Tidal Idagio/Airplay vs Tidal Connect

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ChrisByrd

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I’ve just taken up Idagio’s Black Friday offer of six months for around half price as I’ve always liked the service. I’m hoping that it will be integrated into WiiM Home before too long, but in the meantime I’m using AirPlay 2 and have been pleasantly surprised at how good it sounds. Comparing John Wilson’s recent recording of Rachmaninov Symphony 2 (CD quality) with Tidal Connect, I was interested to see that Idagio/AirPlay 2 is streaming at 900 kbps against Tidal Connect’s 491 kbps. I need to up the volume slightly with AirPlay but otherwise little difference.

Only problem is, I was hoping to upgrade my WiiM Pro to an Ultra, but will have to hold off until Idagio is integrated (hint, hint).
 
ChrisByrd said:
I was interested to see that Idagio/AirPlay 2 is streaming at 900 kbps against Tidal Connect’s 491 kbps.
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I wouldn't read much into the 900 kbps figure reported from the WiiM Home App. This just means you're using Airplay 1 (ALAC at 16-bit/44.1 kHz). It doesn't mean the stream to the device you're Airplay-ing from is that bitrate...
 
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Given the Idagio app supports both airplay and chromecast, and only streams up to CD quality I don’t see what benefit having it in the WiiM home app would bring - use its native app and cast to your WiiM device.
 
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