Tidal is £20 a month? What the ****?

Word of warning. I was a subscriber to Tidal for over a year. Enjoyed the service and always great quality but it was just too expensive for how often I used it. So I cancelled my subscription. 6 months later I get an email saying I've been charged again through paypal. Asked for a refund as I hadn't authorised this and their customer service rep basically called me a liar and said I'd logged in and used the service and there's no way they're issuing a refund. If you google this you will see that this isn't a one off incident and it's happened to a lot of people. For that reason as good as the service was I wont tolerate being robbed and I will never ever use the service again.

Tidal are charging a premium for something that most people don't care about....youtube sound quality is good enough for most people.

This is obviously a good deal but the usual price, considering they're playing massive catch up with the rest, is astonishing

It seems you have to install both the CapTune and Tidal apps, and then sign up to TIDAL from within the CapTune app to get this offer. Thanks OP.

Do you cancel subscription via Tidal or CapTune app, please point me to the correct part off app for cancelations?

If you're a fan of Jay Z his new album is released 30th June on Tidal.

This is obviously a good deal but the usual price, considering they're playing massive catch up with the rest, is astonishing

Tidal is £20 a month? What the ****?

It's £20-00 a month for the Hi-Res offering. If you've got the equipment (and ears!) to appreciate it I personally think it's worth it, especially with MQA/Master. 2 CD's in old money is still pretty good value.

Tidal are charging a premium for something that most people don't care about....youtube sound quality is good enough for most people.

I've researched this endlessly, but still not clear whether I'll get any real benefit from the FLAC audio when listening from my phone (which is what I'll be doing mostly, with Sennheiser CX300 ii earphones) on a Galaxy S5. Anyone got any thoughts?

I could tell between 320kps and fkac when on the move. But at home with Hifi earphones.... Maybe. But only maybe

It's a free trial, and you can change the quality in the App - so give it a go. Only you and your ears will be able to say if it's worth it.

Don't Deezer also do that but with a bigger library and for £15?

Just double checked and yes - £15 for 12 months then £20....

https://www.deezer.com/payment/go.php?ui=0&code=Y625h4SGuJRxhrKxr6R3hnqEf95lbGuabZtpYW5rspGvYpZoZg%3D%3D

Nice.

Link doesn't work - try this
https://www.deezer.com/offers/?referer=sonos
Looks like Elite is for Sonos owners only.

Article explaining all the streaming services here:
http://www.techadvisor.co.uk/review/audio/best-music-streaming-services-2017-3523953/

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The big selling point for Tidal, and one of the only things that sets it apart from its cheaper rivals at the moment, is the ability to listen to high-fidelity, lossless tracks. This essentially means that you'll be getting CD-quality sound rather than the compressed quality of an MP3.
For the audiophiles among you, Tidal's quality offering are broken down into Normal, High and HiFi. Normal is AAC+ 96kbps, High is AAC 320 Kbps (which is what you'll get if you sign up to Spotify's Premium subscription or Deezer's Premium+), and HiFi, which means you'll get 16bit/44.1 KHz 1411 Kbps FLAC files.
It's worth noting, though, that without good headphones you're not going to get the most out of Tidal's HiFI offering.

Deezer actually offers a lossless HiFi option, too, but only for Sonos customers. It's called Deezer Elite, and you should get an email offering an upgrade if you start using Deezer with your Sonos speaker system.

I can definitely tell the difference in quality when playing through my hifi but the main reason I didn't keep up the subscription was that Spotify is just nicer to use and gives better suggestions, plus when sharing on a family account it's ~9x cheaper than than this

Fair point and thanks for the reply. Guess I'm wondering whether to take this trial now or wait until I can afford better kit. May as well go for it.

I'm on my 3rd trial - as long as you have another email address and method of payment (PayPal or credit/debit card), there seems to be no other validation.

Has anyone tried the trial and downloaded songs to listen offline? Trying to do it and it says device cannot be authorised for offline use. Is this because it's a trial or because of gremlins in the works?

Arghhhh signed up yesterday for 1 mth

Can i upgrade it to 4k streaming?

Likewise Beyonce's award winning Lemonade album has only ever been available on Tidal - same reason as Jsy Z.

Where is the 3 months trial? I can only see one month

Word of warning. I was a subscriber to Tidal for over a year. Enjoyed the service and always great quality but it was just too expensive for how often I used it. So I cancelled my subscription. 6 months later I get an email saying I've been charged again through paypal. Asked for a refund as I hadn't authorised this and their customer service rep basically called me a liar and said I'd logged in and used the service and there's no way they're issuing a refund. If you google this you will see that this isn't a one off incident and it's happened to a lot of people. For that reason as good as the service was I wont tolerate being robbed and I will never ever use the service again.

It also works if you install the App on Iphone ./ IOS too...

Cracking deal - Thanks a bunch flirt

I only see 30 day trial

Thanks....will check again.

its there?....id originall searched sennheiser and its therefor iphone.. did the sign up throuhg there to get the three months, then added the service into the Sonos Home app to give it a try..

I almost signed up to these but then they introduced MQA and I just felt dirty...

I can confirm this is still working fine. Plus you can cancel your sub immediately and still get the 3 free months. And the sound quality is bloody brilliant!

Hi there!
Thanks for Your find, @miffyl !
My first three months taken through CapTune just came to an end, so decided to try again. I used a different email (that should be obvius) and all worked like a charm with the same payment details.
As I see You mentioned, that You are on the third consecutive offer this way, I have a crucial question. Have You found a good and easy way to migrate or transfer all Your music library (favorite artists, albums etc.) from expired to the new account? I was looking on Google for some info, but nothing for account to account within Tidal. I only figured out to make a long playlist by adding all my favorite albums to it and sharing with myself, but then I had to scroll through it and add albums/artists one by one.
What is Your experience @miffyl and others?

Many thanks in advance for sharing!

I just set them up every time. You're right that the only other obvious way is to create and share playlists but it is tedious.