Thoughts and suggestions please

@audphile1 

So it looks like Qobuz songs do not transfer over and I would have to use tidals version of the same track. I am still interested in roon and hope to be able to give it a try sometime. Thanks again 

regards 

Ron 

They can be transferred over as an entire playlist using Sondiiz. 

Another vote for Innuos.  You can choose the model and storage capacity to meet your budget.  I wouldn’t worry but if it’s that important go ahead and do it for your peace of mind, 

@ronboco 

"One thing I don’t understand is if I wanted to switch to say tidal and import my playlist from Qobuz how does a high rez song from Qobuz remain the same high rez song from Qobuz when it goes to tidal?"

Qobuz has a global setting (inside the software in your profile setup, I believe) where you specify the resolution you prefer when listening via wifi or mobile. Tidal will have the same setup, I would think.  So when you transfer from one service to another the resolution preference you set up  in the software will determine the resolution of what you hear, given the resolution the music is available in.  Tidal doesn’t have one "version" of music while Qobuz has another.  If you transfer your music to a non-high-res service, like Pandora or Spotify, then you’ll see a wholesale change to low- res in anything you listen to.

..and saving your list in a an offline format (XLSX, CSV, TXT..) eliminates the need for "streamer storage" and therefore the need for a new streamer with storage.  If you want a new streamer, then that's a separate decision unrelated to backing up your playlist.

@nogaps 

Thank you for your input. The reason I asked about the version is I find the same song on tidal sounds different from the same song on Qobuz and I prefer the Qobuz song.