That’s reassuring on the streaming front. I was wondering about purchases. Especially the HiRes recordings.
Sorry misread that. I think it’s more a question with downloads of how much the music companies charge Qobuz (vs other sellers) to sell a download and the Qobuz’ margin on top.
Qobuz are highly unlikley to pay the artists directly and I suspect what the artists get from the music companies is guarded infromation.
thanks for the reminder alley_cat its always good to see the facts and especially to see qobuz at the top of the list - just hope the price reduction doesn’t impact this
I have been qobuz for almost a year. It sounds good, it integrates great with my 3 mu-so but the real problem is the library. The albums are really randomly sorted, crap.
Randomly sorted where, in the Naim app or in the Qobuz app?
I agree, what really bugs me is that if you search an artist’s albums, what you actually get is a random mixture of albums, EPs and singles all jumbled up together. You only get to see which is which by opening each one. That, to me, is incompetence at the most fundamental level. Fortunately Roon is able to see through this mess and separate out the different formats so that you can browse them properly.
I have favourites set up in the Naim app you have several options to sort in when this is set.
Which view is this screenshot showing? I’m a bit confused because wherever I go in the Naim app it never looks like this, with just “Album” in the top center.
Edited - found out what you mean. Yes, thankfully there is Roon 
Thanks, I must be missing something because still not getting it. Looks different to me whether I go to Naim App > Qobuz input > Genesis > Albums, or to Naim App > Artist favorite tab > Genesis > Albums
Most of my recent purchases of new music on vinyl come with a download code too. Not that I’ve taken advantage yet, but I think I could easily cope with a mix of streaming and physical media purchases without buying downloads on top.
My experience has been those download codes bundled with records are for low resolution mp3 files that I end up tossing out, so I don’t even bother redeeming them anymore.
Ah, ta, I did wonder! Maybe says a lot that I hadn’t once tried X)
Occasionally you do get lossless though so it’s always worth a check. One of my Rag’n’Bone man records came with a a Hires download IIRC.
Usually they are MP3 though so I then bin them as you do.
That’s one of the reasons for people using Roon — allows you to edit Qobuz’s crap meta data…
I like Roon + Qobuz, but I am very much concerned about their survival, not sure how long they can last against the might of Apple Music, Amazon HD, and Spotify HIFI.
Just looked him up and there’s 13 albums and numerous “appears on”. I’ll give him a listen.