Post #546061
2026-02-20 21:13 UTC
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.
Replies (4)
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@Biovf@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-02-20 21:34
@munificent@mastodon.social Even when using Spotify's lossless? (I've never tried Tidal)
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@marcellerusu@mastodon.social 2026-02-20 21:45
@munificent@mastodon.social spotify also has god awful auto mastering it applies by default
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@ianthetechie@fosstodon.org 2026-02-20 22:02
@munificent@mastodon.social Spotify’s audio is almost uniquely terrible among streaming services. Tidal and Apple are ~identical these days though.
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@jonikorpi@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-02-22 10:12
@munificent@mastodon.social 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.