![]() Windows and Android UI look great, but the UX is just terrible. Despite the objective incredible attributes of the catalog (both quality and quantity), I cant stand Qobuz anymore. Tidal for choice of some US centric music. by mdiseriocarm I cant stand Qobuz anymore. Qobuz is good for European content including EPs and the edge on classical, but main advantage is overall SQ it offers PCM (lossless) SQ performance options upto 192/24 and increasingly new content at baseline definition of 44.1/24 and 48/24. If you want to enable 24-bit streaming with your Qobuz subscription on your Sonos devices, visit the devices page while logged in. ![]() Follow any additional on-screen steps to complete the process. Qobuz has been quite popular as a French-based music streaming service in European countries since 2013. Tidal is good for their playlists, US urban type media and Jazz, and if you have limited and baseline/legacy lossless PCM requirements (they only offer 44.1/16), or you want MQA processed media. Under Select a Music Source, click Add Music Services. Tidal is an American-based audio subscription owned by Jay Z and was launched in 2014. I did provide feedback to Tidal questioning their lack of lossless hidef or new basic resolution formats such as lossless 44.1/24 and 48/24 and whether they had plans to make it available… I never even got a reply… so I assumed they are not that interested in customers who want full SQ performance, so I closed the account. I ran both side by side for a while, and curated through Roon… and it was Tidal that I ceased because of some limited content that I wanted but mainly because of limited SQ performance options… even with a DAC that could do full decode of MQA processed media. Editor’s note: this Qobuz review was updated on September 16, 2021, to address changes in pricing. These include offline play, personalized recommendations, and much more. Download FLAC and MP3 files from Qobuz Explore and download music directly from your terminal with interactive or lucky mode Download albums, tracks, artists. ![]() Let’s see how Qobuz stacks up and if spending all your beans on it is worth it. Sara Carbone AugLily Katz / SoundGuys Qobuz might be most well known for its catalog of high-quality streaming music, but there are plenty of other ways to take full advantage of your subscription. If you have a Qobuz account, have you noticed that scrolling in Qobuz Discover is awkward and many albums. However on baseline PCM (44.1/16) for the same master I concur Qobuz and Tidal sound the same … funnily enough no doubt because you are receiving the same media from both… Qobuz is one of a few options for lossless streaming, competing with Amazon Music HD, Tidal HiFi, and Deezer. From my perspective Tidal has the best playlists, but the gaps in the Tidal European catalogue compared to Qobuz was irritating but not a show stopper, and indeed there were gaps the other way round too, but less fir me, but the major lack of true hidef on Tidal holds back its overall SQ, even new releases on 44.1/24 or 48/24 were decimated down to 44.1/16 on Tidal… really disappointing for the music recording lover.
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