If you like Tidal catalog better then stick with Tidal. IME, you won’t be able to truly appreciate Qobuz high resolution catalog unless you upgrade from Vault. I used to own Vault, it’s a good starter streamer/ripper with very good app.
Tidal FLAC vs. Qobuz
Does the recent change by Tidal, from MQA to FLAC make Tidal the better choice for streaming? Or, since Tidal only seems to offer FLAC on its own app and not the BluOS defeat the purpose since you need to transmit by Bluetooth instead of ethernet?
Currently, I stream from Tidal over direct ethernet cable to a Bluesound Vault streamer, to a McIntosh amp and Revel speakers. I have a trial membership to Qobuz but I find Tidal has a much better catalog. Since Tidal added Flac I thought it would be the obvious choice moving forward, but isn't the point of FLAC defeated since you need to send wirelessly from the Tidal app over Bluetooth?
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Tidal has a better catalog for hip hop, rap, metal, and anything less than 10 yrs old. Qobuz has a much more extensive jass, classical, rock, country and anything esoteric library. I found the quality the same and chose qobuz based on library and presentation. Tidal kept trying to change my musical taste. BS. Jerry |
+1 @carlsbad2 Qobuz for the huge classical collection and the many hires albums. |
I actually started looking for a new streamer but I really like the BluOS so now I'm looking for a DAC. I test drove the Rose 150 streamer/dac but it didn't sound much different and I like the bluos better. Many reviews on the Rose talked about the beautiful screen, but I don't need a beautiful screen since I use the Blu app. I have received many suggestions - ranging from a $600 dac to a 10k dac, but my local dealer only has the Rose. So I would need to buy some DACs knowing that I'm going to test drive and then return all but one. I hate to do that.
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