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My original intent was to report back on this article after Qobuz integration happened, but given the extended 6 months of use, I was able to extensively test its integration into my Sonos system.

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I have a Yamaha receiver that I had hoped would be integrated with Qobuz, but Yamaha left it out in recent firmware update for my particular model.

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Qobuz released a beta copy of the software and smartphone app, but full integration into hardware seemed to trickle out. Why would you want or need High-Resolution sound at 24 bit or 192 kHz is another topic, and although I will delve into it briefly here, it is far too big of a topic (and far too unsettled) to go into with any depth in the scope of this article. FLAC is a bit-perfect lossless compression algorithm that is known to not deteriorate the sound in any way. This is where Qobuz comes in, offering a FLAC based streaming service that streams at up to 24-bit 192 kHz quality.

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Then news began to pour in that MQA might not be all it’s cracked up to be, possibly even being less than CD quality. For the most part, I simply didn’t hear a difference. However, like many, when I began listening to MQA encoded streams on Tidal, I didn’t walk away all that impressed. When Tidal began offering Master Quality Sound, which used MQA encoding, a supposedly lossless perceptual coding system which could provide High-Resolution sound in above CD quality, I thought of it as a bonus. So far I’ve been all too happy to spend $20 a month on Tidal to gain access to CD-quality sound. I was convinced from these comparisons that I could not live with these lossy services. The best way I could describe it is like taking the life out of the music. The overall presentation just sounded weaker. In my listening tests comparing Spotify, Amazon, and Tidal I found Spotify and Amazon to sound muted with the leading edge of dynamic transients and the bass sounding flat. Tidal, on the other hand, offers a lossless FLAC based streaming option. The major players in streaming audio (Apple, Spotify, and Amazon) use a lossy compression algorithm that deteriorates the sound of the streaming service. Tidal does allow you to download some of your favorite music and play it back via their app which is useful when you're on an airplane and have no wi-fi.

However, I am not sure why I would want to buy downloads. I can understand the lure of downloading since I have scenarios where I often want to listen to high-resolution music and I don’t have a good internet signal. Unlike Tidal, Qobuz, allows you to buy the music as well. Both allow you to stream music or download a modest selection of songs to listen offline. Like Tidal, Qobuz offers multiple ways to access music. Tidal vs QoBuz High-Resolution Music Streaming YouTube DiscussionĪlthough both are considered audiophile streaming services, Qobuz does differentiate itself from Tidal in potentially important ways.

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