


We audiophiles need only concern ourselves with the HiFi Plus plan, which commences with a 30-day free trial before running $19.99/month for access to Dolby Atmos, Master Quality Audio, and 360 Reality Audio content at 24/96 and up.

An ad-free HiFi level adds 350,000 videos to the pot and runs $9.99/month for lossless offerings - all well and good for the slightly above-average listener, but not us. Yes, there is a Free level that provides, in their words, “Good Sound Quality” for 80 million songs - but only at a most basic 16-bit/44.1kHz, mind you. Like pretty much every streaming service these days, Tidal offers a number of listening option tiers. Seeing how we’ve yet to devote an entire Stream On column to this uber-popular platform, we felt it was high time to dive headfirst into the Tidal streaming pool. In recent years, the streaming giant has doubled down on the ways it offers a multi-genre cornucopia of streaming content in a number of hi-res-friendly ways. Tidal has literally rolled with the changes over the course of its 7.5 years (and counting) being nestled in our collective streaming consciousness.
