Can we talk about Qobuz for a minute

@reidfleming -- Yeah! Qobuz is the proverbial Aladdin's Cave. Happy listening. I also give you special dispensation to ignore the Spelling Police.

Qobuz was a lot better for Classical Music.  Yesterday however I spent an hour at a dealer auditioning some speakers and using his Roon/Tidal setup, and Tidal now seems pretty comprehensive.

Some of these comments are flat out ridiculous. So much bias, you start to believe your on BS. First of all all music is equalized weather in a studio, at a concert or anywhere else. Just because you may not like Tidal or Qubuz, that’s your choice. In order to be honest with others you should be honest with yourself. Very difficult I suppose. Both sources has their plus and minus. I can’t stand music being dropped. That’s annoying. I use both but it depends on the album. I don’t get into the political nonsense about who gets paid. I could care less because it has nothing to do with the sound quality in my rig. Take a step back and think about what the question was about in the first place, geeezzzzzz!

This is the "Bruce Springsteen" "Born to Run"
That Quobuz streams/downloads that you pay for.

https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/58448
It’s the worst compressed version of all 28 re-issues/originals.

And here is the original 1982 uncompressed CD. (which would you prefer?)
https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/98918

Cheers George

There are plenty of great sounding albums currently available on streaming or downloads (along with bad one’s just like great and bad recordings on other formats like CD’s or Vinyl). But sadly folks like georgehifi who have invested considerable $$$ in physical media will never accept that! Heck, they do not even stream or have any intentions of streaming. They conjure up BS like “What audiophiles need is if they want to stream or download - "Audiophile Streaming/Download Service" ….LOL!!!

They will continue to cascade info that supports their hidden agenda by conveniently overlooking to post examples of streaming content available without any or minimal compression.
https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Muddy+Waters&album=Folk+

https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Dave+Brubeck+&album=Time+Out

https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Leonard+Cohen&album=You+want+it+darker

https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Diana+krall&album=Turn+up+the+quiet

https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Herbie+Hancock&album=Crossings

https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Norah+Jones&album=Come+away+with+me

https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Kenny+Burrell&album=Midnight+blue

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