Here’s how to get 3 months of Tidal HiFi for just $1

TL;DR: As of July 28, you can get a three-month Tidal HiFi subscription for only 99 cents (normally $19.99/month) if you sign up through Best Buy. After that period, you’ll pay just $14.99 a month to continue your membership.

From Gov Ball to Bonnaroo to Taylor Swift‘s bicoastal Lover Fest, this summer’s music festival season was a complete and total wash. And judging by the way people packed the Chainsmokers’ recent concert in the Hamptons, a forthcoming return to normal concerts definitely isn’t in the cards. (Come on, people.)

If you miss hearing your favorite artists strum and sing in person, Tidal has the next best thing: With a subscription to the streaming service’s “High Fidelity” (HiFi) tier, you get exclusive, ad-free access to losslessly compressed (FLAC) tracks that sound exactly as they did when they were recorded in-studio, and Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) tracks that sound exactly the way the artists want you to hear them. (Music compressed into an MP3 file sounds muddled in comparison to both, as it lacks the subtle details and sounds from its original recording.) It’s basically the next best thing to hosting a private concert in your living room. Read more…

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