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r/qobuz

3.6k members

r/qobuz is a community-driven subreddit for the France-based music streaming service qobuz. This channel is not operated by qobuz.

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r/headphones

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A place for discussion, news, reviews and DIY projects related to portable audio, headphones, headphone amplifiers and DACs.

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r/TIdaL

31.8k members

Tidal is a 100% community-driven subreddit. Tidal is a music streaming service. We are not officially endorsed by nor affiliated with Tidal.

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r/ToolBand

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A Subreddit for all your Tool needs

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r/BudgetAudiophile

201k members

This subreddit is for the budget minded audiophile that wants to grow out of soundbars, boomboxes, mini systems, portable bluetooth, lifestyle speakers, and PC peripheral branded audio solutions. We focus on education, discussion, and sharing of entry and mid level separate & multi component audio systems. The only bad audio system, is the one you don't enjoy to the fullest.

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r/sonos

219k members

A place for all Sonos users to hang out and discuss hardware, software, installation, ideas and troubleshooting

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r/audiophilemusic

29.5k members

A community for sharing and discussing well mastered quality music. Find links to music, reviews, and more.

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r/roonlabs

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The music player for music lovers https://roonlabs.com/

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r/AmazonMusic

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A discussion platform for anything and everything relating to Amazon's music streaming service!

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r/musichoarder

16.7k members

Home of the music hoarders and audiophiles who are looking to expand, archive or organize their music library. We also share methods of data/audio hoarding, access to private trackers, torrents and much more. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/d4hgc7GCAj

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r/RedHotChiliPeppers

95.4k members

A community for RHCP fans to share music videos, personal stories, pictures, documentaries, Frusciante solo material, Ataxia, Dot Hacker, or any other collaborations. Basically anything Chilis-related; past, present, and future. Let's have some fun here. Keep the funk alive. And I'm sailing...

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r/SurroundAudiophile

2.6k members

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 by4 days ago

Qobuz recently started using the HiRes emblem on 16 bit albums

Features & feedback

I am a Qobuz Sublime member. The Sublime fee is not small, but pays for itself if you buy a lot of albums. I have an Astell&Kern player so naturally, I would prefer to buy HiRes 24 bit albums, but will accept 16 bit CD quality albums when I have to. I have attempted to contact Qobuz to ask why they recently started adding the universal HiRes emblem to CD quality only albums and downloads. 16 bit is not HiRes. This has me reluctant to renew my Sublime membership. My guess is either Qobuz has come under new management and is intentionally being under-handed, or, the company is insolvent and is attempting to make up for costs any way it can, even if that means misleading misinformed customers. I fear Qobuz will suddenly vanish from the internet one day, taking my rather large Sublime membership fee with it. I have reached out to Qobuz with my concerns, but they have not responded, nor, interestingly, do they have the same email or chat contacts as they used to. The timing in which they selected to become harder to contact does not assure me one bit.

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•Posted by8 days ago

Switched from Tidal to Qobuz (for linux support)

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Tidal didn't support master quality in Linux, which was the straw that broke the back for me, and I switched to Qobuz. Qobuz is much better, but I just wished they made a native Linux app, did anyone try asking for support if that is on the roadmap for any time in the future?

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•Posted by17 days ago

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

Discussion

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 by2 days ago

hifi.rs: a high resolution Qobuz streamer built in Rust - Gapless HiRes player for Linux

Other devices

github.com/iamdb/...

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•Posted by10 days ago

The Social Network is finally on Qobuz

Music in general

It took years for the Academy Award winning album to be finally put on Qobuz. Only CD quality. But that's okay.

Listen to the release The Social Network by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on Qobuz https://open.qobuz.com/album/bxfcnwg25lteb

Here is when it won an Oscar. https://youtu.be/KQSHQVAktP4

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•Posted by15 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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