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I have been playing around with Qobuz for a few days and made a Roon playlist with many tracks from both Qobuz and Tidal - trying as best I could to compare the same resolution and source recording from both companies. That means Tidal MQA 24/96 as that is the best I can get from my non-MQA system.
Not a scientific test but they both sound good. I have found differences but they were only that. Differences. Neither was better to my ears than the other. Therefore the decision on which I keep is based on: - AVAILABILITY of the best recordings — early days but Tidal clearly has more of what I like to listen to. - COST — Qobuz is more expensive $300 a year versus $240 for Tidal but offers the ability to purchase at a discount directly from their app. MIGHT be a nice to have but there is always HD Tracks... - OTHER ISSUES —- I hate sifting through dozens of albums on Tidal that I will never ever listen to. —- Will Qobuz become permanent (is it here to stay?) and should I invest in the one time annual payment or go on the monthly pay-as-you-go...
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I’ve been using both Tidal and the French version of Qobuz for a couple of years now, and Qobuz has a deeper jazz and classical catalog, while Tidal is better for American popular/rock music. The problem with Qobuz US is they don’t have their full catalog available in the US yet, the rep at RMAF said they’d start with about 20 million tracks (they have 40 million in Europe) and add more as they resolve licensing issues. Who knows how long that will take.
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I was also surprised by the comment above. I still have both Tidal and Qobuz subsciptions, and I find the Qobuz jazz library quite a bit more extensive than Tidal's. Their hi-res selection is truly fantastic. For classical, it's not even a fair competition: Qobuz wins by far. World music is also better represented on Qobuz. Blues, I don't know yet. Rap: better on Tidal (except for French rap of course), but that is not my core listening. For me, Tidal nicely fills in the gaps in the Qobuz library, rather than vice versa.
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If you like, you can pm me a few titles you didn’t find and I’ll check if they’re on the French site. Then we’ll know for sure if that’s the issue.
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https://i.imgur.com/ijSCBAC.png It's by Vivian Buczek and the album title is Ella Lives |
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OK, strike one - couldn’t find it on Qobuz.
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