Qobuz has done a soft launch in the UK. I've been a big fan for over a year know and use their streaming service as pretty much my main source. I still think they've got the best offering online for classical and jazz my a million miles.
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I'm a subscriber too. I use the 20 Euro a month streamed FLAC service. It's interesting that the 320k desktop service is only 5 Euros a month. That's excellent value IMHO.Steve -
Could either or both of you explain to me the advantages of Qobuz over Spotify?
I use Spotify via a Squeezebox, I assume as the latter is now discontinued I could not use it for Qobuz?Comment
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Qobuz can allow lossless streaming - it's 16/44.1 FLAC - rather than the 320k MP3s that Spotify allows. FLAC streaming on Qobuz is the most expensive option at 20 Euros a month.
I've found that the choice of classical and jazz recordings on Qobuz to be superior to Spotify, and the presentation of the recordings is clearer IMHO. Tagging also seems a lot better than what I remember from when I used Spotify.
There does appear to be a Squeezebox plugin, but I've no idea how easy it is to set up as I stream from a Mac Mini connected to my DAC. Details here...
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Thank you, that is very helpful, cetainly searching on Spotify is a bit hit and miss.
I am not very clued up in these matters and am sure the plug in would be beyond me.Comment
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Yes you could use Squeezebox for Qobuz streaming as there is a third party plug in for the Logitech Media Server. Of course that means that you need have LMS running.Originally posted by kuligin View Post
There is still a very active Squeezebox community on the SlimDevices forum.
The details are here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth...ighlight=qobuz
[Edit] Aplogies, I see posted the same information as StunsworthComment
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