I was streaming last night and did a very unofficial comparison between Tidal and Rhapsody. Using custom ear buds out of the Nexus 5, I couldn't discern much if any difference. I set the streaming to similar audio quality. In doing so, was surprised to see the Rhapsody has upped the game on this, at least for streaming. I would also add that the Tidal system seemed to have a couple track issues.

I think that Tidal is interesting, but they are going to have to step up the game to get larger adoption. I think it is too early to tell and believe that downloading FLAC files to Sooloos will likely be the selling point, NOT its streaming ability, which thus far, seems pretty standard.


Primary: MD600, MS200 (SpeakerLink to AES), Trinnov ST-2, Ayre V6-xe, Salk SS8 3x LRC.
Secondary: MC600 (whole house).
Zone one: 568.2, G57, MS200, Spatial Hologram M2SE.
Zone 2-6 (Awaiting assignment).