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Runaway Baby
CrowsongRunaway Baby
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Sound quality

Hi,I’m trying to decide whether to go for Deezer or Tidal. I have “top level” trial subscriptions with both these. Settings for both are made via desktop apps. Playback is via an Onkyo network player in my hi-fi system. To operate the player, I have had to install the Onkyo Controller. As I do not own (or want) a smartphone, this has had to be done via installing an emulator (BlueStacks) on my laptop. This allows me to operate the Onkyo Controller via my laptop. In this Controller, there is no control to adjust audio quality in the Deezer/Tidal interfaces.When playing Peer Gynt by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, I was disappointed with Deezer’s sound quality. The Controller showed this to be 320 kbps. Switching immediately to Tidal and playing the same album at exactly the same level, the quality was far superior (shown as FLAC and not MQA). Playing two “pop” tracks (Another Love by Tom Odell and Ruby Tuesday by Melanie), playback via Deezer is shown as FLAC and I find the quality a

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bluezzbastardzz
Deezer Legend
1 year ago
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