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RE: Qobuz and other options?

Posted by PAR (A) on March 4, 2021 at 15:11:00

In Reply to: Qobuz and other options? posted by Khorn on March 4, 2021 at 13:35:41:

" I've heard that Qobuz offers higher quality high resolution streaming as compared to Tidal. I've only subscribed to Tidal so far as Qobuz isn't available up here"

Yes Qobuz is certainly better technically. Tidal only offers 16/44.1 given that you don't want to be involved with MQA. Qobuz streams > 24/192 as FLACS which once decoded are native 24/192 (subject to provenance). However please note that the only 24/192 files available are albums that the record label has released for streaming as 24/192. They are not that common and are mainly of classical repertoire. The most common hi-res format is 24/96 but even these are still outnumbered by 16/44.1 or 24/44.1 files. To put it in perspective Qobuz offers 70,000,000 tracks. That is very roughly about 6,000,000 albums. But only 220,000 albums are hi-res ( circa.4% - still by far the biggest hi-res catalogue out there).

Of course the outcome depends on your choice of music. As a classical music fan I reckon around 50% of my choices on Qobuz are available as hi-res.

However this is all academic because, as you say, Qobuz is not available in your country (yet). Various inmates have used a little subterfuge in the past to get round the geographic limitations by signing up via a VPN. However I understand that Qobuz now checks your credit card to ensure it is issued by a bank in the authorised territory.

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