In comparison, Spotify's 'extreme' quality streams at 320 kbps, and Apple Music's AAC plays at 256kbps. HiFi subscribers can stream their ~50 million song library in FLAC, which is a lossless format that streams at 1411kbps and equivalent to CD quality. “The days of the MP3 are finally over,” Reichbach says, “…and thanks to Amarra for TIDAL, streaming an endless library of songs now sounds better than ever before.Tidal's claim to fame is being an audiophile's choice of streaming service. Users may also personalize their presets and save them to be recalled at any time.įounder and company President Jonathan Reichbach saw that, with the emergence of high resolution audio services like TIDAL from Aspiro, the integration of Amarra can provide substantial benefits to streaming audio listeners. With support for both Macintosh OS X 10.9 and 10.10 as well as Windows 7 and 8, it is a true cross–platform solution that provides the best fidelity available for playback of TIDAL’s 44.1 kHz, 16 bit streaming music service.Īmarra for TIDAL includes professional–grade Sonic EQ and 14 factory presets providing compensation curves for popular headphone models from Apple, Audeze, Grado and others, while additional presets address popular music genres, from acoustic and classical to jazz and rock. The Amarra Remote feature for iOS frees users to control their music throughout the home. Being software–only, Amarra for TIDAL is future–proof and easily upgradable as TIDAL’s services evolve toward even higher fidelity.ĭeveloped in conjunction with TIDAL’s engineers, Amarra for TIDAL delivers “bit–perfect,” high resolution music. Sweden–based TIDAL, controlled by Jay-Z’s Project Panther Bidco, leads the way with their massive multimedia library and strong artist support.īuilt using the Amarra Audio Engine, an optimized audio pipeline bypassing the computer’s audio software, Amarra for TIDAL is ready for a truly hi–fi exploration of TIDAL’s music collection. Recent trends in consumer audio have hastened the rise in popularity of HRA, including new higher resolution, network streaming services. The latest member of the technology family, Amarra for TIDAL joins Amarra, Amarra Hifi, Amarra sQ+ and Amarra Symphony High Resolution Audio (HRA) player software for higher fidelity music enjoyment. Sonic Studio outlined the upcoming release of version 1.0 of Amarra for TIDAL.

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