Qobuz Discussion Thread

[Telecine]

Video of the Qobuz launch in Australia:

 

 

[Tobes]

2 hours ago, Telecine said:

 

Looks like it was officially launched yesterday:

 

https://itwire.com/home-it/qobuz-launch-video-the-high-res-music-streaming-and-download-platform-has-arrived-in-australia.html

 

Pretty uninspiring stuff.

Far too much time spent talking about what the mastering guy does (which actually left a bad impression) and just reading off an idiot sheet.

They could have showed the apps and talked about the subscription tiers.

Would have been far better to get a music enthusiast with a bit of passion to make the delivery. Looked like those guys prepared for 20min.

Let's hope Qobuz has some more substance behind it.

[Guest]

In case anyone didn't already know:

 

Australia
● Studio Premier - AU$19.16 per month (total of $229.99 billed annually)
● Studio Premier - AU$24.99 per month (monthly subscriptions, no strings attached)
● Studio Premier - AU$229.99 (annual subscription)
● Studio Sublime - AU$299.99 (annual subscription)
● Studio Premier Family - AU$44.99 per month (monthly subscriptions)
● Studio Premier Family - AU$429.99 (annual subscription)
● Studio Sublime Family - AU$599.99 (annual subscription)

New Zealand
● Studio Premier - NZ$23.33 per month (total of $279.99 billed annually)
● Studio Premier - NZ$29.99 per month (monthly subscriptions, no strings attached)
● Studio Premier - NZ$279.99 (annual subscription)
● Studio Sublime - NZ$349.99 (annual subscription)
● Studio Premier Family - NZ$49.99 per month (monthly subscriptions)
● Studio Premier Family - NZ$529.99 (annual subscription)
● Studio Sublime Family - NZ$749.99 (annual subscription)

[MattyW]

Just signed up. My next challenge will be to figure out how to convert my Roon playlists which have mixed local and Tidal tracks into Qobuz. I tried simply signing out of Tidal and the files simply became unavailable. I find it mind boggling that Roon doesn't simply change this to whichever version is available. 

[Guest]

Continued here: 

 

[Guest]

Official PR.

 

 

Qobuz _ AU Launch Press Release.pdf

[BugPowderDust]

44 minutes ago, MattyW said:

Just signed up. My next challenge will be to figure out how to convert my Roon playlists which have mixed local and Tidal tracks into Qobuz. I tried simply signing out of Tidal and the files simply became unavailable. I find it mind boggling that Roon doesn't simply change this to whichever version is available. 

Does this approach help?

 

https://soundiiz.com/tutorial/roon-to-soundiiz

[MattyW]

13 minutes ago, BugPowderDust said:

Does this approach help?

 

https://soundiiz.com/tutorial/roon-to-soundiiz

 

I'll have to give it a try at 10 tonight. Looking forward to not seeing the Tidal track is loading slowly message.

 

I really need to figure out how to get Roon working on TrueNAS. Would probably solve a host of problems.

[noddyc43]

1 hour ago, MattyW said:

Just signed up. My next challenge will be to figure out how to convert my Roon playlists which have mixed local and Tidal tracks into Qobuz. I tried simply signing out of Tidal and the files simply became unavailable. I find it mind boggling that Roon doesn't simply change this to whichever version is available. 

I think this thread over on the roon forums discusses this. Not sure there is a solution yet though.

 

https://community.roonlabs.com/t/solve-the-library-non-library-conundrum-and-all-the-complexities-it-creates-for-tagging-focus-playlists-etc/152836

 

[MattyW]

3 minutes ago, noddyc43 said:

I think this thread over on the roon forums discusses this. Not sure there is a solution yet though.

 

https://community.roonlabs.com/t/solve-the-library-non-library-conundrum-and-all-the-complexities-it-creates-for-tagging-focus-playlists-etc/152836

 

 

I don't think there is a solution yet. Just amazes me that Roon doesn't take care of this. It really shouldn't matter where a track resides. It should find a copy and play it.

[Esoterica]

I wish I could use the Qobuz app to control my Node, not the other way around. BluOS is far less user-friendly.

 

As far as I can tell, you can only airplay/Bluetooth/Chromecast to other devices from the qobuz app, which my Primare i32 doesn't accept. I'd be happy to hear that I'm wrong if anyone knows different. The Tidal app can be used to "talk" to the Node, but iirc that feature only came within the last year in an update, so it may become available in qobuz at some point.

[TDX]

Anyone plan to start a family plan and we can all join as a family member? That’s about $70 per person per year. 

[Tobes]

28 minutes ago, TDX said:

Anyone plan to start a family plan and we can all join as a family member? That’s about $70 per person per year. 

The Studio Premier subscription is available for $19.16/mo on the annual plan.

That's only about 64 cents a day for access to huge catalog of Hi-res music. Don't you think that's worth it?

Why not sign up for the free month and test it yourself?

[Niktech]

3 hours ago, Tobes said:

Pretty uninspiring stuff.

Far too much time spent talking about what the mastering guy does (which actually left a bad impression) and just reading off an idiot sheet.

They could have showed the apps and talked about the subscription tiers.

Would have been far better to get a music enthusiast with a bit of passion to make the delivery. Looked like those guys prepared for 20min.

Let's hope Qobuz has some more substance behind it.

I didn't miss anything then Lol.  I watched 3 minutes ....

[ray4410]

well i will give qobuz a go on the one month trial,i managed to transfer my spotify catalogue  over to qobuz using the free tunemymusic app,took for ages and not quite what i was expecting,i find the qobuz layout and usability  is miles away from the convenience of spotify,to me all the other music streamer platforms could learn a thing or two about user friendly spotify,just wish they would hurry up and start streaming in a higher quality audio format.

[Tobes]

39 minutes ago, ray4410 said:

well i will give qobuz a go on the one month trial,i managed to transfer my spotify catalogue  over to qobuz using the free tunemymusic app,took for ages and not quite what i was expecting,i find the qobuz layout and usability  is miles away from the convenience of spotify,to me all the other music streamer platforms could learn a thing or two about user friendly spotify,just wish they would hurry up and start streaming in a higher quality audio format.

Just wondering what you find about the Spotify GUI that is "miles away for convenience"?

I've been a spotify Premium user for years - for family, car and OTG convenience - but just shrug when people say the interface is so great.

I suppose I'm used to Roon and Spotify just seems pared back and boring. 

[ray4410]

10 minutes ago, Tobes said:

Just wondering what you find about the Spotify GUI that is "miles away for convenience"?

I've been a spotify Premium user for years - for family, car and OTG convenience - but just shrug when people say the interface is so great.

I suppose I'm used to Roon and Spotify just seems pared back and boring. 

different strokes for different folks

[Esoterica]

3 hours ago, TDX said:

Anyone plan to start a family plan and we can all join as a family member? That’s about $70 per person per year. 

Hey, is that you Uncle TDX?

[JCM]

Mine is up and running
pretty sure I’m paying $35 a month for Tidal so that’s heaps cheaper 

Edited April 15, 2021 by JCM

[awayward]

12 minutes ago, JCM said:

Mine is up and running
pretty sure I’m paying $35 a month for Tidal so that’s heaps cheaper 

I’m paying 23.99 for Tidal.

[JCM]

13 minutes ago, awayward said:

I’m paying 23.99 for Tidal

WTF, I’m paying 34.99 through Appel and it 23.99 on there site!! 

I canceled it for a bit then started to pay through the Appel App Store 

Edited April 15, 2021 by JCM

[awayward]

12 minutes ago, JCM said:

WTF, I’m paying 34.99 through Appel and it 23.99 on there site!! 

I canceled it for a bit then started to pay through the Appel App Store 

Lesson learned, never subscribe to anything through the Apple App Store if you can do it directly

[captain starlight]

I am rather disappointed.   For some strange oddball reason, the qobuz iOS app doesn’t stream when in CarPlay mode.  It only plays downloaded or imported music.

 

50% of my listening is done in the car and I can’t stream.  Basically I need to keep tidal to stream music in my car.

 

not very good.

 

I currently subscribe to tidal and have paid for a year upfront with qobuz.  Who would’ve thought that an app cannot stream when connected to the CarPlay module.

 

So do  I keep my services.  I was really hoping to ditch tidal but looks like I have to keep it.

[Tobes]

19 minutes ago, JCM said:

WTF, I’m paying 34.99 through Appel and it 23.99 on there site!! 

I canceled it for a bit then started to pay through the Appel App Store 

FWIW, after cancelling my Tidal subscription yesterday they emailed me and said I could re-join at $17.99/mo for the next 12 months. So they undercut Qobuz by about a $1 /mo .

Won't be taking up the offer though as Qobuz just seems a better fit for me.

[JCM]

1 minute ago, Tobes said:

FWIW, after cancelling my Tidal subscription yesterday they emailed me and said I could re-join at $17.99/mo for the next 12 months. So they undercut Qobuz by about a $1 /mo .

Won't be taking up the offer though as Qobuz just seems a better fit for me.

I just canceled mine