Qobuz Users Update?

I have Qobuz and Tidal currently.

I would like to go down to just one service.  I don't care much about MQA, but I find Tidal has a few more of the artists I want to listen to, but then I find Qobuz has some others in hi-res where Tidal doesn't...

Hoping that Qobuz eventually catches up on artists and selections and I would just go down to one.

Love Roon though!

(hoping Qobuz gets Tool to let them stream...)

At home in a serious listening set up, with wired ISP, Qobuz will sound better than MQA. If you use cellular (on the road). you will have Qobuz drop out, MQA will sound better since the bit rate is lower. I have student discount on Tidal at 1/2 of the price of Qobuz. Also I have the dream of Oppo 205 which has a MQA decoder build in. I will say, MQA sounds better for me. Still, a lot of classical record in is in 44.1Hz/16bits. So Tidal Hifi is right there.

@junzhang10,

As I reported earlier, I’ve experienced zero dropouts with Qobuz or Tidal from my cellular service (Verizon). If you’re experiencing drop outs that’s probably due to limited bandwidth or coverage of your cellular provider. It wouldn’t be wise to make ‘absolute’ statements like “you will have Qobuz drop out” 😉

I can understand your somewhat ‘biased’ preference for Tidal (half price subscription). I don’t want to get into any MQA debate here, please continue to enjoy your favorite tunes on Tidal.

The cellar signal has weak zone or sometime dead zone. Qobuz and Tidal both will detect limited bandwith and reduce bits rate. As for Tidal, bit rate for Hifi and MQA are the same, so if you have smooth streaming under Hifi, you will have steady streaming for MQA. Qobuz bits rate depand on the material. Some are 44.1/16, some are 88/24, 96/24 some are even 192/24. So depend on your ISP bandwith. The streaming quality will be varied.

Recommendations:  i’m Consistently encountering log in requests for Qobuz and dropped connections using my Lumin app.  If using the Linn Kazzo app I get a message Qobuz temporarily unavailable.  I have no problem streaming Netflix, Amazon Prime etc.  to my tv using the same router and internet service provider.  I have requested assistance from both Lumin and Qobuz without resolution.  Appreciate any membership guidance.  Thank you.