Qobuz Review

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Qobuz, the high-fidelity music website. Listen to music in high quality with a streaming subscription or download in True CD Quality (Flac, 24-Bit HD...)

SpecsUpdate

PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS X (macOS)

Price$14.99 Mo or $149.99 yr Studio premier / $249.99/yr Sublime+

Free tier30 days trial

Paid Plan Audio Quality320 Kbps MP3/ 16-bit 44.1 kHz FLAC/ 24-bit ≤192 kHz FLAC (Studio/Sublime+)

Offline DownloadYes

Number of songs available~50M

Other PlatformsAmazon Kindle/Sonos/ other Hifi brands

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Pros

Pro
High quality streaming

Music streams at 16 bit, 44.4 khz, Flac, CD Quality. Also, high-res is available.

Pro
High quality (CD+) streams; subscribers gain access to booklet, when available

Metadata, while better than many, still can't compete with physical media. New to N.A. at the time of this review so there are still some gaps in their catalog.

Cons

Con
Officially available in a limited number of countries

Qobuz is only officially available in 10 countries (which does not include Canada and the US). You can use a VPN in order to pay for the service in an unsupported country. Some users have mentioned success with contacting the country and being added manually (you can read more here).