High-quality lossless and studio-quality audio streaming Huge catalog with new releases and old Both streaming and purchasing available Includes liner notes in PDF form Good choice of audio outputs Well-designed apps for all platforms 

Qobuz's comparatively high price has always been partly justified by its exhaustive library of hi-res music (FLAC 24-bit up to 192kHz). Recent figures put the total number of hi-res tracks at over 2m, while Tidal claims 'only' over 1m. Numbers rarely tell the whole story, but we regularly find hi-res albums on Qobuz that are available in only CD-quality on Tidal. On the flip side, however, we often find albums on Tidal, Spotify, Apple Music and Deezerthat aren't available on Qobuz at all – which we would argue is a far bigger issue. While it's inconvenient to discover that the latest album or track by your favourite artist isn't available in hi-res on your chosen streaming service, it's downright annoying if it isn't available at all. New music seems a particular issue, with Lane 8's Brightest Lights and The Band Royale's eponymous album both missing (at the time of writing) from Qobuz, but available from Tidal, Spotify and Deezer. But established music is missing, too: we put toget... 

Nov 26, 2019 ·  Qobuz review: A music streaming service on the verge of greatness The service finally comes to the U.S. after being exclusive to Europe for the last 10 years. 

Qobuz claims a library of forty million tracks and objectively testing the extent of these is something that cannot easily be done with a single review but subjectively, with music that is of interest to me, Qobuz has drawn more blanks than Tidal and in particular Spotify when looking for material. 

Nov 10, 2020 ·  Tidal HiFi, the membership I used for this review, allows access to four streaming qualities: normal, high, HiFi, and Master. Normal reduces data usage and is good for anyone with limited bandwidth or a slow internet connection. High quality strikes a fine balance between data usage and sound quality by streaming at 320kbps over AAC. 

Sep 28, 2020 ·  Qobuz Studio (via Roon) Spotify Premium (Spotify app) Master WAV-files (via Roon) Nakamichi CR-1 cassette deck (approx 1990) Cassette: TDK SA-X 60 (Chrome tape) Music Hall 5.1 turntable; Iseki Milltek Green Moving coil cartridge (high-output) Primare R35 phono pre-amp 

Aug 06, 2018 ·  Tidal review: an audiophile-friendly rival to Spotify, but it's a little too limited for most, especially considering the extra cost. 