I have done a Qobuz trial twice because of all the praise here. Both times I cancelled before the trial end and received an email confirmation saying thank you and that I can continue using it until the full trial time is over…. No issues here.
During my trials, I used Qobuz on a Bricasti M5, iFi Stream and Macbook pro. I tried it with Roon, Audirvana, Amarra and direct with the Ap. Both times I came to the conclusion Tidal just sounds better to me on my system. I don’t have opinions good or bad on MQA. Sounds fine to me. I have settled in on Room with Tidal Hi Res billed $120 annually and not looking back.
Qobuz hell
Ending a subscription with qobuz turned out to be hell. I did it two weeks ago only to find out that my account is still active and I am still being charged. I contacted qobuz yesterday and the first response was from a bot saying at 9AM they will be back online tomorrow. Which is actually today, so when I got online to figure out what happened, I received the rudest, most useless responses and then ending the chat by the agent. So as of now, I am unable to cancel my subscription - I don't want to use it, pay for it etc. I found it mediocre anyway.
I have no doubt I will spend many hours trying to cancel it in the coming days and get horrible treatment.
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“Among those complaining of Qobuz SQ, nobody reveals what streamers they are using” That’s so true. Very few realize here that UI like Roon, Audirvana and hardware both impacts the final rendering (sound). Conductor app is one of the best UI that doesn’t temper or should I say molest the bitstream like Roon or Audirvana. One of the reason. I still prefer Conductor app and Aurender over Roon any other hardware supporting Roon. I prefer Qobuz over any otter streaming service! |
Interesting how different experiences are for each person, and shows once again one size doesn’t fit all. I’ve had subscriptions to Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal and Qobuz, I’ve still got Qobuz and Spotify, the others have gone. Tidal in the UK costs £25 a month, that is ridiculous compared to other platforms, not only that I’m dubious about MQA and don’t like to feel cheated. The library for my tastes, which is extremely varied, was very poor on Tidal, all of that meant I got rid. Qobuz catalogue surprises me more each day, I rarely ever don’t find something I’m looking for which includes some random music from far-flung countries. The app does need work, but I have written to support with suggestions and always get a quick reply and even a suggestion actioned (maybe they were already going to do it but it happened soon after my message). The app does need work, but it’s close to being as good as you’d hope. |
Cancelling Qobux is straightforward - go to the Qi=obuz website for your country. Click on your username top-right, select my account and you will get options to Change Plan, Update Your Payment Method and Cancel - the latter is even in red text. The only downside is that, as others have said, your subscription will continue to the end of your payment month if you pay monthly or the end of your payment year if you pay annually (i.e. no refunds on subscriptions that you committed to). As for searching sometimes Qobuz can be a bit clunky, but then so can Tidal and Deezer (I have had both), but certainly not so much as Amax=zon Music (which I have also had). Spotify seems to be the only one that gets that right. The only dropouts I have ever had were when trying to play 192kHz material in the car when lost mobile (cell) signal. This is, of course, purely a function of the signal that you supply to Qobuz! Quality - on my system the sound quality is excellent (Moon MIND 2 into a Moon 650D CDAC/CD Transport, Moon 700i and Sonus Faber Concertos, all cables are Nordost), certainly up there with CD replay for 44kHz material and for higher resolution material there seems to be that extra bit of magic. In the car, I would struggle to tell the difference from any other service. I found Qobuz much improved from all points of view including sound quality over both Tidal (especially the lack of French R&B suggestions), Deezer and as for Amazon ;-( |
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