What Hi-Fi?

Tidal

KEY FEATURES

• 60+ million CD-quality tracks

• Hi-res up to 24-bit/192kHz

• Alexa voice control

Tidal has been riding an encouraging wave of momentum since its celebrity-studded re-launch in March 2015. And in 2017 it became the first service to offer hi-res audio, thanks to its adoption of MQA technology.

These hi-res (typically 24-bit/96kHz) tracks, called ‘Tidal Masters’, initially numbered in the tens of thousands, but there are now well over a million, all available to subscribers of its £20-per-month HiFi (CD-quality) package at

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