TIDAL Desktop Application or Chrome Browser?

I know you used to need Chrome to get 16/44. Am not sure if the desktop application gives 16/44. When 16/44 is playing the HIFI logo at the bottom of the screen is brite white. If not 16/44 it is grey
Alan

You don't want to play it through your browser.  Best is a 3rd party player.  I use a squeezebox transporter.  

The biggest issue with Windows playback is the driver settings and digital mixer. If your player software gets around that, I’m sure it’s better.

I use a Squeezebox in one room and a dedicated Linux PC in another.

The Oppo BluRay players are also very convenient Tidal players.  Actually I like Oppo for the Tidal UI. Much better than Squeezebox.

I can confirm what ahandler says re needing the Chrome browser for best Tidal playback quality...at least on a MacBook Air. Using Apple’s Safari web browser, Tidal’s highest resolution streaming is not available. The HiFi logo is grayed out. There is a message (somewhere) that access to Tidal via the Chrome browser is needed for higher resolution playback. Don’t know if Tidal always limited resolution for all non-Chrome browsers but this is currently the case for me.

On the other hand, as cerrot noted about 3rd party players, using an Aries Mini that came with a Tidal subscription, track resolution is displayed and is 16/44.

Hey @cerrot - you will be pleased to know with the Aries I’m finally hearing what you and others have been saying about Tidal HiFi sound quality. That’s using USB out of the Aries into a V-Link 192 and from there via DH Labs D-750 Coax into the BNC input of a Schiit Gungnir DAC. This path sounds better than RCA coax direct from the Aries into the Gungnir for whatever reason. Enjoying Tidal a lot but their library is definitely way limited compared to Spotify. It also does not seem possible to sort by Artist in My Favorites...only by Album title which is kind of a pain. [Have to get my shots in :-) ] but definitely enjoying it. Will be sorely tempted not to renew Tidal next year. Best regards.

Hi,

I'm not sure why I percieve a difference but I do, it seems to "my" ears using Chrome seems slightly better to me than TIDAL's desktop app, even though the desktop app displays "HIFI" during playback. Technically, I'm not sure why there would be a difference??