Why so many duplicate albums on Tidal?

[Mike]

Does anyone know?

 

[BlueFox]

Maybe Neil Young invested in Tidal.

 

[Audiophilehi]

I believe they are different pressings. Some Hi-Rez, some CD quality, some remasters.

 

[FDPDK]

I believe they are different pressings. Some Hi-Rez, some CD quality, some remasters.

That has also been my thought.

 

[Kuoppis]

Different releases/ resolutions/ formats.


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[Mike]

Different releases/ resolutions/ formats.


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Nope, all the same.


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[UltraFast69]

Maybe it’s like a database, not in the literal sense but for lack of words, “garbage in, garbage out”, or a different royalty structure depending on who issued the recording?


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[still-one]

In some instances you will find they have CD quality and both 24/96 and 24/192 versions. Other times you will find a MQA version in lieu of one o the high rez version. Occasionally you will have two different CD quality versions, one for the US and one for another region.

 

[Annie_Yazbeck]

It could be some difference between those duplicat albums, such as audio quality and different version. As for me, I usually get Tidal music and tracks with AudFree Audio Capture as it could give me the best Tidal audio quality and I can listen to Tidal music on any device as I like no matter which device I like.

 

[joeinid]

Welcome to the forum, thank you for joining.

 

[CPP]

Hence the problem with Tidal.

Maybe it is related to different catalog ID/product ID's which we would never see and Tidal thinks its somehow different. Maybe Qubuz can perform better when there is a duplicate, like a different rate, or mastered definition so a user can make a decision on which one to play. .A catalog number is the identification number a record label assigns to a release.

 

[wklie]

Usually it's a different release, which may or may not be a different master. It is also possible that a particular version is available to Tidal subscribers in some countries but not others.

 

[FDPDK]

Annie welcome the forum

 

[nicoff]

Different releases/ resolutions/ formats.


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+1

 

[Kingrex]

I wish all the services did a better job labeling. You have to open every album to see the details. Release date, resolution,etc. Takes a lot of time. When you find what you want you can star it for easy reference.

 

[CPP]

I wish all the services did a better job labeling. You have to open every album to see the details. Release date, resolution,etc. Takes a lot of time. When you find what you want you can star it for easy reference.

What site are you talking about

 

[Kingrex]

Look at Tidal. There is no info on the main screen where you are viewing all albums. It may say MQA, but that is all. If you click on an album it opens and tell you the kHz and bit as well as record, release dates. From there add it to your library.

What site are you talking about

 

[Kingrex]

I have been playing in Tidal reciently and running into multi albums that do appear the same.