(08-Jun-2025, 23:01)Delija Wrote:

(08-Jun-2025, 07:49)iamwappie Wrote:

(19-May-2025, 15:21)tategoi Wrote: Qobuz Connect is the holy grail in music streaming. At least for the sake of rebuilding its reputation Devialet should make it available to the Expert line.

Why is that? Other than the HiRes part, is the lossless quality better than Tidal?

Yes, it is. Qobuz sounds considerably better.

(09-Jun-2025, 19:42)iamwappie Wrote:

(08-Jun-2025, 23:01)Delija Wrote:

(08-Jun-2025, 07:49)iamwappie Wrote: Why is that? Other than the HiRes part, is the lossless quality better than Tidal?

Yes, it is. Qobuz sounds considerably better.

But Qobuz we could already add as a service for years via Roon. What's the fuzz on Qobuz connect? Just that you can control the Devialet from the Qobuz app?

(10-Jun-2025, 14:46)audio_engr Wrote: As I use a Wattson digital streamer along with my 440-Pro, and Wattson is Qobus Connect listed, I was able to use Qobus Connect and compare against my standard Roon based streaming.

Qobus Connect does sound impressive that focusses high on clarity with a more immediate and big holographic soundstage. On prolonged listening sessions, I found the transparency vs. musicality lean towards more clarity whereas thru Roon, it was better balanced for my listening preference. Thus, I've reverted back to Roon and preferences may differ as audio is subjective.

(12-Jun-2025, 03:47)ray1234 Wrote:

(10-Jun-2025, 14:46)audio_engr Wrote: As I use a Wattson digital streamer along with my 440-Pro, and Wattson is Qobus Connect listed, I was able to use Qobus Connect and compare against my standard Roon based streaming.

Qobus Connect does sound impressive that focusses high on clarity with a more immediate and big holographic soundstage. On prolonged listening sessions, I found the transparency vs. musicality lean towards more clarity whereas thru Roon, it was better balanced for my listening preference. Thus, I've reverted back to Roon and preferences may differ as audio is subjective.

This is very system dependent, depending on your Roon setup and whole streamer setup, actually it also depends on the phone that you use for Qobuz Connect. 

I haven't tried Qobuz Connect, for Tidal Connect the model of phone you use does have influence on the sound output. Actually, even on my friend's Roon setup, the phone controlling the Roon playback still affects the sound. There will be less of a difference if you use iPhone as all are about the same. Android phones differ a lot more between different models and brands.

(30-Jun-2025, 21:42)sam1000 Wrote: Thanks to this thread, I decided to try Qobuz Connect—and the results were surprising. While this is, of course, subjective, I used the same DAC (TAD D1000mk2) and found the output noticeably more dynamic and clear, with a wider soundstage and even more precise imaging.

I tested it with two different streamers: a Chromecast Audio using wifi(via optical) and a Zenith Mk3 with Ethernet (via USB). The Chromecast struggled with hi-res recordings but performed very well with CD-quality streams. The Zenith, on the other hand, had trouble with CD-quality playback. Although they claim this issue has been fixed, I still couldn’t get non-hi-res tracks to play on the Zenith—even after a firmware upgrade.

I really hope Devialet adds Qobuz Connect support to the Expert line. In the meantime, WiiM or something similar might be a solid alternative for streaming.

(P.S. I'm a lifetime Roon subscriber and have a sonicTransporter i7 as Roon core, but I don’t think I’ll be using it to stream Qobuz anymore. In 2ch I was already using sense app from Innuos. It’s odd, given that both platforms deliver bit-perfect streams, but the perceived difference was too good to my ears.)