Spotify vs. Tidal: Which is the best music streaming service for you?

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Seeking an alternative streaming service to Spotify? In this comparison, we look at whether Tidal makes sense for you.

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[samuraishogun1]

Tidal has had an ad-supported free version since November.

 

[Simon Lucas]

I know that's the case in the United States, but in 'overseas' territories (I'm based in the UK) there's no access to the free tier.

 

[Gauder]

I just downloaded two songs from each of the two streaming services as .flac with MusicFab. I have a premium account with Spotify and the standard account with Tidal.

I noticed that the file size of the .flacs on Spotify is about 1.5 times larger than on Tidal. It is the same with the bitrate and when I open the data with the program "Spek - Acoustic spectrum analyzer" it shows me 16 bit for Tidal, but 24 bit for Spotify (factor 1.5).

So at least if one downloads the files the quality of Spotify seems to be better.

Spectrum for Tidal:


Spectrum for Spotify: