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Suddenly...one third of my tracks are 'unavailable' using Qobuz

Hi all, I am now thinking this might be a common occurrence with any of the music services but I went to my favourite playlist I created using Qobuz and suddenly 20 tracks out of the 63 tracks I have added is now unavailable? I guess Qobuz is like popular video streaming services where movies come and go. That is disappointing :(

I am in Canada by the way. Wishing everyone the best from beautiful Nova Scotia! 

Bill
wgs57
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rockysantoro
144 posts
 
I noticed Neil Youngs music has been removed from Tidal,  some kind of dispute about his "masters".
bondmanp
1,816 posts
 
I am soon going to start a trial of Qobuz, now that my SBT can sign in to it (oh, yes, it can!).  I expect I can stump Qobuz as easily as I have stumped Tidal (I listen to some pretty obscure stuff). But this will be my first time paying for music streaming, and I am excited to try it out.
mlsstl
1,437 posts
 
@bondmanp  -- I've been extremely pleased with Qobuz over the past two years. I also have a local library with a lot of obscure stuff, but then I've never expected my collection to be replaced by a streaming service.  However, I find the following aspects of Qobuz VERY attractive:
  • Listening to new releases and material that I don't have in my own collection. I've found several dozen artists and albums that I wasn't familiar with that are now part of my regular rotation. I'll just sample the new releases in various genres -- sometimes the song plays for only 5 or 10 seconds before I move on, and then sometimes I go "wow!"
  • Better quality copies of some of my old material.
  • Being able to instantly audition an artist or material that others have told me about or that I've heard elsewhere.
  • Being able to check out hi-rez options.
I think you'll enjoy Qobuz if any of those aspects appeal to you.

wgs57 OP
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I am enjoying Qobuz for all the right reasons. Streaming services are a godsend for those who don’t want to keep or can’t keep a large vinyl or cd collection. Who has room for them any longer. I only have 100 vinyl and cd’s now which I still play and I still enjoy treating myself to a vinyl record from time-to-time. 
ejr1953
915 posts
 
@wgs57 I probably have 1000 CDs and SACDs and hardly ever play them, as I find it's much more enjoyable to fire up Roon on my iPad.  The USB port on my Roon Nucleus Plus server sounds awesome and most of the masters on Qobuz sound as good, if not better than the CD versions I have, especially when the music has been remastered.
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