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For audiophiles and music lovers who appreciate the playback of *music* in surround sound and immersive headphone listening. (Please set your user flair to your speaker/transducer setup type (e.g., 4.0, 7.2.4, headphones only, etc.).)

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•Posted by6 days ago

I started using Qobuz yesterday. And the sound quality is amazing but I absolutely can't figure out why.

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I am used to listen to music through Apple Music because I mainly use Apple products on a daily basis. I use a pair of AirPods Pro 2nd gen and an iPhone 13 Pro Max or a MacBook Pro M1 depending on the situation. Yesterday, I decided to try Qobuz because who would refuse a free month of high quality music, right?

... And I am actually very surprised.

After gathering some infos about my hardware, it looks like I shouldn’t be able to tell the difference between MP3 quality and "hires" as AirPods Pro 2 don't allow "hires" via Bluetooth (which is not that surprising). However, the audio on Qobuz sounds, to me, so much superior to AM's even with Dolby Atmos activated. I can hear many more instruments, notes, and I caught myself discovering sounds I never heard before in tracks that I know by heart.

I started to look for answers and stumbled upon a Reddit thread where I learnt that audio differences between one music streaming service and another could be explained by the audio mastering.

So my question is : is there anything special about Qobuz audio? Why does it sound so much more crisp and clear to me than AM for example without any particular technical hardware? Or is it a placebo effect somehow?

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•Posted by6 days ago

Odd glitch (I assume?) on Qobuz.

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•Posted by4 days ago

Qobuz DOES have a "radio" feature for those who think they don't

Features & feedback

So, this might seem like a pointless post to some of you but it made a difference for me.. So I've always loved Qobuz, but for some reason it bothered me that they didn't have a "radio" feature when I would browse songs (like all the big competitors). Until I came to the realization that the "radio" feature is no different than Qobuz's autoplay feature.. It seems like the same algorithm as radio to me, and I would bet money on that! So even if you don't end up using Qobuz in the end (although I'm ecstatic honestly) just remember that there is virtually NO difference with "radio" or "create a station" than the autoplay feature on any service. The only stuff I see that the competitors use with that algorithm is the ability to come back to your radio or station and pick up where you left off (until it updates of course like Spotify) with a slight touch of customization but that's honestly a Spotify thing nowadays in my opinion. If you prioritize sound quality without limitations and want a basic radio feature, Qobuz is more than great :)

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•Posted by17 days ago

Qobuz is finally arriving in Canada

Good News

community.roonlabs.com/t/good...

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•Posted by1 month ago

Guide - Bit-perfect setup for Qobuz through web player on Linux

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I use Linux Mint on my desktop PC, and have been using Qobuz for the last 24 hours through the browser LibreWolf (fork of Firefox). It kicks Tidal's ass, which i've been using for a few years now. Here's how i'm able to stream up to 192 kHz directly to my Topping D10s DAC, something I can't do with Tidal (even with Masters quality, I'm limited to 44.1 kHz. And it's lossy!) The following applies to Debian/Ubuntu distros.

Open this file as Root in order to edit:

/etc/pulse/daemon.conf

Make the following edit:

avoid-resampling = true (default - false)

And that's it! This enables Pulseaudio to use the streams native sample rate. If left false, it will convert the sample to the best multiple integer if edited as thus:

default-sample-rate = 44100

alternate-sample-rate = 48000

I also set the bit depth as

default-sample-format = float32le

This won't affect the stream being 24bit as increasing is harmless. Only reducing is detrimental. And my DAC is 32bit anyway.

Here's the full online guide I used.

https://mclements.net/blogWP/index.php/2020/06/30/high-res-audio-on-ubuntu/

To test this works, while playing Qobuz, run this command:

pacmd list-sink-inputs | grep -e 'sample spec:' -e 'resample method:' -e 'application\.name'

If you see this

resample method: copy

Then all is good! Another reason I love this Topping DAC is the display output. I'm able to confirm that a 192 kHz track on Qobuz is streamed as such through Linux, and output as such through the DAC. Awesome.

Hope this helps those on Linux annoyed that they're not getting the sound quality a dedicated player would give!

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•Posted by1 month ago

DMB - Walk Around The Moon - Confirmed Tracktimes (Qobuz Streaming Service)

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•Posted by2 months ago

Qobuz 3 months trial

Subscription & payments

https://try.qobuz.com/derhifiarchitekt/

I haven't yet tried but my friend today started the trial, so it's still working eventhough it says on the pages that it will be available until 31.12.2022

Just tested and it does offer the trial for my old account. It's working still.

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