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Quobuz issues on the Bluos app

I just finished a comparison between Tidal, Amazon HD, and Quobuz. Quobuz came out the winner, but not without some reservations.

I find that the SQ of Quobuz is slightly better than the other two, both in standard cd quality files and hi-rez. And I like the price of Quobuz when compared to Tidal. Price was a wash with Amazon HD.

But here is what I don’t like about Quobuz. Their catalog clearly lags behind Amazon and Tidal. I know they are working to make this better, but there are some obscure titles that I can find in Tidal that I’m not sure Quobuz will ever have. And no, I’m not going to pay for two streaming services. The other thing is that in the Bluos app, you cannot index your music by artist, album or alphabetically. The order of your library is the order that you save them as your favorites. Unless I am missing something, you cannot alphabetize in any fashion at all. I have contacted Bluos support and Quobuz support, but all I get is a lot of finger pointing at each other.

My question is twofold. Has anyone figured out a way to index their library that I might have overlooked. Secondly, I assume that if I go with a different streamer like Lumin, Auralic, etc., that this issue won’t exist?

Oz



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hgeifman
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My Aurender Conductor App using Qobuz also does NOT sort my favorite albums by artist name. Unfortunately, the issue is that Qobuz needs to build a SORT API so Aurender (and others) can build the required coding for album sorting options.   Other devices probably have the same issue.   I was told that ROON allows you to sort Qobuz albums but I am not using ROON.

I have emailed Qobuz several times and have been told they are working on a SORT API.  If possible, I suggest you also email them.   On Saturday, I asked Qobuz, again, about their SORT API for my Aurender N10 music server. 

Qobuz Customer Support reports "I do NOT have more of an update for you other than our team is working on it with Aurender.  We hope to have it rolled out to the public soon".

Unfortunately, I have no additional information on when the Qobuz Sort API will be available or what the word 'soon' means.    


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ozzy62 OP
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I have emailed Quobuz and pretty much got the same response. And Bluesound says they are pusing an API to Quobuz, but won't say when.

He says, she says..........

Oz



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lowrider57
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Ozzy, 
The lack of a sorting function is a royal PITA. Qobuz has been around long enough to address this issue. I've gotten the same response as others, "we're working on it."

Another problem with the interface on Android is there isn't a Search function available on all screens. I have to backspace to find a screen with Search.


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ozzy62 OP
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lowrider,

I agree that it's a PITA. But the difference in SQ alone was enough for me to leave Tidal. I just hope they can resolve these issues and make it a better product.
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jond
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My Auralic LDS app sorts my favorites in alphabetical order by album name, not sure if that’s what you mean Ozzy? Also I stream both Tidal and Qobuz and my favorites from both are integrated in the same view and all of my favorites are whole albums not tracks or playlists.
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