![]() If you’re curious to try it out, Qobuz offers an industry-standard 30-day free trial period on all of its plans except Sublime+. That is 5 million more than Spotify’s claimed library, but 5 million less than Apple’s. Qobuz claims it has a catalog of over 40 million tracks. The service curates custom playlists, has artists interviews, and an interactive feature format it calls Panorama. A standard component of the Qobuz offering is access to digital booklets for each album, from within the Qobuz app - something Apple offers, but only within the iTunes app on a PC or Mac. MQair is the new hi-res Bluetooth audio codec for fans of MQAīut even Qobuz’s entry price may be enough to woo Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play Music subscribers. Tidal CEO says hi-res lossless is coming, raising doubts about MQA Choose a portable streaming music player over your phone for uninterrupted, Hi-Fidelity listening. What is Tidal? The hi-fi streaming music service fully explained There are two kinds of portable audio music players widely available in Singapore: Android-based ones that allow streaming from Spotify, Tidal, iTunes, etc., or the ones that will only read a microSD card and play. Tidal’s $20 per month Hi-Fi plan is all you need to access its Masters hi-res collection, but the same quality costs $25 per month on Qobuz for its Studio plan. Some of the ways Qobuz supports the audiophile market includes curated content, liner notes and a download store. Whether or not music lovers will be willing to spend the extra $5 per month for access to all of those tracks is something we’ll have to wait and see. CIStud writes: Sonos notes it first added Qobuz 16-bit FLAC streaming back in 2013, but now the company has expanded its relationship with Qobuz to stream 24-bit/48kHz content. Not only does Qobuz boast 170,000 albums in hi-res format (Tidal has not disclosed the size of its hi-res catalog), all of those tracks are available for streaming or purchase, something Tidal does not offer. Whats more - its not an integrated streamer/DAC like other units out on the market are, its a stream transport. The ZEN stream is the latest release from iFi audio - and priced at £399 its the most expensive unit (to my knowledge) in the ZEN range. ![]() market, because of that service’s previous exclusivity in the hi-res streaming game. I thought Id create this thread as this new streamer deserves a mention. Tidal subscribers will be the obvious market for Qobuz as it looks to get a toe-hold in the U.S. ![]()
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