TIDAL (Equiv to Spotify) for 1.11/month SEE OP POST

TheDriver · 20-01-2021 8:00pm #1

Tidal is an excellent equivalent to Spotify.
To get it for approx 1.11 a month, you sign up through Turkey. Actual price is 9.99 Turkish Lira.
There is a family plan for 1.80 a month whereby you can have 6 members.
App is similar to spotify. Only downside is that you can't use it on an alexa speaker (unless you have a US account) except through Bluetooth from your phone app.

Steps:
a) Open a VPN and go to turkey. There are many free VPNs that offer sufficient data for a signup.
b) Open a browser and open tidal.com. The turkish website should open.
c) Register and pick your account. 9.99 Turkish Lira for individual account, 14.99 for family account.
d) after sign up, turn off VPN and enjoy TIDAL.

There are numerous free services that will transfer your playlists between services. I used tunemymusic free service for the once off transfer.

ablelocks · 20-01-2021 8:19pm

great deal but for anyone with echo devices, it can't be used on these outside of the USA, apparently.

TheDriver · 20-01-2021 8:23pm

ablelocks wrote: »

great deal but for anyone with echo devices, it can't be used on these outside of the USA, apparently.

I have my echo set up with a dummy US account so tidal works perfectly.

ibrahimovic · 20-01-2021 8:33pm

hi thanks, will this work with sonos?

McMurphy · 20-01-2021 9:08pm

does it work with Google home?

Buttros · 20-01-2021 9:14pm

ibrahimovic wrote: »

hi thanks, will this work with sonos?

Yes. Play from either Sonos or Tidal app on your phone.

20-01-2021 9:42pm

For the family account do you just add others by their or your email/pw? At about 3.60 each for a year its gotta be worthy of a boards family if 5 others fancy it i don't mind setting up

Thumper Long · 20-01-2021 9:54pm

TheDriver wrote: »

I have my echo set up with a dummy US account so tidal works perfectly.

Hi any instructions on how you managed this, I changed my location to US installed the tidal skill, changed back to uk and Alexa doesn’t find any music, I’m guessing I probably need to keep my account set to US? TIA

TheDriver · 20-01-2021 9:58pm

Thumper Long wrote: »

Hi any instructions on how you managed this, I changed my location to US installed the tidal skill, changed back to uk and Alexa doesn’t find any music, I’m guessing I probably need to keep my account set to US? TIA

Go to Amazon US, register an account using some random address from Google. Then set up echo using it. Make sure your location is also US in devices in anaxon., sometimes it picks up Ireland.

TheDriver · 20-01-2021 9:59pm

5500 wrote: »

For the family account do you just add others by their or your email/pw? At about 3.60 each for a year its gotta be worthy of a boards family if 5 others fancy it i don't mind setting up

I didn't bother, gave away a few spots to family members who think I'm very generous, if only they knew the cost.
Unlike Spotify, one account seems to play independently in different locations

Thumper Long · 20-01-2021 10:26pm

TheDriver wrote: »

Go to Amazon US, register an account using some random address from Google. Then set up echo using it. Make sure your location is also US in devices in anaxon., sometimes it picks up Ireland.

Thanks but does your Alexa behave normally? I have a few of them around the house and want them all to be linked, I use .co.uk quite often how does it integrate or is it essentially standalone

TheDriver · 20-01-2021 10:38pm

I have a few too. They work grand. There's nothing US on them, I have the UK accent and Irish news and my location. And tidal plays the music.

killbillvol2 · 20-01-2021 10:47pm

If you have a good sound setup it's well worth getting Tidal HiFi. At Turkish prices it's a no brainer.

Thumper Long · 20-01-2021 11:38pm

TheDriver wrote: »

I have a few too. They work grand. There's nothing US on them, I have the UK accent and Irish news and my location. And tidal plays the music.

Thanks will give it another go so

A Law · 21-01-2021 12:06am

Good for music like Spotify, but differs in the podcast department. Tidal has very few.

MisterAnarchy · 21-01-2021 1:03am

Great deal .

Does the surname of all the family members have to be the same ?

TheDriver · 21-01-2021 1:12am

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Great deal .

Does the surname of all the family members have to be the same ?

I added their email address which invited them to setup an account. None of my family had a tidal account before the invite.

MisterAnarchy · 21-01-2021 1:27am

TheDriver wrote: »

I added their email address which invited them to setup an account. None of my family had a tidal account before the invite.

Got it going , I just filled in name and email address .

Sup08 · 21-01-2021 1:36am

TheDriver wrote: »

Tidal is an excellent equivalent to Spotify.
To get it for approx 1.11 a month, you sign up through Turkey. Actual price is 9.99 Turkish Lira.
There is a family plan for 1.80 a month whereby you can have 6 members.
App is similar to spotify. Only downside is that you can't use it on an alexa speaker (unless you have a US account).

Steps:
a) Open a VPN and go to turkey. Tunnelbear is a good free VPN.
b) Open a browser and open tidal.com. The turkish website should open.
c) Register and pick your account. 9.99 Turkish Lira for individual account, 14.99 for family account.
d) after sign up, turn off VPN and enjoy TIDAL.

There are numerous free services that will transfer your playlists between services.

Here I go again...LOL
By the end of this one, I'll have YouTube, Tidal, Deezer and Netflix along with access to all the UK apps on the firestick thanks to the likes of you and these posts!!!

:D The family will have too much choice now during the lockdown.
Must do the US Amazon and tidal for the echos, have "WAY TOO Many" according to my wife and kids. Thanks

vectra · 21-01-2021 2:49am

I am certain I had Turkey in Tunnelbear previously.
Seems to be not there now.

McMurphy · 21-01-2021 8:33am

Can confirm it doesn't come up as an option to play music using tidal on Google home.

You can cast however, I'll put it through its paces today when on the road with work, see how it compares sound/quality/selection wise with YouTube music.

Del007 · 21-01-2021 12:05pm

Can you do the same with spotify via turkey?

TheDriver · 21-01-2021 12:08pm

Del007 wrote: »

Can you do the same with spotify via turkey?

No. Spotify require payment card in the same country as the account

ohnonotgmail · 21-01-2021 1:14pm

cheers OP, just signed up. I couldn't use TunnelBear though, that didn't have an option for Turkey. I used HolaVpn instead

TheDriver · 21-01-2021 1:41pm

Apologies all, tunnelbear doesn't have turkey. I have a paid keepsolid VPN which I used for turkey and free tunnelbear for argentina for youtube so I got them mixed up.
There's plenty of free VPNs for this so I modified the OP

Albanach1 · 21-01-2021 1:43pm

TheDriver wrote: »

Go to Amazon US, register an account using some random address from Google. Then set up echo using it. Make sure your location is also US in devices in anaxon., sometimes it picks up Ireland.

My phone number is already linked to my existing Amazon account. How did you get around as it sends a text to verify the new account set up.

TheDriver · 21-01-2021 1:51pm

Albanach1 wrote: »

My phone number is already linked to my existing Amazon account. How did you get around as it sends a text to verify the new account set up.

I don't recall any issue when I did it

phunkadelic · 21-01-2021 2:09pm

McMurphy wrote: »

does it work with Google home?

I have a chromecast audio added to Google home, and it works with that. Just cast from the tidal app to the chromecast audio
Chromecast audio plugs into any hifi, it just needs an aux connection or optical input. That way you can listen through a proper soundsytem instead of a sh1tbox smart speaker.

Shame chromecast audio was discontinued by Google. They can be got on adverts and ebay though.

superflyninja · 21-01-2021 3:02pm

How does Tidal compare in terms of catalogue to Spotify?

TheDriver · 21-01-2021 3:24pm

superflyninja wrote: »

How does Tidal compare in terms of catalogue to Spotify?

I find it has everything I want. Give the trial a go, use tunemymusic to copy over your playlists and you'll see what's missing, if any.

Sup08 · 21-01-2021 3:31pm

OK,
So tried Getflix VPN for Turkey and would only give me US Dollars.
I also have KeepSolid and use this, got the Turkish site and signed up for family.

When I look at the account is says, next payment is 9.99 lira and then it says I have subscribed to family 14.99, is the total going to be 24.98? Anyone else see this?

Update:
I think you buy a plan for 9.99TL and then add 5 more members for 14.99TL, Total for Family plan is 24.98 TL

Washout · 21-01-2021 3:57pm

This is the greatest bargain ever. thanks a million

Sup08 · 21-01-2021 4:02pm

Sup08 wrote: »

OK,
So tried Getflix VPN for Turkey and would only give me US Dollars.
I also have KeepSolid and use this, got the Turkish site and signed up for family.

When I look at the account is says, next payment is 9.99 lira and then it says I have subscribed to family 14.99, is the total going to be 24.98? Anyone else see this?

Update:
I think you buy a plan for 9.99TL and then add 5 more members for 14.99TL, Total for Family plan is 24.98 TL

Don't want to confuse people, but I have added a family member to my account and now my sub says I will be charged 14.99TL on my next date. So to activate the family sub, add a family member. Thanks OP...Again!!

ablelocks · 21-01-2021 5:51pm

actually, can tidal be streamed via bluetooth from phone to echo without changing to amazon us account?

Noiz · 21-01-2021 9:36pm

I could sign up using vpn in Turkey and showing me their price for the subscription but just couldn't continue and kept saying can't accept my credit card. Tried both Revolut and a normal credit card

ohnonotgmail · 21-01-2021 9:45pm

Noiz wrote: »

I could sign up using vpn in Turkey and showing me their price for the subscription but just couldn't continue and kept saying can't accept my credit card. Tried both Revolut and a normal credit card

I paid using a revolut virtual card and had no issues. That might be because I have a a turkish lira wallet on my revolut account.

ed1140 · 21-01-2021 9:57pm

ablelocks wrote: »

actually, can tidal be streamed via bluetooth from phone to echo without changing to amazon us account?

Yes, I use Bluetooth to cast Tidal to Echo all the time

Len_007 · 21-01-2021 10:02pm

Noiz wrote: »

I could sign up using vpn in Turkey and showing me their price for the subscription but just couldn't continue and kept saying can't accept my credit card. Tried both Revolut and a normal credit card

I'm having the same problem, even when I setup up some Lira on my Revolut card

TheDriver · 21-01-2021 11:24pm

ed1140 wrote: »

Yes, I use Bluetooth to cast Tidal to Echo all the time

Never knew that. Tried it there and works great. It's nice to ask Alexa to play stuff but much handier playing from phone for a lot of music.

superflyninja · 21-01-2021 11:42pm

I decided to sign up for the family HiFi plan, Im curious to try out the 360 reality audio

swingking · 22-01-2021 11:31am

Does your family member need to use VPN to sign up to your family account ?

dulpit · 22-01-2021 11:36am

Great offer, cheers OP. I used tunemymusic to transfer playlist, 17 songs total not transferred, and was very quick to process too.

Del007 · 22-01-2021 12:27pm

I've signed up to the family argentina account.

I'm trying to add a friend as a family member but it's saying

The user you are trying to add has a different country associated with his/her account.

Did anyone else get this?

Del007 · 22-01-2021 12:43pm

Del007 wrote: »

I've signed up to the family argentina account.

I'm trying to add a friend as a family member but it's saying

The user you are trying to add has a different country associated with his/her account.

Did anyone else get this?

The person had an account already, they gave me a different address and it's working now

TheDriver · 22-01-2021 12:53pm

swingking wrote: »

Does your family member need to use VPN to sign up to your family account ?

No. But it works best if they don't have a current tidal account.

Shlippery · 22-01-2021 1:09pm

The FLAC/Master for €2.22 is incredible value! Playlist transfer happening now...I'm on spotify since the good 'ol days and this might be a turning point!

bazwaldo · 22-01-2021 1:11pm

Signed up for the family account. A couple of things I noticed.

1) When adding family members they must not have an account already. It complained that their country/region was different to mine
2) I've been using the Windows app and every song or two the sound cuts for a split second. Very annoying. I tried the browser app in windows too and same thing happens. I never had a issue like this with Spotify

McMurphy · 22-01-2021 1:33pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I paid using a revolut virtual card and had no issues. That might be because I have a a turkish lira wallet on my revolut account.

I did too.

vectra · 22-01-2021 1:43pm

Shlippery wrote: »

The FLAC/Master for €2.22 is incredible value! Playlist transfer happening now...I'm on spotify since the good 'ol days and this might be a turning point!

How does that compare to deezer hifi package in terms of sound quality?

ablelocks · 22-01-2021 1:47pm

ed1140 wrote: »

Yes, I use Bluetooth to cast Tidal to Echo all the time

and we're off.

goodbye spotify, Merhaba Tidal!

superflyninja · 22-01-2021 3:07pm

Shlippery wrote: »

The FLAC/Master for €2.22 is incredible value! Playlist transfer happening now...I'm on spotify since the good 'ol days and this might be a turning point!

Yup I signed up for that too. HiFi family is under 4 euro a month.

Does this definitely work? Like when we get billed for the first time is it known to have no issues?

TIDAL (Equiv to Spotify) for 1.11/month SEE OP POST

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