Originally posted by HighlandDougie
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I took advantage of this offer also, and now regret not being greedier than I was (especially since the 50% reduction even applied to other special offers). My reasonably well-filled basket included the Les Siècles/Roth Firebird raved about in another thread. -
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I know what you mean about greed - I had to restrain myself but I thought that €24 was not a lot to spend on 24/96 versions of the recent Paul Lewis 2CD set (2 for the price of 1 - a classy BOGOF, I suppose) Schubert Sonatas/Impromptus, the Grosvenor recital (which I think is just great) and the Alexander Melnikov/Isabelle Faust Shostakovich Concertos/Sonata, plus the Debussy 4 hands 2 pianos set from Philippe Cassard and Francois Chaplin. Admittedly, with my slow ADSL connection and it being the weekend, it took the whole afternoon to download all of that (maybe it's just as well I don't have superfast broadband or there would be a terrible temptation to go mad buying 24/96 stuff). For me, one of the great things about Qobuz, apart from the whole choice of formats/downloading being made really easy and the breadth of what they have on offer, is that you can go back later and download stuff again which for me means that I can download here in france and then go back to Scotland and do the same thing. Not like Amazon or i-Tunes where their advice that, "you can burn it onto a CD then use it where you like", seems to me like an excuse for them to save money.
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BIS have just announced this, as a high-res download and SACD:
Have hust rquested the download and look forward to this.Comment
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Mahlerei, wait! This album is on special offer at eclassical.com for only $8.50 for the 24/44.1 file! - I bought it, just begun to listen to it and it sounds gorgeous! Even their standard prices are amazing.
Originally posted by Mahlerei View PostBIS have just announced this, as a high-res download and SACD:
Have hust rquested the download and look forward to this.Comment
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HD, have you found a way of downloading 24-bit files from Qobuz whilst in the UK? Still seems prohibited on the site...Originally posted by HighlandDougie View Post I know what you mean about greed - I had to restrain myself but I thought that €24 was not a lot to spend on 24/96 versions of the recent Paul Lewis 2CD set (2 for the price of 1 - a classy BOGOF, I suppose) Schubert Sonatas/Impromptus, the Grosvenor recital (which I think is just great) and the Alexander Melnikov/Isabelle Faust Shostakovich Concertos/Sonata, plus the Debussy 4 hands 2 pianos set from Philippe Cassard and Francois Chaplin. Admittedly, with my slow ADSL connection and it being the weekend, it took the whole afternoon to download all of that (maybe it's just as well I don't have superfast broadband or there would be a terrible temptation to go mad buying 24/96 stuff). For me, one of the great things about Qobuz, apart from the whole choice of formats/downloading being made really easy and the breadth of what they have on offer, is that you can go back later and download stuff again which for me means that I can download here in france and then go back to Scotland and do the same thing. Not like Amazon or i-Tunes where their advice that, "you can burn it onto a CD then use it where you like", seems to me like an excuse for them to save money.Comment
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It's really infuriating - I'd love to get the Grosvenor and a few other things and cannot.Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostComment
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That's strange. Is it only 24-bit files that are affected? When the site opened, territorial restrictions were in place for several labels because of licensing difficulties, but these gradually disappeared for Ireland at least, and it's been a very long time since I've seen the previous warning about unavailability 'in your territory', and even when restrictions were in place they applied to all qualities of download. I suggest emailing them for clarification. I've needed to contact them a few times, and have found them very helpful.Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostComment
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Good question - I'm in France so will check whether I can still access 24/96 files when I return to Scotland next week. My IP address is, of course, French when I'm here, although everything else in my account is UK-based. In one of the Q and As in the qobuz website, there is a reference to not all material being available in all countries, due to individual labels and their restrictions/copyright etc etc, but that they are always trying to persuade labels to adopt an open approach. As DJ suggests, it would be worth e-mailing them as they've always been helpful when I've had the odd problem. I feel guilty now for making what must be tantalising references.Comment
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I've sent qobuz another email - the first has had no response after a fortnight.Comment
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PJPJ - sometime since I've had to contact Qobuz but you might try the e-mail address which I'll pm to you
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Many thanks HD!Comment
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From memory the message that pops up asks you to contact them if you really are in France (or overseas French protectorate) or if you have a way of paying using a French bank. So perhaps it's a payment issue?
Like others I'm interested in the Grosvener album. I have some friends in France who may be able to help me.SteveComment
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Merci beaucoup, HD ........ my email to qobuz resulted in my account able to download what I wasn't able to.
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That's great. Hope that you enjoy the Benjamin Grosvenor as much as I have been doing. The piano sound is, to use that horrible American cliche, awesome. And the playing is pretty awesome as well. His Chopin .. a thing of wonderComment
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Any chance of a PM of the email address to use?SteveComment
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