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No, there isn’t. This is just a marketing exercise to make people question whether they should use Tidal. Psychologically some people will worry they aren’t he
by tokamak-teapot 5y ago
No, there isn’t. This is just a marketing exercise to make people question whether they should use Tidal.
Psychologically some people will worry they aren’t hearing music in the ‘best quality’ if it isn’t lossless, and ‘no perceptible difference’ isn’t enough to remove that doubt.
The rest of us can relax.
- smoldesu 5y agoTraditionally, lossless music has been a more indie-driven scene, mostly distributed through sites like Bandcamp and Beatport. It's certainly become more commercial today (and Tidal is still a ripoff), but I don't think it's fair to take that out on the medium as a whole. Modern lossy codecs are designed to trick your ears into thinking you're hearing the highest quality audio, not actually delivering it. When you remove that psychoacoustic element, it's an objectively different listening experience: whether or not you notice it though is a different discussion.