Qobuz.

ozzy thats good to hear. I am enjoying Qobuz and Tidal both, though Tidal has a deeper category, particularly in jazz, I still find things on Qobuz that aren't on Tidal. I think I will be keeping them both and what a world we live in with all this music at our fingertips!

It seems everybody is North American here and Qobuz hasn’t been available for long for you. I just wanted to give my 2 cents as a Belgian user who has used Qobuz since early 2016.

I think the Qobuz sound is great but most of you here have noticed and are more knowledgeable and better equipped than me around sound.

What I especially wanted to share is this: Before I used Qobuz, I used Deezer, then Spotify. One of the things I appreciate immensely with Qobuz is its "culture" = the fact that they really support good music. With Qobuz I don’t only listen to music, I learn about music. For instance:

- Whatever the kind of music, what they offer in their Qobuz playlists is excellent music. I discovered many artists I din’t know before, thanks to those playlists.

- They don’t give a description for all artists nor all albums but when there is one, it’s always rich and intelligent.

- The Magazine (on their website) is also another great source of new discoveries and intelligent reviews.

The downsides:
(same as many of you here noticed)
- They don’t have (yet?) as many albums as bigger streaming services
- Their search engine could be finer, more subtle.
- Their present app is really made for tablets & smartphones. I don’t know about Mac but on PC Windows, it’s not greatly comfortable and I experience bugs now and then. They used to have another app for PCs’ (up to 2018 ?). Although some of the new features are interesting, the old app was much more comfortable to use and more reliable.

Anyway, the downsides are for me much less than the advantages. In fact I feel grateful to Qobuz for the pleasure and quality of listening, and for the many musical discoveries I made (and make every day).

I was a beta tester for Qobuz and like it very much.  Its album selection is acceptable and you can always find something to listen to.  I especially like their hi-res albums.  I dropped Tidal streaming since I was always listening to Qobuz.

Qobuz has 575 available playlists and they are terrific. For example, listen to Prestige 70 Jazz classics for 70 handpicked jazz tracks.  Many of them are in the hi-res format.  This Qobuz jazz playlist is 7 hours and 38 minutes long. This makes listening to music very easy.  Enjoy.  

On my Aurender, I go to the playlist tab and look for Qobuz playlists that I like.  The Aurender Conductor App has a search option that is very useful to find interesting playlists.  You are also able to mark your favorites for future listening.

I am still waiting for Qobuz to complete their API so that my Aurender Conductor App will provide sort by artists, etc.  An estimated completion date is to be determined.  My best guess is maybe sometime late this year (I hope). 

Qobuz sound quality is excellent and I recommend it.  Qobuz customer support is excellent and they usually respond to my questions in 24 hours. 

I have also stated in other posts that all streaming services require your cable company components, router, modem, cables, etc. to be working 100% of the time.  Your Internet signal needs to be in the correct range (My cable signal was out of range) and provide a solid signal. Your cable company can confirm everything is operating with the correct specs.  Some times streaming sound quality issues mean one, or more, of these parts need repair.  

If you are unable to find your favorite artists, please send your album requests to Qobuz to add your artists.  

hgeifman

Your Internet signal needs to be in the correct range (My cable signal was out of range) and provide a solid signal.

Will you please explain what you mean when you state the cable signal "needs to be in the correct range?"

@cleeds,  I was streaming Qobuz and the sound quality was poor and I was getting dropouts.  I called my Cable Company and they said the cable signal needs to be in a certain frequency signal range and my signal was LOWER than it should be (meaning it was out of the required operating range).   

In any case, the service person arrived and adjusted the cable signal so that it was in the correct frequency range.  Since he was here, and very knowledgeable and helpful, I asked him to check EVERYTHING.   He said my outside junction box was corroded and replaced it.  He then checked the outside cable amplifier and it also needed to be adjusted.  He also replaced my inside cable wiring and completely rewired my outside cable junction box.  He then tested everything and said I was good to go.  I immediately tested my Qobuz streaming and it was great.  

The cable signal being out of frequency range is nothing you can check for.   When I called my Cable Company complaining about streaming sound quality, etc. the person reported my cable frequency was out of the required frequency range and it needed to be adjusted.    Does this answer your question?   

My advice is if you are having streaming sound quality issues and dropouts, you need to ask your Cable Company to check these components.