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Has anybody tried Qobuz Streaming service?

Hi and thanks for reading!

Has anybody tried Qobuz and compared it to TIDAL? I read that Qobuz streams 24/196 files which may be higher than even TIDAL Master quality?? If you have made the switch to Qobuz, was it easy to integrate into your streaming system?

I look forward to hearing from people who have tried Qobuz and either loved it or disliked it compared to TIDAL.

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lowrider57
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So 5gHz and ethernet, a good setup. I had this problem with Tidal and Deezer. Can you troubleshoot by using Tidal and Qobuz without Amarra?

goofyfoot
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Lowrider,
I believe I have. The Amarra is touchy but once it's up and running, it rarely falters. Honestly, I've never had a problem while streaming from a radio station website iplayer but the signal is less than MP3 resolution.
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lowrider57
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@goofyfoot , right now I'm streaming on Deezer and tracks are skipping thru entire albums.
So, no idea what is going on. You and I have different setups and are both experiencing this problem. 

 I don't think I've experienced any skipping with Qobuz, only Tidal and Deezer.

Maybe I'll search Google.

mi4
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I am a Qobuz subscriber.  Love it.  Great music selection and sound quality.  
ejr1953
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I GAVE UP ON QOBUZ!

I installed the Qobuz Windows app on a Windows10 Pro, quad core I7 machine with 16 gigs of memory.  This machine is only used for my audio system, when running Qobuz (or Tidal) it's the only app I have running on the machine, with the screen saver turned "off".  The PC is attached to my home network with an ethernet cable, and my Comcast service has about 185mb down, so from a connectivity perspective, I should be "good".

The whole time I used Qobuz (for about six weeks), I'd say only about 25% of the time did the app seem to work.  Typically, the app would be doing who-knows-what, consuming more than 75% of the cpu, not offering a pointer to select anything.  When I'd be able to select things, attempted to get a hi-res album to load, the play/pause control would be replaced with a spinning icon, most of the time never load the first track.  Sometimes when it would load the first track, it would play for a while, then either stop, or skip to the next track.

I tried accessing Qobuz via their web client, and using Roon, same result.

So, last night, I reached my limit and cancelled the service.

To be fair, when I'm streaming from Tidal, very occasionally it'll be playing a track, then stop, with the icon spinning, but this is VERY rare.

So, I think I'll stick with Tidal.
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