Regarding Tidals 24 bit flac
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So Tidal is coming out with 24 bit flac, it is currently in beta testing available for those who are connected to Tidals beta program. And in the beginning only for iOS users and later it will also come to Android users.
My question is do you know if it will be available to stream this also through the bluos app to my bluesound or only through tidals own app ?
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IMHO, now the move is up to Tidal. It will simply stop supporting mqa since it has hi res and the issue will die a natural death. By the way. My subjective feelings point to hi res instead of mqa. Even if there was any advantage of mqa I would still choose hi res because of its open nature. I am satisfied that the mqa loses. The gentlemen of Meridian have dreamt of easy money for a few generations. The cover-up that MQA provides additional profits besides saving bandwidth is primarily marketing.
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@NIkos Razis unfortunately Lenbrook (NAD/BlueSound owner) bought MQA and ofc. they will push that standard, but then they have to be honest and clear about that.
Most audiophiles did not accept MQA under Meridian so I'm sure same fate is awaiting it under Lenbrook. IMHO, if they continue with this MQA B.S. they will ether go bankrupt or they'll just move on to sound bar type of speaker for people that do not understand what MQA is and that is inferior to HiRes FLAC.
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Unfortunately, MQA has enough fans to see it here on the commentary as an enthusiastic way to MQA as if it were a technology miracle that needs to be kept alive for at least 5 years.
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@Jan time will tell as with all gamble's. People on few audiophile-centric community's are not happy with this so called "solution".
Tidal API maybe does not offer for a user to choose quality settings via 3rd party apps but I'm sure that could copy-past Tidal Integrarion, rename it Tidal MAX and update API to support FLAC on 2nd Tidal music service.
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Created an account just to say thanks for this last release before code freeze and the holidays. Thanks for breathing new life into the Node N130 and NAD C658
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Yesterday it had finally worked for a day, but now... it's gone.
44,1 all the time again. What has happened ??
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Ok, so Tidal iOS app is broken. DAC always plays at 16/44,1 no matter what the app shows.
PC and Android works great. We need an update ASAP!
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Works 100 % High Res Flac on TIDAL Connect on my Bluesound N100
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Works for me, 100%, all the time. Using a Node X, controlled by iPhone and iPad app.
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It doesn't help me :)
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Why not
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What I experienced with Tidal Connect(iOS app as well) is sometimes the app lose the connection with my Node 2i and it cannot be established again till I restart the Node because it missing from the list. With Airplay it still would work.
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Because for me (iPad + NODE) it obviously doesn't work.
So it means in some cases it HAS A PROBLEM, which needs to be fixed. That's why.
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@Toth, this may sound too simplistic, but have you tried deleting the Tidal app and then redownloading it? It’s painless, and may be worth a try.
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Does everyone understand what Tidal Connect represents and how to use it? I had a lesson from a friend a couple months ago, when we were trying different options.
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Please... It's easy as 123
And I use it from PC (works great), from Android (works great), and from iOS (works not so great)
No user error here.
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Any updates on this? I’m not able to play FLAC over the BlueOS yet through my premium Tidal subscription. Is there a setting I’m not aware of? I’m streaming via coax from the Bluesound Node to my DAC via analog to my amp.
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Hi Ben, no change to the official comment. Hi-res via Tidal connect, MQA via the BluOS App.
https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/16050576965783/comments/19485738549399
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"Hi-res via Tidal connect" Not for me... Is there a chance that we will get a working iOS app for Hi-Res Tidal connect?
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Using the Tidal App Tidal Connect does playback upto 24/192 via Bluesound hardware, this was implemented 12th December 2023. If you are still having issue In the BluOS App Please select Settings, Send Support Request so the Bluesound Support Crew can review the log file and take a closer look.
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In theory, yes. In reality... not so much.
I was one of those who had been waiting for this feature. And yes, sometimes it does work. But most of the time it doesn't.
At the moment I am playing 24/96 FLAC from Tidal connect, and it sends 16/44,1 to my DAC.
BluOS sends 24/48 from the same source...
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Hi Toth
Check your DAC settings - if using Deep integration, your DAC will only perform 2 unfolds of the MQA file. If your DAC is MQA compatible and getting 24/48 - well that's what the Master recording is. This means a 24/96 version of the content would be an upsample of the original.
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Hi Tony, as I have said, it had been working for a while.
But at te moment NO TIDAL CONNECT for iOS or Android here.
My Android phone doesn't see NODE, and I can stream from iPad only through AirPlay.
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Send in a support request, this isn't solving anything...
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Tidal Connect has been working with no issues here. Sometimes it also happens to me as well that my phone can no longer find the BluOS device, and, whenever that happens, either a reboot of my WiFi or the BluOS device fixes it. No biggie.
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Hallo @Andrew H. and @Tony W.
After bluos enables playback of flac hd files via Tidal, the topic seemed closed to me. However, what I saw today really surprised me. Well, the assumption was that for the two formats, namely flac hd and MQA, the Tidal app selects Flac HD and the BlueOS Controller app selects MQA. OK, so be it. But what if the files are only in Flac HD (and of course in regular Flac)? BlueOS will only play CD quality i.e. regular flac! Of course, I upgraded to the latest version. Are you kidding? I understand that you support MQA, but to choose CD quality and not HD in the absence of MQA is some kind of mockery. There is no MQA then we will only support CD quality for spite. I know this can be circumvented with the Tidal app, but do you think this is a sensible solution? I don't think so.
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