WiMP comes to the UK/US as Tidal

[jvlgato]

For me, it skips often on Android when playing hi-fi, whether I'm streaming, or have had it downloaded already. When set to high quality I have no problems.

At home on my Mac mini, I do not have a problem getting hifi. However, I do sometimes get the message saying there are streaming problems and I should switch to high quality. However this is not audible and it plays fine in hi-fi in spite of getting that message sometimes. I did have a lot of problems getting Amara SQ to work properly without skipping. I finally did get it to work, but only after updating to the newest version, and it only works on the installed app and not when using Chrome.

I got so angry with all the problems I almost gave up. However, I will say that now that it's working well, it really does sound great.

Good luck Antonio! I hope things work out for you, because if it does, it really is worthwhile.

[MexicanDragon]

Antonio, I wasn't saying to use that as your main solution, I just wanted to check to see if the mobile would work on the same network. I haven't read stretch's link yet but I'm sure it's frustrating.

Good luck with it!

**BRENT**

[Torpedo]

Thanks guys. It's been for your positive comments that I decided to try it and eventually subscribing, as soon as they started streaming in Spain. When it doesn't skip sound quality is clearly better than the lossy stream of Spotify or the own's Tidal "high". Hopefully they fix it, otherwise they're going to lose a lot of business. At 20 euros/month I want the lossless stream, to get lossy I stay with Spotify at 10/month.

[Dusty Chalk]

Thanks guys. It's been for your positive comments that I decided to try it and eventually subscribing, as soon as they started streaming in Spain. When it doesn't skip sound quality is clearly better than the lossy stream of Spotify or the own's Tidal "high". Hopefully they fix it, otherwise they're going to lose a lot of business. At 20 euros/month I want the lossless stream, to get lossy I stay with Spotify at 10/month.

Yeah, agreed, lossless is the only reason I'm willing to pay twice as much.

[shellylh]

I wouldn't subscribe to Tidal even if they were 5/mo if they didn't have lossless since are inferior to Spotify in every other way.

Edited March 5, 2015 by shellylh

[HemiSam]

I apologize -- it seems like quite a few people are having the same experiences that you are. There's a pretty detailed thread here (haven't read it all yet, hoping there might be some insight within):

 

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f22-networking-networked-audio-and-streaming/official-tidal-hifi-streaming-issues-thread-22260/

 

Sadly that's not the only thread with a lot of the issues described.  There's been some fairly useful tests as well proving it's not a bandwidth on the user's side issue.

 

I love the idea of a streaming higher res service.  Once they work through the issues, it will be great.  I figure a model whereby they charge more and they can't deliver is not sustainable for long...

 

HS

[jvlgato]

Have you tried both the Chrome version and the Mac app version? I've had better luck with each, depending on various factors.

[Torpedo]

Have you tried both the Chrome version and the Mac app version? I've had better luck with each, depending on various factors.

Yup, I've been trying both, depending on performance I've switched to the other just to see if there was a better delivery. Today it seems to be working better. I've experienced no glitches on play back within the tracks, though the times between tracks are still on the long side of things, and in two occasions the next track wouldn't start playing. Looks like they know there's a problem and are trying to solve it. If things keep working like this I could renew the subscription when the trial expires.

[CarlSeibert]

I had some drop outs early on and haven't had many lately. Hopefully, the experience in Spain will follow the same pattern.

[Torpedo]

The OSX App still has way too many drop outs and long pauses between tracks. On Chrome it's doing much better, but still has some problems. I think it works better when you're sleeping in the US during our morning.

I guess they're aware of the problems and are working to fix them. We'll see

[blessingx]

Jay Z is back! http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/11/jay-z-tidal-bid-approval/

[Hopstretch]

TIDAL desktop client is down today. Currently listening to Qobuz FLAC 44.1/16 stream, which also sounds very good. Last I heard they were pretty much bankrupt, but any port in a storm!

[Torpedo]

TIDAL desktop client is down today. Currently listening to Qobuz FLAC 44.1/16 stream, which also sounds very good. Last I heard they were pretty much bankrupt, but any port in a storm!

Hehehe, this must explain why it's working so damn well today here. No skips at all on the web client on Chrome.

[Hopstretch]

Enjoy! I'll be back to steal your bandwidth one of these days ... 

[Dusty Chalk]

I wrote them.  Desktop app dunt work, web player works fine.  Web player blocked at work for me, and that's where I do a lot of my listening, so that ain't good enough.

[Torpedo]

The desktop client always worked worse than the browser one, but now it's dead, it skips from a tune to the next one in a fraction of a second while nothing sounds. Did you ever get it to scrobble to your LastFM account? IMO that software is a serious POS.

[Dusty Chalk]

I don't remember.  I did get it to log in, but I never went back and verified that what I listened to was scrobbled.  Last I checked, it was disconnected, but that was never very important to me.

 

And yeah, that skip-skip-skip-skip-done shit is exactly what I got.

 

EDIT:

***We are aware that TIDAL is not functioning properly at this time. Currently we are in the middle of transfering content to our new servers, and we are very sorry for the inconvenience. We hope to have these issues resolved as soon as possible. Due to the overwhelming amount of requests during this period, we will try to get back to you as soon as we can. We appreciate your support and patience during this transition***

[Torpedo]

That they're switching to a new server is good news, I guess. If they can provide a decent service without drop outs in lossless, I'll be in despite the shitty interface.

[Hopstretch]

Downtime lasting days is a fairly substantial fail. Jay-Z is going to have to choke a bitch.

[Torpedo]

Today the desktop client is working for me, but with way too many drop outs to consider this a proper streaming.

[Dusty Chalk]

Today, shit-all works from work, and I didn't bring any downloads...oh, wait, I wonder if I can stream from my phone...I can up my data cap with points, so I'll do that, just in case...

 

EDIT:  nvrmnd, no signal (or rather, not enough signal...or more accurately, too much trouble signal)

[Torpedo]

The web client on Chrome is working very smoothly, not a single glitch in all the afternoon-evening, more than 5 hours and counting. Looks like the server upgrade/change in the US is taking longer than it should

[Dusty Chalk]

I wonder if they blocked the ports at work, because desktop client works fine when I got home.  Been listening all day today, with no breaks, not even between songs when the next one is loading.  Will find out on Monday.

[jvlgato]

Our VA firewall blocks all streaming media services. Otherwise everyone would do nothing but listen to music and watch porn all day.

[Dusty Chalk]

I don't blame them at all for blocking most of the sites that they do, but music-streaming actually helps me block out my neighbors in cubie-land, so I consider it a plus.