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I'm having what I'm sure is a technical issue, and I'm hoping there is a way around it.
For the past year or so, I've been using airplay over wifi to stream Tidal to my Yamaha Aventage receiver. It sounds great, and the mobile app for Tidal is basically on par with the desktop app.
Recently I've started using Idagio at work to get into classical music. I like classical music at work on my headphones, as I find that music with vocals distracts me while I'm writing code(software developer). I've actually been getting really into it, and so I decided to download the IOS app and use airplay to stream it to my main system at home. The problem is that the IOS app for Idagio seems to be very limited. To fix this I took an old Macbook Pro(2015) and hooked it up to my AVR via HDMI so that I could use my TV as a display to use the Idagio desktop app and since HDMI also carries sound, it should output to my loudspeakers.
I tested using Tidal(more familiar) after hooking it up. First thing I noticed is that it's about 4db quieter. Tidal and Macbook output volume are on max, so I would expect it to be the same. That said, even after adjusting for the sensitivity difference, there is still a huge difference in imaging and bass. The IOS over AirPlay crushes the Macbook Pro over HDMI, even when volume is equalized.
Any ideas what's going on here? I want to use my Desktop machine as my source, but it sounds so much worse.
For the past year or so, I've been using airplay over wifi to stream Tidal to my Yamaha Aventage receiver. It sounds great, and the mobile app for Tidal is basically on par with the desktop app.
Recently I've started using Idagio at work to get into classical music. I like classical music at work on my headphones, as I find that music with vocals distracts me while I'm writing code(software developer). I've actually been getting really into it, and so I decided to download the IOS app and use airplay to stream it to my main system at home. The problem is that the IOS app for Idagio seems to be very limited. To fix this I took an old Macbook Pro(2015) and hooked it up to my AVR via HDMI so that I could use my TV as a display to use the Idagio desktop app and since HDMI also carries sound, it should output to my loudspeakers.
I tested using Tidal(more familiar) after hooking it up. First thing I noticed is that it's about 4db quieter. Tidal and Macbook output volume are on max, so I would expect it to be the same. That said, even after adjusting for the sensitivity difference, there is still a huge difference in imaging and bass. The IOS over AirPlay crushes the Macbook Pro over HDMI, even when volume is equalized.
Any ideas what's going on here? I want to use my Desktop machine as my source, but it sounds so much worse.