Qobuz or Apple Music?


Which service do you use?  Are they close in sound quality, or do you prefer one over the other?  

Thank you for your thoughts.

 

 

mikeydee

I use Qobuz but I've noticed lately that if I'm looking for more songs from a particular artist, Qobuz will have a few but Spotify has a lot more than they do usually. I've also noticed that when I like something on radio streaming and I look for it on Qobuz, it might not be there but on Spotify it will usually be there. In my opinion, Spotify has a better setup on the start page also. I haven't tried Apple music or Amazon so can't say about them. Qobuz does sound good though and I'm not recommended one over the other but just saying what I have noticed.

Soundiiz followup. It doesn't do Amazon but for playlists. Not songs, albums or artists to anywhere else. Too bad.....

Paradym shift.

 When I first got a steamer which sounded as good as my other sources I typically did what I have done for the last fifty years… searched my memory for an album on the streaming service and play it. Ocationally it was not there… but often there were more albums by the same artist.

Over a relatively short time I switched from listening to the music I had already purchased (I own 4,000 albums)… to exploring new music.

Streaming has hundreds of times more music than I own or know about. Now I explore mostly… albums in the back of Stereophile, The Absolute Sound, recommended on Audiogon, Qobuz recommendations… new music added. I’ll check them out… new releases (many new high Rez releases of older jazz and classical as well as new new of every category. Occationally there will be an album I own that is not there… so what? (to me) I move on, if I listen to a dozen new albums a day I will still die long before catching up.

So, to me, with a different medium comes a whole different paradigm. Most of my life I was forced to listen to the same stuff over and over because purchase was the only way to fill my life with the music I like. My on-line library… must be 8K albums and growing daily. I probably listen to an old favorite of mine once a week.

 

Do we have an option for dedicated reference Network Streamer supporting Apple Music out there !? R those two streaming services even comparable!? I use both. Qobuz for main system and Apple Music for mobile listening. I would give up Apple Music, but kids and my wife got used to it and want to keep it.