Qubuz v spotify

Thanks, DiggyGun. For the jazz music I gravitate towards, I’ve never really had a problem with any of the big Streaming companies’ catalogues. (Maybe I don’t know what I am missing out on!) I tend to listen to new Jazz music or Jazz classics from the 60s onwards.
Going down the Qubuz route would have broken my relationship with my daughter. I’m not sure she would be impressed with the app! That said. I did a trial Qubuz, and it sounded good - not sure I could notice the difference in my setup when comparing it to TIDAL.
One thing I missed about moving away from Spotify was its inclusion of Podcasts within the app. I am now using the Apple app to manage that - no big drama but just another place to go…
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I compared Tidal to Qobuz a couple of weeks ago and Qobuz won hands down.

But then Tidal didn’t have Hi-Rez in the UK.

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My Qobuz subscription is due to renew soon, so I thought I would try Tidal. Since Tidal has changed from MQA to mainly Flac I wanted to see if there was a difference through Roon.

Qobuz is more forward in presentation and slightly better sound stage. Tidal sounded flatter or dull in comparison. Interesting volume levelling db was the same for ripped albums and same version on Qobuz but Tidal was different. For example Siouxsie and the Banshees track Happy House from Kaleidoscope remastered / expanded album.
With Roon I have volume levelling set to auto and kept this for both.
And there was hardly any difference between Qobuz and Ripped album, but Tidal was not as close.

So going to continue with Qobuz.

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I’ve just signed up for the Qobuz free trial for 1 month. I spent last night comparing to Spotify. It is pretty obvious that Qobuz is better and I intend to listen to a lot more music today. Does anyone have and suggestions/ recommendations to albums that may highlight the differences better? I mainly listen to Prog and rock.initial thoughts are that Qobuz has a more 3 dimensional soundstage and an impression that someone has taken a blanket off the speakers. I was expecting a slight improvement but I am pleasantly surprised at how much difference it makes. Any thoughts on albums to audition will be greatly appreciated.

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Try Airbag’s latest, Century of the Self, or A Fragile Present by Marco Gluhmann.

Try this album.

It’s possible to get a 2-month free trial from Qobuz - my Naim dealer sent me a link for that (maybe depends on hardware purchase?). Anyway, worked for me, I’ll be subscribing afterwards.

After playing around with Qobuz for a couple of days now I cannot connect my Bluesound node to it via wireless internet. I have tried airplay which is better than the Bluetooth connection but apparently airplay only allows cd quality and doesn’t allow the benefits of the hi res files. Unless I can connect through wireless I wont be subscribing as my Spotify through wireless is to my ears equally as good. I do have chrome cast but still struggling to connect wirelessly. It’s been a bit frustrating really and made me realise how user friendly Spotify really is.

You mean you cannot connect via the Bluesound app?

I didn’t know there was such a thing. Could you point me in the right direction please?

Spotify = compressed mp3. With qobuz you can have cd quality or higher. There’s really no comparison.
Thus isn’t Spotify vs qobuz, it’s mp3 vs cd and it’s easy to hear the difference.

I’ve finally managed to connect Qobuz via the Bluesound app with wireless internet connection. Wow what a difference compared to the Bluetooth connection I was getting before! Suffice to say I am already converted and will be taking out my subscription once the free trial is up. Thanks to all for your help.

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Sorry, I’ve been in W London most the day at the Fulham match.

Yes the BlueOs app will enable you to use Qobuz and other streaming sources with your Bluesound products.

In my view its probably one of the best apps available.

Glad you got it working.

Yes I was about to give up on it before you advised me on the App. Spent most of yesterday finding albums and saving in favourites. Yes the App seems to work really well.I think the Bluesound is good value for money and guess I would need to spend quite a bit more to be able to hear an obvious improvement.Can’t see myself listening to CD much now, will have to decide wether to keep or not?

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