Tidal or Qobuz

Here we are a year later. Just renewed my Tidal trial subscription for $2 for 60 days. The reason is more and more Roon/Qobuz tracks are playing with soft clicking sounds. Annoying. I opened a case with Roon, provided all of my gear specifics and customer support was unable to resolve the issue. I then tried multiple Muse settings, ethernet to wifi and back, and many combinations of both. Still clicking. Interestingly, Qobuz via Chromecast is fine. Downloaded Tidal and now running Roon/Tidal for the tracks with clicking and no more clicking. I fully understand my setup may be the issue, but with Roon/Tidal working flawlessly I will end my Qobuz subscription at renewal.

Interesting that multiple people report opposite conclusions on which one sounds better. Maybe this is due to personal preferences in sound or, as @nyev mentioned, there could be other variables at play. Maybe differences in hardware, internet service, upsampling in Roon, gain within the streaming software, data centers, etc. are playing a part?

@sfpeloton human nature will make people say the one they like sounds best.

This is an old thread.  Since I posted before, Tidal has changed owners and may no longer be pushing rap on all of the subscribers.

Jerry

I did a detailed comparison a couple years ago and concluded Qobuz sounded the best... as well as having over half a million high resolutions albums vs only a tiny fraction at Tidal. 

@Jerryrocks

Sounds like the clicking is in your equipment. I have never heard any clicks on any of my streamers.