TIDAL Sounds Better than CD Rips from NAS

Roon Software Discussion
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TIDAL
Motorola DOCSIS 3.0 modem > ASUS RT-AC66U B1 > Roon Core (headless Mac Mini) > USB DAC

CD Rips
Synology NAS > ASUS RT-AC66U B1 > Roon Core (headless Mac Mini) > USB DAC

  • Ethernet throughout but I tried wifi and didn’t hear a difference.
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Wouldn´t a spectrum analysis help by comparing the Tidal version with the original file?

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Maybe running it through this might show some things up

http://www.libinst.com/Audio%20DiffMaker.htm