Be sure to let Qobuz know that too.
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While frustrated by the attitude of Qobuz, plus their truly awful apps, each of which seem to operate in their own universe, compared with how Tidal strings them all together, what I cannot deny is how good it sounds. To me it has always been the best sounding lossless streaming service. There’s a silky smoothness and refinement that I don’t seem to hear elsewhere, as much as Tidal has improved since its shaky start, sonically speaking.
Therefore I’m still a Qobuz subscriber as several major holes in Tidal repertoire prevent it from being a total solution of itself. Plus I’m curious about their promise of a shiny new interface which goodness knows they need.
I again come back to my concerns for Roon if Tidal does eventually, did I hear someone say inevitably, become the subject of acquisition and asset stripping a la Beats Music.
My feedback is that I will continue to back off from a lifetime commitment until such time as I feel there’s redundancy in terms of the streaming integration aspect of Roon. If Tidal disappeared from Roon, I’d probably let my subscription expire.
So while I accept that Qobuz clearly aren’t the easiest people to deal with, in the absence of another viable alternative, can I suggest that Roon keeps knocking on their door. I think there are mutual synergies and growth benefits for both parties.
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I’m sure Roon will keep trying but don’t forget the Qobuz is only available in the major European countries and so is not a full alternative to Tidal for Roon.
Roon needs to find others and I’m sure they are trying as hard as they can.
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Streaming in its present form isn’t good for anyone…unfortunate as it may seem, artists need to pay bills and eat. I’m far happier buying albums from places like bandcamp and cdbaby where I know the artist is at least getting a good portion of the proceeds.
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Agree but I use Qobuz to Explore and try new music. When I 've found something I like , I just buy the album, more often in hi-res on Qobuz. So I enjoy usin Roon with all the Hi-res sound I got from Qobuz… what I miss is an integrated software where I can browse / buy / listen Hi-res stuff with metadata experience as offered by Roon. If it can’t work for now, I guess I will move back to Audirvana + Roon Sublime subscription. Too bad for Roon, but my priorities are there…
I too buy most my music from Qobuz but see no reason to not use Tidal instead of Qobuz for streaming. If I like an album I’ve listened to on Tidal I just head over to Qobuz or another store that has the album and download it… or buy the CD and rip it
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It’s just that for the kind of music I listen to, I prefer Qobuz than Tidal, since their catalog is different.
And it seems like a bit of a waste of money if you have Sublime already to add Tidal
Can we just state again that the impediment here is NOT Roon it is Qobuz so moaning on here will achieve very little however moaning on the Qobuz site might make them change their minds. If you feel strongly enough do what I did, cancel your Qobuz account and tell them why you did it. You never no they may take notice if enough people do.
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I too buy most my music from Qobuz but see no reason to not use Tidal instead of Qobuz for streaming.[/quote]
main reason, apart the kind of music one is mostly looking for, is that a Qobuz Sublime subscription pays by itself with the discounts you get while purchasing HiRes on Qobuz which also happens, most of the times, to have way better prices for non HiRes material too (even though sometimes Amazon or eBay have slightly better deals on CDs you, then, have to rip)
Is there a plan to integrate Qobuz in the likes of what the TIDAL integration is implemented today ?
A small search will reveal several (long) topics of discussion about Qobuz.
@Christian_Chateauvie, I’ve merged your post into this topic … It’s quite long but worth a read so you up to speed.
Thanks. Long read indeed. I’d switch to Qobuz too if they had a Roon-integration to the level of TIdal’s.
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I just cancelled my Qobuz Sublime subscription and I wrote as an explanation, that I am doing this, because Qobuz forced me to, based on the missing Roon integration. I also wrote, that I am not looking for a Qobuz service that provides similar functionality like Roon. I want a native Roon integration, because Roon is a fundamental element of my audio setup and will not be exchanged by anything else. I also wrote, that in general I prefer the audio catalogue of Qobuz over Tidal, but the bad user experience due to missing Roon integration, leaves me with no other choice than to go with Tidal. Let’s see… if enough people do the same, they might rethink their strategy.
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Bluesound supports Qobuz; i wonder whether the coming bluesound roon implementation will allow one to easily switch between roon and the BS app, which would at least give you the option of having roon, tidal, and qobuz all via the same device.
Crikey, the similarities between Qobuz and Devialet are remarkable. Must be a French thing.
Sadly Qubuz does not have plans to go into ROON 2017.
What to do, now …
I can’t agree more. I am in classical music and their sound / choice is great.
PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING THIS.
Thanks a lot in anticipation,
FG
Hi Franz,
If you scroll up the thread you will see that Roon remains open to integration with Qobuz, but Qobuz has responded to requests by users by indicating it will be adding Roon like features to its’ own software. Accordingly the best place to make your interest in Roon/Qobuz integration known is to Qobuz.