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I have both Tidal and Spotify. I cannot reliably tell the difference between Tidal's FLAC 16 bit 44.1kHz and Spotify's very high setting once I volume match. Volume matching is huge in quality perception. Another possibility is that you straight up don't have 320kbps enabled in Spotify settings and are hearing the ultra compressed lower res versions which do make a big difference. I also have some extremely transparent and high-end headphones, so the gear isn't the limiting factor.