TIDAL’s HiRes plan is now cheaper than Spotify coming in at £10.99/month compared to the recently increased Spotify Premium plan costing £11.99/month. Introduced on the 10th April, a TIDAL subscription is now the same price as Amazon Music and Apple Music.
TIDAL subscription plans
Individual – £10.99/month
- 110M+ tracks in lossless, HiRes FLAC and Dolby Atmos
- Ad-free, offline listening
- Personalized mixes, editorial playlists, and Live sessions
Family (up to 6 members) – £16.99/month
- 110M+ tracks in lossless, HiRes FLAC and Dolby Atmos
- Clean playlists and curated content for kids
- Each member has an individual account
Student – £4.99/month
- Eligible students save over 50%
- 110M+ tracks in lossless, HiRes FLAC and Dolby Atmos
- Ad-free, offline listening
- Curated study playlists
HiRes sound quality is stated as ‘up to 24-bit/192kHz’ in lossless FLAC with no mention of MQA. Searching their support pages gives only the briefest mention of MQA stating that the default playback will be FLAC if they have both FLAC and MQA source files available. With its main streaming partner sidelining the format it would seem that MQA may be destined to fade away and join SACDs, Quadraphonic sound and other initiatives that never stood the test of time.
