# Tidal hi-res plan dropping to $10.99 from $19.99 **URL:** \ **Category:** All Things Music\ **Created:** [March 5, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/tidal-hi-res-plan-dropping-to-10-99-from-19-99/23043 "2024-03-05T02:43:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NickZ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/nickz/32/16394_2.png) [@NickZ](https://forum.headphones.com/u/NickZ)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/tidal-hi-res-plan-dropping-to-10-99-from-19-99/23043/1 "2024-03-05T02:43:46Z")
From a Tidal email: > Starting April 10, 2024, you will now get access to our music library in full lossless, HiRes FLAC, and Dolby Atmos sound for the same price you pay today of $10.99 (plus applicable sales tax)/month. > This is because we’re making it easier for everyone to enjoy best-in-class sound quality by combining our HiFi and HiFi Plus tiers into a single subscription tier called TIDAL. As far as I can tell this is not a special offer or promotion but available to everyone. The website still shows the current HiFi and HiFi Plus plans but maybe it will update on April 10. ---
**Author:** ![chrisnyc75](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/chrisnyc75/32/41282_2.png) [@chrisnyc75](https://forum.headphones.com/u/chrisnyc75)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/tidal-hi-res-plan-dropping-to-10-99-from-19-99/23043/2 "2024-03-06T00:34:38Z")
'bout time. With the demise of MQA, though, this doesn’t bode well for Qobuz. Tidal’s library is bigger and now it’s less expensive, too. ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/tidal-hi-res-plan-dropping-to-10-99-from-19-99/23043/3 "2024-03-06T01:24:38Z")
Damn shame that Apple and Apple Classical aren’t permitted to work with ROON. ---
**Author:** ![MikeO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MikeO](https://forum.headphones.com/u/MikeO)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/tidal-hi-res-plan-dropping-to-10-99-from-19-99/23043/4 "2024-03-06T10:20:03Z")
Apple are reticent to allow anybody access For Roon to work it’s magic , they need a deep and constant download of details from the streaming service db , So far AFAIK, Apple have declined , offering only the standard API which is insufficient for Roon Don’t forget also the absence of something like Tidal (Apple) Connect makes streaming Apple Music to a conventional streamer a real pain. Roon would circumvent that of course. The only way I can do it is via an iPad then via a USB\>Coax converted (my streamer has no USB input) simply not worth the effort, Tidal covers my needs It’s well documented on the Roon Forum. ---
**Author:** ![NickZ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/nickz/32/16394_2.png) [@NickZ](https://forum.headphones.com/u/NickZ)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/tidal-hi-res-plan-dropping-to-10-99-from-19-99/23043/5 "2024-03-06T19:20:31Z")
From what I’ve read Apple also makes it a clunky and inconvenient process to download music for offline listening. I suppose they want to retain their walled garden but seems like they are making Apple music a tougher sell to non-apple platforms. Which is a shame because Apple music is the only service with strong classical music support and also wide support of the other genres. ---
**Author:** ![Nate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nate](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Nate)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/tidal-hi-res-plan-dropping-to-10-99-from-19-99/23043/6 "2024-03-06T19:23:56Z")
I prefer the HiRes music. Two years ago I compared them while Tidal had MQA. Using my UAPP app, i had both Tidal & Qobuz accounts. At that time, Tidal always showed inferior bitrates than I saw for the same song on Qobuz…could have been the MQA bitrate was inferior or was not allowing me to see if it was superior . And since Qobuz was far cheaper, I switched. Now maybe it comes down to how much of the music I like is available in HiRes on Tidal/Qobuz. At the former $20/mo it wasnt worth it JZ. Thanks to competition we all benefit! ---
**Author:** ![MikeO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MikeO](https://forum.headphones.com/u/MikeO)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/tidal-hi-res-plan-dropping-to-10-99-from-19-99/23043/7 "2024-03-07T09:02:13Z")
@NickZ I am in South Africa, Qobuz isn’t an option here , so Tidal it is. I use Tidal to preview new classical releases as per the Gramophone magazine and even with minor labels I rarely get a release that’s not there. I tried Apple Classical for a while , but to my mind they have really butchered Primephonics original software. Add that to the connection issue as mentioned and it’s a no go at the moment ---
**Author:** ![chrisnyc75](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/chrisnyc75/32/41282_2.png) [@chrisnyc75](https://forum.headphones.com/u/chrisnyc75)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/tidal-hi-res-plan-dropping-to-10-99-from-19-99/23043/8 "2024-03-07T22:44:38Z")
> [@pennstac](#): > > Damn shame that Apple and Apple Classical aren’t permitted to work with ROON. The incompatibility of anything but Qobuz & Tidal is exactly the thing that has stopped me from going all in with the lifetime Roon plan. If Spotify ever releases their hi-res tier it’s going to kill both Qobuz & Tidal and Roon will be rendered useless for streaming anything other than local files. > [@Nate](#): > > I prefer the HiRes music. Two years ago I compared them while Tidal had MQA. Using my UAPP app, i had both Tidal & Qobuz accounts. At that time, Tidal always showed inferior bitrates than I saw for the same song on Qobuz…could have been the MQA bitrate was inferior or was not allowing me to see if it was superior . And since Qobuz was far cheaper, I switched. Now maybe it comes down to how much of the music I like is available in HiRes on Tidal/Qobuz. At the former $20/mo it wasnt worth it JZ. Thanks to competition we all benefit! Same - on tracks/albums where there is any audible difference, I typically prefer Qobuz. I also have a bad taste in my mouth from paying $20 for Tidal before Qobuz came along AND Tidal deleting all of my favorites and custom playlists not just once but TWICE. And so I canceled Tidal a long time ago and went all in with Qobuz. Recently, with MQA on the outs and Tidal reportedly moving to flac, I’ve re-subbed because Tidal’s electronica catalog is substantially better than Qobuz’s… and now with the price reduction I have to ask if it’s really worth it to keep Qobuz at all anymore. Tidal definitely has things in their catalog that Qobuz doesn’t, but I do not think the reverse is true at all. I guess it comes down to how much better you think it SOUNDS and if that’s worth an extra monthly subscription. ---
**Author:** ![NickZ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/nickz/32/16394_2.png) [@NickZ](https://forum.headphones.com/u/NickZ)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/tidal-hi-res-plan-dropping-to-10-99-from-19-99/23043/9 "2024-03-08T00:41:33Z")
I also had tried Tridal a while back and dropped it due to problems with the Windows app. I’m leavivg Amazon products in a protest vote over the Amazon Video ad fiasco so hopefully Tidal will be solid now. ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/tidal-hi-res-plan-dropping-to-10-99-from-19-99/23043/10 "2024-03-08T01:22:47Z")
> [@chrisnyc75](#): > > If Spotify ever releases their hi-res tier I like ROON for it’s discovery and database, even if I often read the WIKI versions. But I didn’t go all in on lifetime ROON because well, if a company isn’t well over 25 years old and thriving, I don’t trust that I’ll get a lifetime of use. Now if JNJ gave a lifetime band-aid sub… With the price reduction, I might go back to TIDAL, but I had become disgusted with MQA. Never cared that much for Spotify, no matter how much people say they like the interface. It was and is ho-hum compared to using ROON. ---
**Author:** ![MikeO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MikeO](https://forum.headphones.com/u/MikeO)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/tidal-hi-res-plan-dropping-to-10-99-from-19-99/23043/11 "2024-03-08T14:30:23Z")
I suspect Tidal is hoping a few people think the same way “buying” businesses with a price drop. Sadly only to match Apple May be a balancing act eventually,