Tidal Master vs Google Play Music

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Atjan

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I can't hear a difference (when using my Hifiman HE400 headphones and Maverick Audio D1 DAC/head amp) between Tidal's top tier streaming and Google Play Music sound quality set to 'Always high'.
I'm listening via a 50Mbs connection.

Tidal claims lossless and Google does MP3 320kbps, from what I gather. The latter can of course change the quality as required by the internet connection speed. Not sure about Tidal. I hope they don't because their buffering even on this line speed is a little annoying at times.

Am I doing it wrong or is the difference just so diminishingly small that the difference can not be picked up on half decent gear?
 
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