TIDAL How to Make Your Music Sound Better

When you subscribe to TIDAL and TIDAL HiFi, you can listen to higher quality music, but you need to make sure you turn on higher quality options for WiFi or cellular streaming and when downloading.

To listen to TIDAL music in the best quality your plan includes, you need to go to the settings on your phone or the TIDAL app on your computer to change the settings. You only need to change this once, but there are three main options to consider.

If you’re streaming on cellular at a higher quality, you’ll use data faster, and if your connection isn’t good, you may run into streaming issues or not get the quality you want. That’s why it’s a great idea to download your favorite TIDAL playlists and albums to your phone before you leave the house.

How to Change TIDAL Music Quality

There are three places you should check and change your TIDAL sound quality on your iPhone or Android device. There is only one place to look to change the sound quality settings on your computer.

You will want to change your Wifi Streaming, Cellular Streaming and Download settings in the TIDAL app. This is the same on iPhone or Android.

1. open TIDAL
2. Tap My Collection
3. Tap the Adjustment Gear in the top right
4. Scroll to Quality
5. Tap on Stream and then select the desired quality for WiFi or cellular.
6. Go back one screen and tap on Download and choose the quality you want.

To make changes on your Mac or Windows PC, you need to go to the application’s settings.

1. Click on your profile.
2. Click Stream.
3. Scroll down and click on HiFi or Master

If you have a TIDAL HiFi subscription, you can choose HiFi or Master quality. There are over 60 million tracks in HiFi quality and over 200,000 tracks with Master Quality Audio. If you’re on the TIDAL Premium plan, you can: Use this link to upgrade to TIDAL HiFi.

Currently my setup is to use Masters for downloads and WiFi and Hi-Fi for cellular streaming. This allows me to download my favorite albums and playlists for easy access on the go.