Tidal or Qobuz


Many say Qobuz sounds better than Tidal, not Jay. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viRfrUktBY - 3:58 to 6:42

 

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Started with Tidal, now with Qobuz and also Amazon music for titles I can't find on Qobuz. As a plus, Amazon is amazingly good sounding even via Bluetooth.

Tried Qobuz first. I listen to a lot jazz and they were missing some classic, obvious recordings. Cancelled Qobuz and went with Tidal.  Much better catalog of the music I listen to. Both Qobuz and Tidal sound good to me. 

I started with Tidal when it first came out, and then tried Qobuz when it became available in the US.  I decided to keep both.  I listen through BluOS where the Tidal integration is much better than that of Qobuz.  I find that Tidal has more albums and artists that I listen to, and sometimes gets new albums sooner.  Qobuz, on the other hand, has more hi-res content.  Personally, I like the Tidal interface better, and I also use their suggested "mixes" to discover new music.  

I have noticed no significant sound quality difference between the two.  

I also have Apple Music which is included free with my cell phone contract.  I like the way Apple saves and sorts your favorite albums but, sadly, they don't want to make available their hi-res streaming to any third-party companies.  I only use it for headphone listening since I don't want to tether my iPhone or iPad to my stereo system.

I am pondering this myself, having just set up Roon. How is Tidal vs Qobuz in regards to their jazz catalog? I have developed a taste for Scandinavian jazz and would like to mine that a bit more. Secondly, I don’t always like to play albums, does one or the other offer or excel at curated ’radio’ stations? I think Roon will do this for me as well?