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News: Qobuz Hi-Res platform's debut is scheduled for this October. See Qobuz Links below

I have been looking for information on Qobuz for many months and finally was able to get some useful information about its "scheduled" release date, information on who is working at Qobuz, some features and other background information.   I will add additional information as I get it.  Please see:

1) Qobuz Names Music Industry Veteran Dan Mackta Managing Director USA with more Key Executives for U.S. Launch:

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/qobuz-names-music-industry-veteran-dan-mackta-managing-director-usa-with-more-key-executives-for-us-launch-300681476.html


2) Qobuz Named Official High-Resolution Streaming Service of Rocky Mountain International Audio Fest:

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/qobuz-named-official-high-resolution-streaming-service-of-rocky-mountain-international-audio-fest-300684982.html


Some Qobuz Features are:
Over 40 million 16/44 tracks and over 2 million high-resolution tracks up to 24/192 bit high resolution.

You can actually off-line any album or track onto your computer, phone and many servers. So if your Internet is not up to full 24/192 streaming, but you need to have a perfect demo, you can download unlimited playlists and albums in high resolution. 

About Qobuz
Founded in 2007, Qobuz is a French commercial online music streaming and download service that addresses the needs of curious and discerning music lovers across the globe. It is currently available in Europeand the UK and Ireland. Complementing its unparalleled expertise in sound quality, Qobuz includes an exceptional range of music genres as well as exclusive editorial content. Qobuz offers subscription to streaming services with CD quality and Hi-Res audio spanning all genres. The service also offers the largest catalogue of 24-bit Hi-Res albums for download. For more information, visit: www.qobuz.com.


My Aurender N10 Music Sever already supports Qobuz streaming and I am anxious to start listening to Qobuz music streaming.  


hgeifman
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uberwaltz
13,381 posts
 
Its going to have be very good to compete with Tidal at $19.95 a month.
I know the cataloguing for classical and jazz etc is poor on Tidal but for my needs I find the rock and metal selection nd searching to be excellent.

I will probably let you guys do the "beta" testing...lol
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
Their catalog is different than Tidal's and will suit some more than others based on which genres and regions of the world music scene folks prefer.

@uberwaltz  I will definitely be beta testing and pitting one service against the other, IF Qobuz / Roon is a viable option for my front end components.
ejr1953
918 posts
 
From the Sound and Vision article, it looks like the hi-res streaming option will be $249 per year, which should give Tidal a good "run for the money".  It also looks like they'll have Roon integration worked into the product by the end of the year.  All good!

From what some of my European friends tell me, Qobuz is pretty strong with their classical and jazz libraries.
tarheelneil
35 posts
 
The iOS app is now available in the US via the Apple Store.  You can sign up, and listen to 320 mp3 samples of the albums, but can not sign up, yet, for any offer (such as the 1 month free trial).  But, to me, that signals that the official US launch must be very, very near.  Maybe later this week??
asahitoro
244 posts
 
Any updates on the US release? I have the app and things look good.
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