![]() At the moment, while a Tidal Master will show up on a third party integrated version of Tidal, it will only play as a 16/44.1kHz file. One critical difference between Qobuz and the Tidal Masters system concerns the third party integration. Unlike Tidal’s very visible partnership with MQA to achieve their high res delivery, Qobuz supplies no information on what level of packing is applied to the files to make this work but all tests here with DACs fitted with sample rate indicators have seen that indicator change as and when the software says it should. Additionally, some material is available for direct streaming in sampling rates between 24/44.1kHz and 24/96kHz. This means that the bulk of the library is available in lossless 16/44.1kHz ‘CD quality’ across the vast majority of the assembled content. The first is that it offers the highest quality on-demand streaming that Qobuz can muster. As already noted, Qobuz has multiple access levels to this library which ranges from paying £9.99 per month for access to this library at 320kbps MP3 resolution, all the way to the Sublime+ level seen here.Įffectively, Sublime+ adds a quality angle to your subscription in two different ways. This library is quoted as being somewhere in the region of 40 million tracks – more of which in a little bit. Operating via a downloadable browser or via a web-based system, it offers access to an online library of music. In some key regards, Qobuz should be entirely familiar to anyone who has used any streaming service in the last ten years. Is this what you need though? What Sublime+ is offering is certainly a different take on a streaming service but is the reason that it is unique because it isn’t really what people need or is this the ultimate offering for the streaming enthusiast? From there, you can bolt on extra elements of functionality all the way up to the offering you see here which offers functionality that is not currently present on any other service. Qobuz is more flexible in this approach then many rivals in that if you want, you can have a direct Spotify competitor for a tenner a month. With streaming services being big business for the moment, this is all logical enough but it has left smaller players looking for differentiation and a good reason why you might be convinced to go with them rather than one of the more household names. For the most part the major difference between them is the file type and sampling rate that the library is available in – anything between MP3 at 256-320kbps to MQA encoded high-res in the case of Tidal. Having done so, you gain access to an on-demand library of material. For the most part, streaming services are content to take a sum of money off you monthly. Switch off the volume normalisation in both and see if that holds true for you.Qobuz Sublime+ is the top tier of membership to the Qobuz streaming service and as such, is intended to represent a very different experience to more mainstream offerings. ![]() Beware anyone saying one sounds better than the other. Personally, I would trial both free with my particular use cases and see which suits best. Of the small minority of my music that isnt on services, slightly more are missing from Qobuz than Tidal but ymmv in that regards (Spotify better than both).Īt the point when Tidal makes its connect feature available on PC- so I can control playback from my phone to PC, then to EQ and onto the DAC I will likely ditch amazon too. ![]() Tidal still integrates better into Roon IME and into UAPP than qobuz. Using the the hifi (lossless tier - I have no need of MQA. I now use Amazon music for listening through a PC -dac-amp rig (EAPO for headphone eq on the PC) and back to Tidal for using on mobile rig - it plays well with the Android UAPP rig, again for the EQ. ![]()
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