Unsubscribed ( to Qobuz)

Currently streaming Qobuz to my Dewalt portable ghetto blaster at work.:+1:

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Me too.

I have only Qobuz as a source and I listen to newly Discovered music about half of the time.

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One can often get similar results using Spotify or YouTube and information in the Naim app, Discogs and Wikipedia.

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I certainly wouldnā€™t be without qobuz i also have loads off music stored on my melco, and a CD transport.
But the streamed music sounds fantastic, better than the melco, and the CD.
Plus itā€™s easy

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I only stream from Qobuz or TuneIn Radio on my Linn DSM. We have no locally stored music.

Main background listening is Jazz24 on the radio. However, for what we call a listening session, we use Qubuz.

Have a list of favourites, which is like having Records and CDs and, mooching through them to choose what to play.

Regularly go through the Jazz Music Thread on Music Room Forum to see what Forum members are listening to and add these to our Favourites List for future listening.

Because of this, we have found that our Jazz listening has diversified which brings more enjoyment. Plus not buying four to five records each month has helped to reduce costs as well as the issues of warped records having to be exchanged regularly.

Will certainly be staying with Qobuz as find it very good value for money, excellent quality, easy to use and suits our needs.

DGā€¦

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Thanks for the advise, would need to try it out as the devices are far away from each other and run through their own networks while they share their same backbone network to the internet.

If the Naim app can see both devices at the same time it should work.

Thanks for the guidance will try it again once I do use my indoorbike again when the weather getā€™s worseā€¦.

Ratrat,
For last couple of years have run both Qobuz and Tidal but have already ended Qobuz subscription which is up for renewal in the next couple of months ā€“ I just donā€™t need two any longer!
Streaming is my main source so could not be without at least one service which has clearly created a dependency but really enjoy the vast catalogue at your fingertips.
Like you I tend to have current favourites on rotation one of which given you like the Go Go Penguins may be of interest to you if youā€™ve not come across them:
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Interesting. What made you choose Tidal over Qobuz? Iā€™m running a Qobuz trial against my Tidal subscription and am finding more Hi-res tracks I can actually play (Iā€™ve been waiting for Naim to support Tidal Max all year).

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If Iā€™m honest, donā€™t think it was a conscious decision for one or the other.

We have used Qobuz in the past, several times, so was familiar with their platform and the service. Maybe that was the key to going back to Qobuz?

Over years, have used Apple Music ( thatā€™s a whole thread by itself) as well as Qobuz streaming services. Roon too. In fact, would probably go back to Meridian Soolos, early version of what later became Roon. Also, lots of software for ripping and managing music from CD, etc. Lots of music server based ideas and solutions.

When our ZENmini first came into our lives - around Jan or Feb 2022 - it was really to solve one specific requirement - to provide access to 1000+ CD collection - as a secondary source in a music room. But, using small diminutive boxes and without having to accommodate all the CDā€™s. For the first year, we used Innous Sense UI and just accessed and played from our CD collection. Streaming from internal server only.

Things progressed from there really.

At a later time, we added both Qobuz and Roon ( same time). Made ZM as Roon Core. Also adding ND5 XS2 for streamer in another room.

So, having explained all that, might see that Qobuz was always maybe a bit of an experience, in itself.

Reading some of the above posts, it seems that opinion - on streaming services - is maybe as much to do with the way you think about music, consume music, as anything else.

In our case, we already had a significant investment in physical media, both CDā€™s, DVDā€™s and vinyl records, which also has a lot to do with your start point.

Iā€™ve said before, say again here, if I was starting again today, would buy the best digital front end I could muster ( maybe streaming transport and external DAC) and just access Hi-Res streaming music services.

Our reality, is that most of our favourite music is already available on CD or vinyl or both. And we do like the ritual and tactile nature of playing physical media, particularly vinyl records. Thereā€™s still a place for streaming, maybe to access new stuff and to explore and experiment.

We are all different :wink:

Happy listening on a Sunday.
R

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MrFixit ā€“ not sure if you were asking me or OP but will respond anyway.
I agree with your assessment that there are more 24 bit versions of music generally.
Initially I subscribed to Tidal to cover gaps in Qobuz titles, mainly electronic stuff.
My daughters prefer Tidal app although I use Roon so no difference for me.
Tidal have dropped MQA and are building out 24 bit catalogue so hopefully gaps in 24 bit library will close over time.
I can understand why you may prefer Qobuz ā€“ imo both are excellent services I just no longer need two.

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Thanks @Tapp. Iā€™m still in two minds. If only Naim hurried up with Max support Iā€™d probably stick with Tidal, as Iā€™ve got used to it for over 8 years. But Qobuz is as good if not a little better. I use the Naim app, so their own UIs are not a decider.

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Iā€™m a Qobuz subscriber. As much as I enjoy the streaming experience, itā€™s not as good when it comes to discovering new music but that is when I compare it to Spotify. I still listen to CD but my taste in music isnā€™t very mainstream, some albums cost premium price to purchase online over Ā£15.99 which is difficult for me keep up with new or newer albums. Also my buying habits is changing too, if I like the album then itā€™s not enough reason for a purchase, I have to feel passionate about the album. However I guess it is because of streaming as well, some albums simply donā€™t make it to the all time favourite list.

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Fascinating sentiment, which I - for one - would understand :+1:

As an example, currently listening to The Blue Nile : ā€œHeadlightā€™s on the Paradeā€ from Hats, ( 1989),

But listening to the more recent version remaster (2019) and re-released on vinyl. We now have several versions of this music. But, this one, played on our LP12 is just magical. Could listen to this one album all day, over and over. Might do just that :wink:

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Great album!

According to Discogs I have a copy from 1989. Looking, looking, lookingā€¦

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I prefer to spend my money on my music collection as opposed to paying someone else to listen to theirs. Jukeboxes belong in museums.

That is curious. Assuming same version/mastering I would have expected that when there is ang audible difference the order of best sound would be Melco top.

It was just that till i got the vivaldi upsampler.
Now i could easily do without the melco and hardly use it these days.
I certainly wonā€™t be upgrading my N1ZS (old flagship model) for the new melcoā€™s

The Qobuz desktop app for Mac seems to work really well.

If you use and rely on many of Roonā€™s features I doubt the Qobuz app will be a substitute, but I generally found I was using Roon mainly at the computer rather than in the listening room.

The Autoplay feature is a pain in the neck on the iPhone as it downloads the tracks so i end up with loads of singles I need to delete from the offline library when I really only want the albums Iā€™ve specifically downloaded to play in the car or garden. Even if disabled app updates tended to re-enable it.

I might enjoy it at home, just hadnā€™t enabled it: