STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES

as of their latest build, Roon does allow you to select a preferred streaming service.

https://help.roonlabs.com/portal/en/kb/articles/streaming-content-preferences

Hello @rmdtexas !  Wow thanks!!!  That is exactly what I was initially asking!

Now I did the Roon update, selected prefer Qobuz, and selected rate MQA as below CD quality but above lossy.  I would never have seen that, so very very much appreciated.  I hope this helps others, and look forward to continuing conversations of achieving great streaming quality!  Ken

With critical listening from both Tidal and QoBuz, I favor definitely QoBuz over Tidal for sound quality.  The better your digital components, the easier it will be to detect the differences with less noise and jitter...  

For all who use the Innuos/Roon/Qobuz combo as I do

try comparing SQ of the above vs Innuos Sense-i.e Roon off.

It is free if you have not tried it.

Go to my.innuos.com and turn off Roon.

Perhaps other makers besides Innuos have a similar option?

Anxious to hear the responses.

In it's simplest form, whether MQA is trying to do a good thing or not, is the fact they are basically DRM's music in a way, creating a proprietary format that requires manufacturers (and ultimately you) to pay them to use it. No thanks 

@fastfreight they literally just added that feature a couple days ago. very nice!

Another feature that's buried in Roon is "Customize album display" In General settings tab.