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Dear Devialet users,
I just read an article about Qobuz and the fact that they couldn't find any new investors since one year.
The consequence sounds like the company will disappear and so the high resolution streaming.
What is your experience with the other streaming companies (apple, spotify, deezer, tidal) in case I need to move away from Qobuz ?
Thanks ... and hopefully Qobuz will survive.
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(10-Nov-2015, 16:40)davslp Wrote: Dear Devialet users,
I just read an article about Qobuz and the fact that they couldn't find any new investors since one year.
The consequence sounds like the company will disappear and so the high resolution streaming.
What is your experience with the other streaming companies (apple, spotify, deezer, tidal) in case I need to move away from Qobuz ?
Thanks ... and hopefully Qobuz will survive.
The stories about Qobuz disappearing have been around for some time (years) but somehow they always survive. I would be sad if they do go as I really like their overall approach, their broad catalogue including plenty of French music, the link-up with Gramophone and the Gallic touch.
I have tried Tidal twice - once when they first launched and then again last summer (via Aurender N100). There service has definitely improved during that time. To start with they a lot of problems with drop-outs but these now seem much rarer. Their support team is very responsive and I will probably move to them if Qobuz folds. They have a pretty good catalogue (nowhere near as good as Qobuz on Classical) but SQ from album to album seems more variable than Qobuz. They told me some time ago that their catalogue is about 70% 16-bit to 30% mp3 but that may have improved.
Not tried Deezer and am avoiding Apple
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(10-Nov-2015, 17:38)PhilP Wrote: (10-Nov-2015, 16:40)davslp Wrote: Dear Devialet users,
I just read an article about Qobuz and the fact that they couldn't find any new investors since one year.
The consequence sounds like the company will disappear and so the high resolution streaming.
What is your experience with the other streaming companies (apple, spotify, deezer, tidal) in case I need to move away from Qobuz ?
Thanks ... and hopefully Qobuz will survive.
The stories about Qobuz disappearing have been around for some time (years) but somehow they always survive. I would be sad if they do go as I really like their overall approach, their broad catalogue including plenty of French music, the link-up with Gramophone and the Gallic touch.
I have tried Tidal twice - once when they first launched and then again last summer (via Aurender N100). There service has definitely improved during that time. To start with they a lot of problems with drop-outs but these now seem much rarer. Their support team is very responsive and I will probably move to them if Qobuz folds. They have a pretty good catalogue (nowhere near as good as Qobuz on Classical) but SQ from album to album seems more variable than Qobuz. They told me some time ago that their catalogue is about 70% 16-bit to 30% mp3 but that may have improved.
Not tried Deezer and am avoiding Apple
Read some stuff on the French forums last night, sadly it ain't looking good. Which greatly pains me as I thought it was the only acceptable streaming service, SQ-wise.
Guillaume
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Audiostream reported it, too. Doesn't look good for Qobuz unless they can find an investor by 16th Nov, 2015, just 5 more days ahead.
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What a shame - I hope they manage to pull something together; I'd miss Qobuz very much.
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(11-Nov-2015, 12:36)GuillaumeB Wrote: (10-Nov-2015, 17:38)PhilP Wrote: (10-Nov-2015, 16:40)davslp Wrote: Dear Devialet users,
I just read an article about Qobuz and the fact that they couldn't find any new investors since one year.
The consequence sounds like the company will disappear and so the high resolution streaming.
What is your experience with the other streaming companies (apple, spotify, deezer, tidal) in case I need to move away from Qobuz ?
Thanks ... and hopefully Qobuz will survive.
The stories about Qobuz disappearing have been around for some time (years) but somehow they always survive. I would be sad if they do go as I really like their overall approach, their broad catalogue including plenty of French music, the link-up with Gramophone and the Gallic touch.
I have tried Tidal twice - once when they first launched and then again last summer (via Aurender N100). There service has definitely improved during that time. To start with they a lot of problems with drop-outs but these now seem much rarer. Their support team is very responsive and I will probably move to them if Qobuz folds. They have a pretty good catalogue (nowhere near as good as Qobuz on Classical) but SQ from album to album seems more variable than Qobuz. They told me some time ago that their catalogue is about 70% 16-bit to 30% mp3 but that may have improved.
Not tried Deezer and am avoiding Apple
Read some stuff on the French forums last night, sadly it ain't looking good. Which greatly pains me as I thought it was the only acceptable streaming service, SQ-wise.
Guillaume
Beyond streaming, it is also the only acceptable CD / HD-quality download service I know, with a wide genre scope, since most HDTracks titles are still region-restricted to the US.
Do you know any other site to buy just lossless CD-quality albums, we could move on to? CDBaby has an interesting catalog, but not all in lossless, and no mainstream artists.
Although I may not be buying more than 10 records a year from Qobuz (the rest directly from the musicians), it would / will be a great loss to me.
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I don't use them for streaming but they have the best choice and value for hi red downloads, it will be a shame if they fold.
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To be honest, with Qobuz, I barely use my CD/files, except for hires.
I will really miss Qobuz...
I feel also they are the better (talking about SQ) streaming service.
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11-Nov-2015, 20:27
(This post was last modified: 11-Nov-2015, 22:20 by PhilP.)
Links to a couple of articles about Qobuz being put into receivership. Basically they have only until November 16th to find a new investor
http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/2015/11...ciaire.php
http://www.audiostream.com/content/qobuz...rr0Fm1P.97
Very sad
EDIT: there's a more positive statement on the Qobuz site and annual subscribers should get refund if they do go under:
http://blogsv2.qobuz.com/qobuz-blog-fr/2...t-abonnes/
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I tried to access the site today. . via web, Spark, and app and . . .nothing. I can't connect and when I can no music shows up. . .
Can someone else give this a try?
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