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The video discusses various aspects of Tidal music streaming service, emphasizing Tidal Connect and Rune integration for seamless music playback. It compares Tidal's Hi-Fi and Hi-Fi Plus tiers, highlighting high-resolution audio availability and differences in audio quality. The speaker also touches on music discovery, CD quality versus high-res streaming, and compares Tidal with other services like Cobos. The importance of considering one's Hi-Fi system when choosing streaming quality is emphasized, and the speaker invites viewers to stay tuned for more content related to similar topics.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the reasons for subscribing to Tidal, focusing on Tidal Connect and Rune integration. Tidal Connect allows seamless streaming from the Tidal app on a phone or tablet to a supported Network streamer, offering a convenient way to play music through a Hi-Fi system. The speaker also highlights the Rune integration within Tidal, particularly emphasizing its Rune radio feature that uses AI to maintain a consistent music style after a playlist ends. These two factors contribute to the speaker’s decision to subscribe to Tidal over other streaming services.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses using Tidal for music discovery and higher quality streaming compared to Spotify. They mention discovering three EPs from a Burnin label with music from Pete Namlook and Move D. The speaker explains the differences between CD quality and high-res streaming, emphasizing how the benefits of high-res audio relate to the digital filter and loudspeaker design. They note that high-res audio sounds slightly better than CD quality on their gear, but the difference is not as pronounced as between different masters of the same album. The speaker also highlights the importance of considering one’s Hi-Fi system’s capability in resolving the differences between different quality streams.
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In this segment of the video, the comparison between Tidal’s Hi-Fi and Hi-Fi Plus tiers is discussed. Both tiers offer Tidal Connect, access to Tidal’s 100 million songs (99% available in CD quality), and 650,000 videos. The main difference lies in the provision of high-resolution audio, with Hi-Fi Plus offering access to around 8% of Tidal’s library in high-res FLAC format. The majority of music on the Hi-Fi Plus tier remains at CD quality. The speaker speculates that the high-res library mostly includes albums released or remastered in the last 20 years, noting that modern remasters can sometimes sound worse than the original masters.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses comparisons between different music streaming services like Tidal Hi-Fi and Cobos, highlighting pricing differences and library content. The speaker mentions their preference for Tidal Hi-Fi Plus over Cobos due to library content issues. The discussion briefly touches on Apple Music, teasing that more will be covered in the next video. The speaker encourages viewers to like, subscribe, and join on Patreon for more content related to music streaming services and playlists.