Spotify Hi-Fi support

harkpabst said:
Right now I'm listening to "Die Roboter" from the 1978 album "Die Mensch-Maschine" (2009 remix) through Tidal and the app clearly states: 16 bit 44.1 kHz FLAC
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Maybe you don't have the hifi plus tier or you are doing some volume and EQ controls. Starting from April 10, only one no limited tier will be available at 10. 99€.
As far I can see, Kraftwerk catalogue is still available mainly in MQA 44.1KHz 16bit.
The following two screenshots are for the same play. I have a MQA compatible dac (it's just a coincidence)...
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harkpabst said:
That's right, for 6 more days I don't.

Should Tidal downgrade the quality to MQA with their announced upgrade, I will complain to them. :)
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I believe that MQA files, derived from 44.1KHz 16bit masters (as Kraftwerk ones), differ from pure Flacs, in some tags only. I believe this is the reason why they didn't change them as they did with deeper and wider masters and on your tier you see "flac"...
So, nothing to worry about, for these low depth MQA, is just involved (only if available on dac) an alternative custom upsample and antialias process on end user side.
After April 10, you certainty will see MQA for Kraftwerk but it will be the same file as now...
 
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Spotify made their first "hifi" announcement in 2017 I think, a quick google shows news articles as far back as 2021. I'm still of the belief after this amount of time, it will never happen.
 
merifon said:
I believe that MQA files, derived from 44.1KHz 16bit masters (as Kraftwerk ones), differ from pure Flacs, in some tags only. I believe this is the reason why they didn't change them as they did with deeper and wider masters and on your tier you see "flac"...
So, nothing to worry about, for these low depth MQA, is just involved (only if available on dac) an alternative custom upsample and antialias process on end user side.
After April 10, you certainty will see MQA for Kraftwerk but it will be the same file as now...
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Searching Tidal's catalog with external tools ('nuff said) reveals there's really only one version of this album available and it is the MQA version. So, I think you're right and just the display will change on 10th April.
 
Die Roboter Lyngdorf MQA.jpg

My Lyngdorf TDAI displays the track as being MQA right now, so really no change to be expected after 10th April.

Sounds absolutely marvelous.
 
harkpabst said:
My Lyngdorf TDAI displays the track as being MQA right now, so really no change to be expected after 10th April.

Sounds absolutely marvelous.
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I can confirm, I did some test and I think these files, already 44.1KHz 16bit, pass anyway the MQA flags, even without hifi max tier or even if CD resolution is forced in Tidal settings.
In this situations, Tidal app or WiiM app don't say it's MQA but external DAC is anyway triggered for MQA.
After 10th of April you should see up to 192khz Flacs and some residual 48KHz 24bit MQA's
 
Spotify will raise their prices soon.
There will be a new basic abo( with or without audiobooks).
If they will offer better audio quality.. that's the question...i wouldn't have a problem to pay more if I had to pay for hifi quality.
 
wiimamp user said:
Spotify will raise their prices soon.
There will be a new basic abo( with or without audiobooks).
If they will offer better audio quality.. that's the question...i wouldn't have a problem to pay more if I had to pay for hifi quality.
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How do you come to know? Can you please share a reference? Thx
 
The price increase will apply to different markets at different times and absolute prices will continue to differ, of course.

I haven't seen any mention of higher quality settings in the media coverage of the raised prices, so I don't expect it to come.
 
harkpabst said:
The price increase will apply to different markets at different times and absolute prices will continue to differ, of course.

I haven't seen any mention of higher quality settings in the media coverage of the raised prices, so I don't expect it to come.
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I think your right..but there hoping...😊
 
There is also a new thread on Reddit showing the attached screenshot. Let's see if we get this before 2035 ;-)

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