I listen mostly to classical and I find again and again - though certainly not always - that the tracks within a given album on TIDAL are not in the correct order. There is a workaround, which is to make a playlist for the album with the tracks in the right order, but this is a tiresome business. My question is whether or not others have noticed this on Qobuz? It is likely to be a TIDAL-specific issue?
I have tried contacting TIDAL about specific albums but the response is usually ‘that’s how the tracks were provided by the record label.’ AFAIK no incorrectly-ordered album has ever been reordered to put the tracks in the right order.
I’ve not had that issue with Qobuz (never used Tidal) though it has occurred very occasionally with downloads, but not Qobuz downloads IIRC.
Good though it is, I don’t find Qobuz perfect for classical. One issue arises from an album that contains two four-movement symphonies, say. Then, if you want to listen to just the first of the two and avoid running straight on to track 5 you need to be ready to switch off whilst listening to track 4 or create a playlist: distracting or a faff. That’s one reason why I generally prefer local streaming via MinimServer for classical.
I’ve sometimes wondered if Presto is the answer, but it’s not currently available through any of the streaming devices I use. Perhaps that will change in the future.
Same with Tidal (the two 4-movement symphonies example). The workaround is to create a playlist (or two if you want both symphonies). It is a pain but understandable: the streaming companies see such albums as an album of 8 tracks (8 ‘songs’, probably!) and nothing more.
It isn’t ideal but it is wonderful being able to hear almost anything, in high definition, within seconds of thinking about it.
I have both Tidal and Qobuz, I have to say i’ve never noticed an issue with track changes in Qobuz but on a few albums in tidal you do get a mix up especially on older recordings where remastering has taken place I think.
But both significantly less than other streaming platforms.
What I like about MinimServer is that if I were to choose that 8 track album from my NAS, Minim would offer me the choice of the two symphonies. Tapping on one of them would then give me the movements of that symphony and selecting “play” would play them in sequence. It does require a bit of metadata editing initially, but any streaming service that offered the same functionality would get my vote.
I play a lot of classical music with Qobuz, but via Roon. I’ve never had tracks out of order. I once auditioned Audirvana and had issues with it putting tracks out of order, IIRC. I have also tried Qobuz Connect with Naim streaming but don’t recall problems in that regard.