Tidal on iOS

[BWLover]

Hi everyone, hope all is well with you all. I recently signed up for a free trial of Tidal and I am using it on an iPhone 6 Plus. I'm having a hard time hearing a difference between Tidal and Apple Music, specifically on my iPhone. Has anyone else A/B tested Tidal against Apple Music ON an iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)? I would most definitely hear a difference on my stereo, but on my phone I'm hard pressed to hear much of a difference. I've read that Apple Music streams at 256kbps AAC, and Tidal (on iOS) streams 1411kbps AIFF (it's usually FLAC but iOS doesn't support FLAC, AIFF is pretty well the same thing) Thoughts?


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[TEK]

I'm having a hard time noticing much difference on resolution on short listening timed (like you typical do on listening tests).
Loudness issues on the recording has MUCH more impact on the sound image.
However, on long time listening I habe notice a lot more listening issues, like not feeling engadged, getting "heavy" or "tiered" in the head, not getting the "soul feeling" and so on when listening to low res music.
But not iTunes vs Tidal, only Sporify vs Tidal Hifi.
(You are testing Tidal HIFI and have HIFI turned on in the spp settings?)