actually quite like the idea of Qobuz Sublime since I tend to buy quite a lot of 24bit material. Would pay for itself or certainly subsidise some of my online purchases.
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(02-Mar-2015, 13:34)GuillaumeB Wrote: (02-Mar-2015, 13:20)EricDH Wrote: I have no experience with Tidal, but my audiophile friends in the Netherlands report that it sounds not as good as their locally stored 16/44 FLAC files. I use Qobuz, and to my ears, the sound quality is really good. I hear no difference between Qobuz and locally stored FLAC files. I certainly don't experience any lack of liveliness (reported on Tidal by ears I trust).
Wow that is really good to know Eric. Thanks!
I have Qobuz in Ipeng so will give that a go too and report back. I actually quite like the idea of Qobuz Sublime since I tend to buy quite a lot of 24bit material. Would pay for itself or certainly subsidise some of my online purchases.
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I concur. I tried both Qobuz and Tidal on my Macbook plus Air WiFi and for my ears Qobuz sounds better. Also Tidal suffers from more drop outs.
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Amgad - thanks for posting this thread and conducting a detailed analysis. For a beginner like me its almost "Audiophile" orgasam to read the whole thread.
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When I switched from streaming TIDAL via AIR to the Antipodes the dropouts stopped. Consequently I wonder how much of the dropout problem is TIDAL and how much is the streaming method. TIDAL sounds very good to me through the Antipodes, but I can't get Qobuz in the US.
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(02-Mar-2015, 14:53)Jnan_devi Wrote: Amgad - thanks for posting this thread and conducting a detailed analysis. For a beginner like me its almost "Audiophile" orgasam to read the whole thread.
Thanks Jnan!
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(02-Mar-2015, 15:12)AaronG Wrote: When I switched from streaming TIDAL via AIR to the Antipodes the dropouts stopped. Consequently I wonder how much of the dropout problem is TIDAL and how much is the streaming method. TIDAL sounds very good to me through the Antipodes, but I can't get Qobuz in the US.
AaronG, this is interesting. I always thought that it is a Tidal issue. Also it could be that streaming is better in the US. Location plays a major role in streaming I suppose.
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It certainly does! But in this case the Ickstream TIDAL app streams flawlessly in the same location that the TIDAL web app does not.
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Web app is miserable. Desktop app is slow and the best relatively speaking is the mobile app. And all of that proves your point in a way
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