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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)
Number of songs available~50M
Paid Plan Audio Quality320 Kbps MP3/ 16-bit 44.1 kHz FLAC/ 24-bit ≤192 kHz FLAC (Studio/Sublime+)
Price$14.99 Mo or $149.99 yr Studio premier / $249.99/yr Sublime+
Free tier30 days trial
Offline DownloadYes
Other PlatformsAmazon Kindle/Sonos/ other Hifi brands
Pros
Pro More than high quality
On a good sound system, not a 20K system, more around 5-7k, Hi-res gives a big difference with 16bits/44,4khz, which is very noticeable, some Symphonies may give you goosebumps if you listen to classical, jazz.
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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).
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Recommendations
Qobuz
Recommended 4 years ago
Pros: Quite nice catalog, Classical, Jazz, Pop-Rock, ... Very good, complete editorial content about bands/artists/music styles but also about hardware (audio, computer audio, ...). Can stream or purchase music. The application for Win10 and for Android are nice. Can create playlists for personal use or...
Qobuz
4 years ago
superb coverage of differnt types/styles of music if being compare with it's rival Tidal. But a streaming service does require home and mobile software so that one could make use of this service and this isn't given at an acceptable level.
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More than high qualityPro
High quality (CD+) streams; subscribers gain access to booklet, when availablePro
The most open less compressed sound qualityCon
Mobile appCon
DLNA/UPNP not workingCon
Progress of improving the software (both desktop and mobile ones)