Every time I get a new streaming source I compare the two and Qobuz always wins.
Qobuz vs Tidal
Just sharing my recent experience. I'll be brief. I've been a dedicated music streamer for the past 4 years and have enjoyed it immensely. I always had both Tidal and Qobuz at my disposal, but because Tidal had a more extensive music catalog, sound quality comparable to Qobuz, and seemed more user friendly, I decided to make Tidal my Roon default (most all of my music library was Tidal). All was well and sounding great. Yes, I was fully aware of the fact that Qobuz was widely recognized as the "audiophile's" choice over Tidal, but when I occasionally did "brief" comparisons between the two, I thought the differences in sound quality were negligible, so I left things as they were. Well, after all this time, just the other day, while watching high end audio show video footage on youtube, I noticed that all of the exhibitors who were streaming their music were using Qobuz, as opposed to Tidal. This observation prompted me to really want go back, take my time, and see for myself which streaming service really did sound best to my ears. After hours of back and forth comparisons, I have to say, Qobuz came out on top. What I noticed was that Qobuz sounded slightly more focused, more refined, more natural and real-to-life. I was convinced!!! I believe that switching to Qobuz from Tidal actually succeeded in elevating the overall sound quality of my listening experience a notch. I immediately began the process of converting my entire music library from Tidal over to Qobuz. Happy listening.
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Thanks for sharing. My audio dealer had told me to switch to Qobuz a number of years ago. I brushed it aside. So, about four years ago I finally went ahead and got a Qobuz trial... I cancelled my Tidal within a day or two. Then, I found how many high resolution albums Qobuz has and never considered going back. There is a lot of aspects to high end audio like this. Where a quick comparison will yield similar sounds... but upon listening to the music (as opposed to moving your minds eye (ear) from this to that in a quick comparison) makes a substantial difference. |
@gdnrbob I never bought into the whole inferior sound quality band wagon! Tidal always sounded good to me regardless of MQA or not. I've went back and forth with Qobuz and Tidal many times and landed on Tidal! |
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