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Qobuz vs Tidal

First off in the last 3 weeks, I have lost 90% of my vision so if there are mistakes please understand.  I am building my last house and will be moving in in late August.  I have ordered a fantastic two channel system, and I have a separate theater room.   The 2 channel system consists of Canary Audio Grand Reference Two Mono Amps, Canary C1800 Pre-amp, Lumin X1 Dac/Streamer, and an Inakustic 3500P power conditioner and Viking Accoustic Grande Voix horn speakers.  My theater room will include a 5.2.2 set up of Tekton Double impact in wall speakers.   My music source is a Lumin X-1 with a 4tb Synology NAS filled with over 10,000 titles.  In my last system I used Tidal to complement my digital library.  I am looking for either Qobuz or Tidal  for my new system.  I am looking for people who have both or have used both.  Which do you prefer and why?   If you have only used one please don't reply.  I need your help as I can no longer research the way I would like.  All your replies will be voice activated so that is how I am getting your information.  Ease of use will be critical due to my sight restrictions.  Thanks for your help.
willgolf
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ozzy62
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For all of you that are Quobuz fans, how are you indexing your albums? In Bluos or Lumin, if you have 500 favorite albums they are all listed in chronological order by date they were added as a favorite. I can't see any way to find a particular album or artist w/o scrolling through the entire list.

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grannyring
6,506 posts
 
Qobuz sounds better in general. Improved natural tone and smoothness. However, Tidal has a better library. My 5 month trial ended today for Tidal and I will miss it. Just don’t want to pay for two services. 
willgolf OP
937 posts
 
I agree Ozzy, I love the Lumin app but as you stated it adds your latest titles to the left side of the page.  Sometimes, I go in and delete titles I no longer want to play.  It is easier than having to keep searching for them on Tidal.  I wonder if Lumin is working on a solution for this.  I would love to be able to simply call up artists I want after I have selected them from Tidal.  I guess that is where Roon comes in if you so desire.
big_greg
6,648 posts
 
Ozzy, I use BubbleUpNP instead of the Lumin app.  It's much better.  It doesn't work with Bluesound devices however. 

I can sort my favorite albums on Qobuz by title, artist, or date (ascending or descending).  I can also search them.
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thelostdutchman
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I have had both Tidal and Qobuz.  Sound quality is def. better with Qobuz.  Jazz/Blues depth is currently better on Tidal.  Over the course of a year I found myself going more and more to Qobuz so just let my Tidal subscription lapse.  If you have an external music collection plus streeming I'd get Roon and use it.  I've Roon running on an older Macbook Pro with a couple external hd's plugged in and it all works like a charm.  
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