03-Jul-2016, 15:58
(03-Jul-2016, 13:26)octaviars Wrote: Anyone here tried both Tidal and Qobuz?
Yes, I'm a very happy long-term Qobuz customer and have tried Tidal twice once on launch and again last summer when I had an Aurender on home demo. I much prefer the Qobuz service - their catalogue is very good and I have only very rarely experienced any disruption to service - stuttering etc. Their desktop app for OS X is very good and SQ isnt far off that from locally ripped CDs. Its also possible to buy a wide range of downloads from them including hires often at discounted prices. For me there's nothing not to like about Qobuz. Tidal also has an excellent catalogue though probably not as strong as Qobuz for classical and they don't include album booklets. I did experience some technical issues both times I tried Tidal - mainly stuttering (I know quite a few people have suffered from this) and I found quite a few of their albums were not 16-bit FLAc but rather MP3 which was a bit surprising. There didnt seem any reason for me to switch from Qobuz to Tidal.
IMac macOS 10.15.3 (no link to Devialet 
) / MacBook Pro Retina OS X 10.14.4 / Linn LP12 / Devialet 200 / Wilson Benesch Discovery.
) / MacBook Pro Retina OS X 10.14.4 / Linn LP12 / Devialet 200 / Wilson Benesch Discovery. Qobuz Desktop Latest Version / Audirvana 3.2.18 / Audirvana Remote / iTunes 12.9 / AIR 3.0.4 / Wi-Fi / FW 8.1.0 / SAM 50%
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