Thanks Chris - I am eagerly waiting for this service to be made available in France as well (it's US and UK only for the moment) and, who knows, available on the BeoSound 5 / BeoMaster 5 as well.

Everything I've heard until now is that Tidal's sound quality is indeed above Spotify, Deezer et al.

The interface is miles better than Qobuz, and playing Annie Lennox through the A9 is brilliant! A lot of high end companies have already signed up for Tidal integration, NAD, Linn and McIntosh to name a few.

ps was in beautiful Arras and Lille last week🤒

I've been using WiMP (which is the original name still used in Scandinavia and Germany...) since they started streaming lossless (HiFi) about a year ago.

The quality is definetely quite awesome. But in many cases - in the kitchen cooking, in the car (using off-line content etc - I can't really tell the difference to Spotify Premium.

I still stick to it, because I often sit down to listen to music - that's where you (might) hear a difference.

What pi**es me off, is that you can't play an album gapless - Spotify is much better for this.

And often I don't find the things I am looking for - which is more seldom with Spotify.

That may of cource be different for others with different  priorities - I know.

I guess the interface of your -Tidal - version is different from the one I/we know.

Comparing the two (WiMP/Spotify), I find the Spotify interface better.

However - when 'heavy listening' I use WiMP through the (iPad) iPeng-app/Squeezebox to the Playmaker.

The interface in iPeng is a bit different from the original - but this way I can access my local files in the same interface (and netradio-stations).

The question about support in BS/BM5 for WiMP/Tidal has been asked a lot of times here (in Scandinavia).

I surely hope, that the start in the UK/USA makes it possible in near future - and for the tv's too!

MM

Sure 🙂

M🎃M

Millemissen wrote:

I've been using WiMP (which is the original name still used in Scandinavia and Germany...) since they started streaming lossless (HiFi) about a year ago.

The quality is definitely quite awesome. But in many cases - in the kitchen cooking, in the car (using off-line content etc - I can't really tell the difference to Spotify Premium.

I still stick to it, because I often sit down to listen to music - that's where you (might) hear a difference.

What pi**es me off, is that you can't play an album gapless - Spotify is much better for this.

And often I don't find the things I am looking for - which is more seldom with Spotify.

That may of cource be different for others with different  priorities - I know.

 

I guess the interface of your -Tidal - version is different from the one I/we know.

Comparing the two (WiMP/Spotify), I find the Spotify interface better.

However - when 'heavy listening' I use WiMP through the (iPad) iPeng-app/Squeezebox to the Playmaker.

The interface in iPeng is a bit different from the original - but this way I can access my local files in the same interface (and netradio-stations).

 

The question about support in BS/BM5 for WiMP/Tidal has been asked a lot of times here (in Scandinavia).

I surely hope, that the start in the UK/USA makes it possible in near future - and for the tv's too!

 

MM

I listened to the WiMP web version.  It is almost the same as the Tidal version in the US.  I also used the version for iPhone 6.  The sound is wonderful and I do like it.  However I mostly listen to classical music and some rock.  I found the selections quite limited.  My wife is from the western US and loves country music.  She hated Tidal and said the country music was not really country music at all.  

I found out about Tidal through Facebook in Tone magazine.  It appears that it is being marketed to the audiophile crowd.  They have a lot of competition in the US especially if Apple decides to offer HD streaming in April which is rumored.  Qobuz announced they will probably be launching their service in the US in December.

Just got this email from Tidal: