Qobuz in Canada

[Ian_Hudson]

Another happy Canadian here. Cool to get 60 day trial from Roon - thanks!
I absolutely LOVE the fact that you can look at the CD booklet!!! Phenomenal!
Sounding great here!

[Norman_Spector]

Once it’s fixed [as no doubt it will be] all versions of an album you have in your library or in Tidal and in Qobuz will be identified in Roon–if you are signed in to those services

[Faizal_Ali]

Still not what I’m asking, but thanks for trying, anyway. I’ll wait till someone from the Roon team weighs in.

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

I’m in Germany and Roon finds 8 Qobuz album versions of Pet Sounds, including Mono & Stereo at 192/24

[Faizal_Ali]

Thanks, that’s what I wanted to know! Presumably, if the Germans can do it…

[SandsOfArrakis (The Spice Must Flow)]

@Faizal_Ali

I’m not sure if this question best belongs here, but I’ll ask anyway: I wanted to try out the Quboz Hi-Res option so looked for some 192Khz albums on the Quboz web player. I decided on the Beach Boys “Pet Sounds (Mono & Stereo)”. But when I searched for it on Roon it only showed Quboz’s 44.1kHz version. However, when I searched for the track “Pet Sounds”, I was able to find the 192kHz version of the album, and it does indeed play back at that sample rate (as confirmed by the Signal Path window).

Is there a reason this didn’t show up under “Albums” in my search?

Well if I’m searching for “beach boys pet sounds” this is what Roon returns. Results for both Tidal and Qobuz.

I’m in the Netherlands.

[Gaetan_Patenaude]

Good morning,

I made the transfer of all my albums (+3000) including playlists and artists from my TIDAL account to QOBUZ successfully.

The only drawback is that Tags are associated with TIDAL albums. Is there a way to associate Tags with QOBUZ albums?

[Gaetan_Patenaude]

QOBUZ vs TIDAL and MQA vs HI RES

I have been using Qobuz since its launch in Canada on April 19 2023 and have subscribed to Tidal since 2016. I listen to the albums on my LUMIN D2 and on my iPhone SE with Roon Arc. Listening with my Kann Cube by Astell & Kern will begin today.

In terms of content, the QOBUZ offer is superior and the applications on the iPhone and MacBook M2 are very efficient and pleasant to use. The sound quality is exceptional.

I discovered QUOBUZ from its launch in 2007 through Gramophone magazine, at the time a partnership existed between the two companies. Unless I’m mistaken, at the beginning, only the classical and jazz genres were offered, but now the multitude of genres offers and the cost of subscription make QOBUZ an obvious choice over TIDAL.

Before cancelling my subscription to TIDAL, I still have one thing to explore: compare album listening in MQA vs HI RES.

A lot has been written about both formats. I feel like forming my own opinion. But, the result will not change my opinion as to the superiority of QOBUZ’s offer and the exceptional quality of the sound heard so far. This is really a moment of choice for music lovers.

[Norman_Spector]

I agree, except that Tidal’s weekly offerings are more extensive. On my home system, the sound quality of Qobuz is somewhat better than MQA on a Meridian system. Walking the dog, an AK SP-3000 is far superior to an iPhone.

[BCBC (Somewhere in British Columbia)]

@Norman_Spector

On my home system, the sound quality of Qobuz is somewhat better than MQA on a Meridian system.

That’s been my experience as well, particularly in the frequency range of vocals. Comparing MQA to Qobuz HiRes on a NAD M33 through a pair of Harbeth SHL5 plus.

[Gaetan_Patenaude]

Thank you -for the information.

I am aware of the great value of Meridian electronics and I am sure the sound is exceptional and so on the AK SP-3000.

Listening on my AK - KANN CUBE will be a much better way than my iPhone. The only flaws is its weight. To prevent my 2,5mm to be damaged again I bought an ending a 3 pin adapter to plug to the socket. The sound is very good.

About the weekly offering, PrestoMusic his hard to beat - but it is not available on Roon and either on my LUMIN D2. I love the content of the app and the Reviews section. We can find all the awards an album received from various organizations (weekly, monthly ans annually). But the offering is classic and jazz only. On their web site www.prestomusic.com you can read the news about the last arrivals on the market is great. I receive their newsletter each Friday and it is very informative. You can buy album and DVD/BLURAY too.

[Gaetan_Patenaude]

I listened to albums with voices and I found that the pronunciation of the words was clearer:
Amedè Julie Fuchs,
Fantasy for piano, choir and orchestra, Beethoven, Leif Ove Andsnes,
Contra-Tenor, Michael Spyres

Listening: Luminy D2, Simaudio 430HA headphone amplifier, Audeze headphones …

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

@Gaetan_Patenaude

The only drawback is that Tags are associated with TIDAL albums. Is there a way to associate Tags with QOBUZ albums?

Unfortunately no, Roon tags and all other edits are associated with particular versions, which is a royal pain if they change or if you change streaming service

Roon choose alternate source If you change music services

So there’s a feature in Roon where you can create playlists and add music to your library if adding from a streaming source such as tidal. What happens if you’ve added a bunch of songs to your library and created playlists which consist of songs located on your nas, tidal, wherever and you decide that tidal is too expensive or they suddenly go out of business. If I had built a large library based off a streaming music service I think currently I would have to re-add all of those songs again to …

Replacing Tidal albums with local ones - any way to keep play history/counts etc

This might be a simple one but not sure how to do it if it’s possible. Have recently started buying quite a lot of my favourite Tidal albums - either download or CD rip. Once I add them, assuming all identifies, I set the local copy to primary. But then all the play counts are ‘zero’. Is there any way to carry this info over? Albums sorted by most played is one of my most common views, so that causes a bit of an issue, but also would like to keep the play counts anyway (and favourite tracks …

Copying Custom Credits from one album to another?

The addition of custom credits is fantastic, but it requires a lot of work, that I am happy to do…once. The problem is I have many albums in multiple versions, ie: Original Release, Digital Remaster, DSD etc etc… So is there any way to copy ALL of the custom credits I have added form one album to another instead of having to re-enter them all for each copy of the album?

[Norman_Spector]

I use an Astell Kenr HC2 DAC with my iphone and it’s pretty good. Merci de votre recommendation

[Michael_Giunta (Michael Anthony)]

Jamie,

The link you posted sends me to Qobuz USA where I can’t sign in… never mind the bonus 60 days… Same link that was sent out by email by the Roon folks a few days ago…

[Michael_Giunta (Michael Anthony)]

yes I am also having birthday signup issues…

[Michael_Giunta (Michael Anthony)]

Jamie, My previous note is in error, I deleted google history and did get the canadian link (no Zip Code) BUT…
the form is not valid as it won’t accept my birthday. The American layout was different on this line and I suspect the error is in the recoding to DD/MM/YYYY from MM/DD/YYYY that Americans seems to like… thanks for checking…

[jamie]

Hey @Michael_Giunta,

Qobuz in Canada

Hey gang, I’ve gotten quite a few PMs from folks who didn’t receive or missed seeing the Roon x Qobuz email we sent. You can access the exclusive Roon subscribers Qobuz Canada 60 day trial here. If you have any issues with the form, please let Qobuz support know. Thanks, and have a great weekend!

I’m sorry that you also ran into problems with the form. As mentioned in my previous post, please contact Qobuz support for assistance.

[Michael_Giunta (Michael Anthony)]

OK, will do…

[Michael_Giunta (Michael Anthony)]

Jamie, I just tried to contact “Qobuz support” . No such place on their Qobuz Canada page. Can you point me to what you are referring to please. Thank you.