I’ve been using multiple streaming services (also had my time with Roon & Audirvana) for years and have midfi audio equipment including an external dac. Most recently I bought into Tidal and was happy with that but I’ve always wanted to love Qobuz and have had a sub for years but just keep going back to it but I thought I’d give it another go and embrace for what it’s truly about and look past the annoying things we all know Qobuz could do better. Once I came to the point that I was happy to accept that Qobuz ain’t gonna allow me to talk to my Alexa or control remotely from my phone (a la Spotify) or suggest what I should be listening to via an algorithm (which I have to admit until very recently I was very much into). Once I was at peace with all that I was ready to give Qobuz another go as my all in one streaming service (desktop, mobile etc)

I have absolutely loved getting back into discovering music off my own back (albeit through curated suggestions) and not having an algorithm tell me what to listen to and I’m not even missing the feature where you are able to launch a track mix/radio off another song or album, I’m really enjoying using all the curated playlists that pepper Qobuz, such as the ‘Listening with’ series where artists put together a playlist of their inspirational songs of the moment. Plus there’s loads more and not to mention all the community playlists and I’m not even getting to the sound of Qobuz itself.

If you’re happy to not expect too much in terms of tech but can embrace the ‘record store’ nature of the Qobuz world then I truly think Qobuz is an amazing product that is actually doing something that no other streaming service is and for that, I’m a convert.

Enjoy the music

M