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- formed0
But that's the point, to give the "artist" more money (no free option, a la Taylor Swift's boycott of Spotify because it has a "free" options w/ ads, Beats will not have a free option, either, I don't think).
It'll be interesting to see. Personally I just can't get behind anything that JZ and Kanye put their names on (I would give Neil Young's version a try, though).
Pandora and company could kill this in a second, though, just charge a few bucks more for better quality. I'd do that.
It'll be more interesting to see if Beats works (I am really starting to think Apple has seen it's best day). I think it'll be a big fail, waaaaay too long for them to wait to relaunch w/ nothing new.
- uan0
If the artists regularly deliver great first hand content to this new service...yes, it will work.
this thing should be cheaper though, they should be less greedy!
- benfal-1
240$/year
or 305$/year in Canadian dollars.
- benfal0
You know the funniest part when they talk about lossless high quality audio?
LOTS of people still listen to their music with the ultra crappy Apple earbuds... And lots of other cheap earbuds brands. The sound quality is awful with those.
So lossless or not, they couldn't tell the difference between 128kbs VS lossless audio. All they hear in those earbuds is the treble, all the bass is dead... you need to push on it with your fingers to hear the bass.
- next they are gonna introduce artist branded earbuds optimized for high quality files?uan
- like beats by dr. dre?mekk
- same reason ordinary people don't leap to buy 4k tvs.zenmasterfoo
- and run HDTV over composite and scart leads.animatedgif
- lol or connect a PS4 to a 4K TV :Dmekk
- ian7
I tried to take the test but the first song was the killers, so I closed it before the song loaded.
Guess its not for me.
- mekk0
- I got 2/5 on the test, so I guess theres no need for me to sign up for it.animatedgif
- they just added bass and treble on the "high quality" sample, so you can hear more oomph with your beats headphones, thinking of good quality.mekk
- animatedgif0
Wouldn't the lossy file be an MP3 re-encoded as a flac though?
Like if you compress a PNG to a JPEG then back to a PNG you now have a lossless version of a lossy image with the JPEG introduced artefacts perfectly preserved.
- However I genuinely don't think the general public give a shit about audio quality.animatedgif
- yep you got it. Also an uncompressed audio file containing a 24-bit/192kHz mp3 takes up six times more space than on an audio CD. And it has still lower qualitymekk
- mekk3
http://test.tidalhifi.com/
I CALL BULLSHIT!They play two files:
http://test.tidalhifi.com/songs/…
http://test.tidalhifi.com/songs/…Both Files have same compression rates etc.
And no, you cannot hear a difference. Huge lie, they didn't even try to hide it.
- <utopian
- Here am I sitting, hoping for JayZ to come up with a revolutionary music compression algorithm,georgesIII
- Smart2002
- utopian-1
These "genius" musical artist types need to get their head out of their ass! All the consumers want is variety, and cheap pricing. Who the fuck cares about their BS high quality sound that no one will ever hear. Do these butt-nuts really think that their music matters that much?
- ORAZAL0
Who's taken the test? http://test.tidalhifi.com
I did and failed. I'm keeping my Spotify account.
- mekk0
Same scam as Pono, just without the player. Might be successful but their sayings about quality are just outrageous lies.
Read this pono deconstruction: http://xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/n…
As if Rihanna listeners would care about FLAC anyways.
- utopian0
Will Kanye West tunes still blow?
- nb0
Oh wait, the artists own it? Do they actually own it, or is that just marketing BS?
If artists own it, it's doomed.
- marychain0
LOL
$20 a month??
Good luck with that
- OSFA0
Fckn hate Rihanna. Looked like a slutty grandma with oversized clothes.
- she's adorablemarychain
- Hate Rihanna?!?!... You must hate hot chicks.necromation
- madonna's cheeks wtf...zenmasterfoo
- No, I love hot chicks. I hate slutty, dirty, trashy chicks.OSFA
- OSFA- u cray crayApeRobot
- dutty slag, vagina probably fizzyset
- stop clapping into the mic for fuck sake.lvl_13
- benfal990
No.
Thanks.
- inteliboy1
Tidal gives equity stake to first-tier artists like Kanye West, Daft Punk, Beyonce, Rhianna, Coldplay, Calvin Harris, Madonna and more.
So the rich become richer.
Cool!
- Compared to Spotify where the artists get essentially nothing.nb
- pay $20 a month - artists needs money2002
- i buy vinyls and get mp3's with them - love it. haven't caught onto the streaming way of music yet.inteliboy
- do they not have enough money or something? what about me? i need to pay less for music.scarabin
- Pay? for music?CyBrainX
- But seriously, this is going to be as main stream as Vevo.CyBrainX