Qobuz music streaming discussion and news

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Stereosound, Jul 12, 2018.

  1. RoyalScam

    RoyalScam Luckless Pedestrian

  2. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    Still waiting for the store.
     
  3. NYMets41

    NYMets41 Forum Resident

    Location:
    USA

    It’s real and it’s fabulous.

    The technology to offer in the US may be overshadowed by the legal hoops that must be jumped through.

    Qobuz exists to make a profit. They’re working 24/7 towards this end.
     
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  4. John22

    John22 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Northern Germany
    I read from someone at Qobuz: "Our entry into the US market is imminent, but we can not give you a specific date."
     
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  5. allegro

    allegro Well-Known Member

    Location:
    USA
    Quobuz had a link up (https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/shop) for a few days to the US store where US residents could sign up for the Studio monthly plan: free for the first month then billed to your credit card. This was middle of November. I guess they decided they had enough US customers for the beta test after a few days and now that link redirects.

    So: I now subscribe to both Tidal and Quobuz. It happens that both services work with my preferred player Audirvana+ so I am set for a while. I may drop my Tidal subscription and just stay with Quobuz. There is more interesting content on Quobuz for me than Tidal. Roon users will not be happy that Quobuz does not integrate with Roon yet while Tidal does.
     
    Last edited: Dec 3, 2018
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  6. Limopard

    Limopard National Dex #143

    Location:
    Leipzig, Germany
    For all iOS users: This week Qobuz released a new app update and since then gapless playback doesn't work anymore.
     
  7. NYMets41

    NYMets41 Forum Resident

    Location:
    USA

    Is updating something we must engage, or dies it happen automatically upon restart?
     
  8. Limopard

    Limopard National Dex #143

    Location:
    Leipzig, Germany
    When you turned off the automatic updates, you have a choice. But once you ran the update there is no way back.
     
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  9. Steve Martin

    Steve Martin Wild & Crazy Guy

    Location:
    Plano, TX
    Looks like the US store is in Beta. Not sure if you can order from it yet.
     
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  10. John22

    John22 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Northern Germany
  11. c-eling

    c-eling They're made of light,We never would have guessed

    The US beta store let me log in using my French password.
    looks like some titles are still region locked (which is to be expected)
     
  12. Steve Martin

    Steve Martin Wild & Crazy Guy

    Location:
    Plano, TX
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  13. c-eling

    c-eling They're made of light,We never would have guessed

    Funny Steve, it asks me if I want to go back to my 'local store' :laugh:
    [​IMG]
     
    Last edited: Dec 12, 2018
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  14. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    I may have gotten my beta invite, but if it was in the junk mail, I lost it.
     
  15. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    I decided to try that, create an overseas account, but stopped cold when I realized that I may have trouble creating an account and logging in legitimately when the store really does open.

    I looked around for stuff I have been wanting in lossless and hi-rez, and I am very happy. It's like having the old Pono store back with extras, and the prices are great! iTunes had better start worrying!
     
  16. rockindownthehighway

    rockindownthehighway Not interested

    Location:
    Gone
    Oh sure they do! You can share links to your faves from Tidal. The only problem is nobody who doesn't pay for Tidal can use them ;)

    I'm wondering when they're going to do away with this "feature." :p
     
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  17. Bo Hejselbaek

    Bo Hejselbaek Member

    Location:
    Denmark
    Been a Qobuz subscriber for some time now. Love it. I subscribe to the basic streaming (mp3) tier which has offline listening via the Android and Windows apps. I purchase hi-res flac albums as I would have done before I ditched all physical media and when all in on digital.
     
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  18. StateOfTheArt

    StateOfTheArt Beatle Know-it-all

    Location:
    Greenville, SC
    I'm in! Studio tier. Amazing. Clean. I think I'll keep it.
     
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  19. 500Homeruns

    500Homeruns Peaceful Punk

    Location:
    Lehigh Valley, PA
    Is it officially available in the US?
     
  20. StateOfTheArt

    StateOfTheArt Beatle Know-it-all

    Location:
    Greenville, SC
    I think so! I don't know how I got in otherwise. Through their facebook page I got right in.
     
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  21. Bo Hejselbaek

    Bo Hejselbaek Member

    Location:
    Denmark
    Awesome. Welcome to the Qobuz club :) I'm from Denmark. We don't see many from the US here.
     
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  22. TonyCzar

    TonyCzar Forum Resident

    Location:
    PhIladelphia, PA
    Going right to the website informs that they are in a closed beta.

    Don't have FB
     
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  23. Bo Hejselbaek

    Bo Hejselbaek Member

    Location:
    Denmark
    Maybe now is a good time to share my 'Favorite albums of 2018' public playlist on Qobuz. All available in either lossless or hi-res. Happy New Year! Open Qobuz
     
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  24. StateOfTheArt

    StateOfTheArt Beatle Know-it-all

    Location:
    Greenville, SC
    That's really odd. I just clicked on the White Album Qobuz post. Then clicked try for free.

    Whats the pros/cons of tidal and Qobuz?
     
  25. TonyCzar

    TonyCzar Forum Resident

    Location:
    PhIladelphia, PA
    Maybe one had to be logged in to a FB account. I clicked through the White Album on their FB page and got just as far as I got before. (Again, not logged in.)

    Pro-Qobuz:

    * If you want to stream music AND regularly buy hi-res downloads, Qobuz offers a yearly plan which includes discounts on the purchases you make. A more attractive deal the more music you actually buy.

    * Only hi-res streamer in the US (once it launches).

    Anti-Qobuz:

    * You're probably going to want to make sure your portable device can handle hi-res content while running your chosen OS. If you can't exceed redbook (44.1/16-bit) because limitations, Qobuz would be pointless for portable use. (Doesn't mean you can't still stream at home on a desktop with the right hardware and software. It looks like qobuz offers desktop client software, but I could only get so far.)
     
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