The low end isn't going to just get lost along the way somewhere.Īre you 100% certain that you are comparing the exact same masters? A difference in mastering could cause tonal differences such as you are describing. That's how analog signals work, but not how digital signals work. What you won't hear is 'missing a fraction of low end'. If that happens, though, you would be likely to experience a dropout or a nasty digital click - something very obvious. Perhaps something doesn't quite make it over the thousands of miles of network cables the internet delivers the files at.Certainly it's possible that something doesn't make it over a network connection. Having a portable device hold your CD collection at this quality is fantastic, and a modern triumph we should all appreciate. Of course - you can't compare the ease for the consumer though. Qobuz is close to CD but missing a fraction of low end, which makes reverb tails and trebles slightly more obvious to me. Perhaps Tidal more but it can feel a bit 'enhanced' in the low mids and almost transient designer up top. All are high grade but none the less it still is relevant. the AES digital ports of either device or the analog XLR cable etc. Which is correct who knows? A difficiency in one method can easily be countered with a difficiency in the other's. Perhaps something doesn't quite make it over the thousands of miles of network cables the internet delivers the files at.Īlso Bluetooth is different to jack cable - personally I found the jack to be slightly truer to the CD than BT.ĬD AES is slightly different to Analog out. Perhaps it is the apparently lossless FLAC conversion that is used from the CD files. I wasn't expecting a difference due to the same bit depth and frequency but I found there was. I have to say I enjoy listening at this level of detail compared to the lossy formats that were the previous options for most streaming platforms. Lots of genres played too - including reference files I know extremely well. From my mastering studio monitoring chain (Barefoots/Prism/USB/Masterlink AES/Jack cables/Browser) to laptop with a couple of cheap earphones and earbuds, to iPhone over home Bluetooth speaker, and even the car CD player against USB and headphone jack inputs. This test has been going on for some time over a variety of systems and various connections. No Normalisation is on (just old school level matching -) ) and all settings have been made to only play at 16/44.1 and never downgrade over Wi-Fi etc. Both Tidal and Qobuz are their Hi-Fi packages meaning 16 bit 44.1kHz audio streaming (and downloading for offline content).
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