Since purchasing some new Kef R3 speakers I have been keen to try out Tidal to see if it could match my current CD and Vinyl set up
Vinyl Set up
Rega Planar 3 with Elys 2 cartridge, Rega Neo PSU going through A Rega MM phono stage
CD set up
Panasonic DP-UB9000 player connected out through its AKM AK4493 32-bit DAC 2 channel analogue output
Both CD and vinyl are connected to My Marantz SR6013 AVR.
speakers are Kef R3
To try out Tidal I have used an IPad and IPhone 7 to stream to me AVR using WiFi.
So listening to Tidal it sounds pretty good. If I had not heard better elsewhere it would be ok. The soundstage seems to be ok. The bass both lower and upper sounds weak though.
Listening To e few tracks from Pink Floyd And Dire Straights across all 3 formats.
CD The sound is full and 3 dimensional, all the instruments are where they should be, excellent sound.
Vinyl The sound is very similar to the CD, a bit brighter on the top end but very enjoyable.
Tidal, Ah where has the soundstage gone, where has the clean bass gone.
So I have come to a couple of conclusions through this experiment.
It is possible to get very good sound quality through the Marantz AVR.
Only if it is feed a good signal from outside Dac or phono stage.
To listen to Tidal or any streaming I would have to take a similar route as with CD and Vinyl.
That would have to be through an external streamer and Dac.
Vinyl Set up
Rega Planar 3 with Elys 2 cartridge, Rega Neo PSU going through A Rega MM phono stage
CD set up
Panasonic DP-UB9000 player connected out through its AKM AK4493 32-bit DAC 2 channel analogue output
Both CD and vinyl are connected to My Marantz SR6013 AVR.
speakers are Kef R3
To try out Tidal I have used an IPad and IPhone 7 to stream to me AVR using WiFi.
So listening to Tidal it sounds pretty good. If I had not heard better elsewhere it would be ok. The soundstage seems to be ok. The bass both lower and upper sounds weak though.
Listening To e few tracks from Pink Floyd And Dire Straights across all 3 formats.
CD The sound is full and 3 dimensional, all the instruments are where they should be, excellent sound.
Vinyl The sound is very similar to the CD, a bit brighter on the top end but very enjoyable.
Tidal, Ah where has the soundstage gone, where has the clean bass gone.
So I have come to a couple of conclusions through this experiment.
It is possible to get very good sound quality through the Marantz AVR.
Only if it is feed a good signal from outside Dac or phono stage.
To listen to Tidal or any streaming I would have to take a similar route as with CD and Vinyl.
That would have to be through an external streamer and Dac.