A further stone to the wall:
https://goldensound.audio/2021/11/29/tidal-hifi-is-not-lossless/
Does anybody know if that was confirmed somewhere else as well?
I am currently evaluating Qobuz (to replace my present Tidal family subscription). The only downside I would see at the moment is that I cannot control my Bluesound Node via the Qobuz App whereas it is possible to do so via the Tidal App (via “Tidal Connect”). I would need to rely solely on the Bluesound App, which is not the best around.
Sonically speaking, and subjectively speaking, Qobuz seems more agreeable to my ears (less harshness/highs?), but I’ve not ABX‘ed them - I’m not even sure if this is easily doable in a controlled way (given the volume normalisation that’s applied in Tidal - I didn’t found whether Qobuz apply volume normalisation).
Qobuz pluses:
larger artist payout (at least a few years ago, not sure now), no MQA, sonically at least as good as Tidal, duo subscription 30% cheaper than Tidal family, not owned by a .com billionaire or a large corporation (good for diversity)
Tidal pluses: App, Tidal Connect