I had Tidal for a couple of years, but then decided I didn't need it since I have about a terabyte of music on wav files ripped from CDs. These are all in 16 bit 44.1 kHz. It took a bit of time and learning to develop such a local library but it is well worth it now. I have found dB Poweramp to be an excellent ripper and it searches for meta data. Plex is just wonderful for organizing and playing back this music collection, as well as handling my pics and videos. I have a lot of music videos. Plex is widely available, both on Roku, Smart TVs and Windows. From a Smart TV, Plex can find local music files on a computer on the same network if the computer is turned on. It also displays album art. As far as the cost goes of building up such a library, I took some shortcuts. I bought a lot of CDs at thrift stores, most in the $2 to $3 price range. I miss Tidal a little bit, but I was also frustrated with all the MQA confusion. I am quite happy now with my arrangement and would fully recommend it to others. Since Plex offered a lifetime membership, I know have no monthly fees whatsoeve after dumping Tidal.