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Thank you for your thoughts regarding the various streaming providers. Later this week I'll be getting in a Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 where I'll finally get a chance to compare Tidal MQA with their own CD quality versions. I also want to compare Spotify and Qobuz options eventually. It's funny because I've been reading so many back and forth comments regarding MQA/FLAC lossless/etc..formats so finally I'm going to form my own conclusions which is something I really should have done to start with..but reading is free (usually) so that's what I tend to start with : )
Something I thought worth noting is last night I tried some tracks (The World of Hans Zimmer: Live) from Tidal CD quality and the free-tier of Spotify (160kbps OGG compression)..I already knew based on paper specs the CD quality should no doubt sound better; I was more interested in what the audible differences would be. The CD quality streams had better instrument separation and sound stage width but what surprised me most was an almost 3D depth change when going from the Spotify 160kbps to Tidal CD quality. While Spotify sounded like the music was on a flat plane (my ears felt more fatigue, too) I could sense different instruments and vocalists in different z-axis depths with the Tidal versions.
Out of curiosity did you find similar changes when going from 16/44.1 -> 24/96 -> 24/192 kHz for Qobuz?
I was using JBL LSR305 monitors at near-field with a vintage Headroom Micro DAC hooked to my PC.