My experience is that streaming via Roon Ready sounds WAY better than streaming via Tidal Connect, same content same hardware. Roon’s RAAT kicks whatever protocol Tidal Connect uses in the ass big time!
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this has been my experience as well. absent MQA, Tidal’s sound quality is disappointing.
I was responding to the post on Tidal connect.
that said, absent MQA, I find Tidal’s SQ less appealing than Qobuz’, no matter the app.
The advantage of Tidal Connect for me is that I can get better resolution when playing through my Denon AVR2700H. I can get up to 192kHz/24 bit as opposed to AirPlay 2 quality. Or I can use HEOS but only for Tidal and not Qobuz.
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Using HDMI instead of AirPlay would solve this but any differences you may hear are likely not due to the bump in resolution.