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On the company’s history, Mackta said, “Qobuz was started in France in 2007 as a hi-res download store by classical music fanatics. I recently chatted with Dan Mackta, Managing Director of Qobuz US. The Paris, France-based company aims to outclass all the other streaming services on three fronts: sound quality, documentation, and editorial content. But there’s another contender that you might not have heard much about: Qobuz. Enthusiasts were again pleased when Tidal announced in 2017 that it would begin streaming hi-res audio. You’re probably familiar with Tidal: the streaming company that made a splash in the audio community in 2014 when it brought lossless CD-quality streaming to the US, UK, and Canada. Now you don’t have to choose: You can have the convenience of streaming, as well the quality of lossless CD audio and higher, using one of two services. This is where hi-res streaming enters the conversation. That’s fine for listening while cooking or driving, but not for system calibration, and not for an old-fashion listening session.
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0000005 % audio-geeks get the most out of our toys.But it’s not the full experience. Your entire job is to help me and the rest of us. We spend too much time and energy agonizing over gear when we should be agonizing over recordings. But the depressing reality is that we have no control a really good recording streamed over Tidal will always beat a so-so recording streamed over Qobuz, and vice versa. I also have a dumb, but nonetheless real, skepticism toward MQA and its whole “compressed, but not really” approach.
But, like others have said, I do prefer the Qobuz sound for some elusive reason. I’ve invested a decent chunk of money into my digital side on two systems, and I still find it a close call. (2) I question whether it’s decent enough, however, to reveal a difference between HiRez Qobuz files and Tidal’s MQA. (1) OP is doing something that, IMHO, more people should do: bypassing the Node 2 DAC and using it as a streamer only. Almost sounds like two different recordings when listening on Qobuz vs Tidal. The Qobuz file sounds fuller and has more presence.
I listened to ’The Box’ by Roddy Ricch which is a MQA file on Tidal and CD quality on Qobuz. Not a big fan of hip hop, but decided to listen to something that is squarely in Tidal’s area of focus. The CD quality file on Qobuz sounds a LOT fuller and more natural. I’m currently listening to a track that is a MQA file on Tidal vs a CD quality file on Qobuz. In the process, I think side effects of doing this is to take out some of the presence of voices and instruments and add an artificial quality to voices and instruments. I think they have applied some equalization to boost the bass and treble. Some additional thoughts about Tidal after listening on higher quality equipment. Spotify Premium even seems to sound better than Tidal. I’ll listen a bit more to Tidal, but so far I’m not impressed at all. Tidal sounds very two dimensional and flat in its sound quality but with some harshness in the high frequencies. Round 2, Qobuz vs Tidal: So far Qobuz is clearly better than Tidal even listening through pretty cheap desktop passive speakers. My listening notes comparing Qobuz to Tidal:
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