Time will tell. I do think, though, that to assume that people's listening habits and preferences can't change is being short sighted. Most of us now take for granted technology that wasn't even in existence 20 years ago. And yet someone made it, it worked well, and the people came in droves.
New article claiming that Tidal has been inflating their numbers:Well, exactly zero of the numerous "better" than CD formats have had any degree of popular acceptance so far. The last big attempt, Pono, has a website that's been "under construction" for months; looks to have been left for dead. Tidal has a tiny portion of the streaming pie, and is deeply in debt.
Of the majors, Apple is the only one I've seen which has stressed quality, with its Mastered For iTunes program, and the use of the excellent AAC compression scheme. So, I'm sure not seeing a huge popular groundswell of support for MQA outside the ridiculous audiophile press. Most people have far more important things to worry about, especially after today.
Well, exactly zero of the numerous "better" than CD formats have had any degree of popular acceptance so far. The last big attempt, Pono, has a website that's been "under construction" for months; looks to have been left for dead. Tidal has a tiny portion of the streaming pie, and is deeply in debt.
Maybe, or they could strip it for parts.Maybe then Google, Apple or Amazon will pick up the pieces and build something sustainable.
In my remote, sparsely populated, and isolated area we have had until now terrible internet options. I am currently getting 1mbps download speed and 20gb per month for our DSL service. That, coupled with the required dial tone line is over 100 a month! Streaming anything over 128, or even 64kbps seems to, at least on occasion drop out. Could be my internet weather station I run using up bandwidth, or one of several devices or computers updating something, but always an interruption in streamed music at some point. Our ISP has recently invested about 11 million (this for a town with a pop of 2500) to replace the microwave towers with an undersea fiber optic cable up the 80 mile fjord, and starting next week our package is going to jump about 7 fold (or so they claim). That means I will be getting 7 mbps and 150 GB per month for the same price or perhaps a little lower even! So upgrades do come to the back country! But it is painfully slow at times.But this comes at a cost, literally. And, it helps create a system where you're now reliant on cell and internet, without much competition. Data prices, with ever-increasing demands, don't really go down (at least in my neck of the woods)
I’ll be bach…..
Not so much.......Yeah? With the powdered wig and all?
I will? Do tell, what ever gave you that notion?+48V will jump on me for this, but.... I can see Tidal and others bleeding money to get you hooked. Maybe the last one standing wins, and then what is your alternative? Further, the labels are slowly getting away from physical media, so what choice will you have? They are businesses, with shareholders, and their job is to maximize revenue and profit. They can't and won't operate at loss forever. All of the work tracking down and transferring master tapes for MQA adds up as well, and that money will have to be accounted for eventually.
Well, for a thread about "hey, Tidal just upgraded to MQA" by a guy called "Ramblin," I reckon there isn't really a defined direction that should be taken. It's a fluid conversation.Well then…so much for my declaration/contemplation of shifting the "socio-eco-politico" discussion of the ever evolving impacts of Tidal MQA/streaming in general to another thread. Most folks it appears seem quite content leaving said aspect right here… and are doing a bang-up job continuing where I digressed a few days ago. And here I was feeling guilty of cluttering up “SQ science class”. Ah…the ebb, flow, and curvy road of forum threads.
Rekon I’ll jump back in the fray here…no shortage of intriguing and salient morsels and questions to chew on. Gotta run, I’ll be bach….. with some overdue replies and more food for thought.
Holy hell that's a lot of money! Of course, I'm one of the 3 people left on earth without a cell phone. I have a phone at my desk at work, a phone on my wall at home, and it's all worked out pretty well so far. Full disclosure, I DO have a tablet and internet and my job consists of using Linux and processing data all day. I'm not a luddite, I just have different priorities than others.'m getting ready to make some big changes, but right now I'm paying about $430 a month for cell phones, Internet, and various streaming services
FYTAll services totally based in on demand streaming are deeply in debt, not one has has a profitable month let alone year
Biggest reason? Peoplewant theirare offered free or cheap music.