I once more tried to like Tidal over the last few months, but I believe I have failed miserably – of the 20ish albums I have added in that time, I have played none. Browsing the MQA/Master lists so far, I find that there’s very little that I would listen to at all – and for the few albums I do, the reason for listening now would be mainly ‘because MQA’. That feels just wrong.
I understand that may be just me and my listening habits / preferences. It does not help that about half of what I listen to is not available for streaming. For discovery, I like Spotify far better (playlists, dailies, new releases, etc. are at least somewhat tailored to my likings) – certainly since it fits into my (room corrected) audio path seamlessly. And not seeing this on my Roon overview is a valued added bonus:
In concept, I really like the idea of having the world’s largest music store at my disposal in CD quality (or better) and I like what Roon has done with it – but I guess it just does not work for me. Oh well…