You may miss some contemporary indie releases (stuff you're likely to find on Bandcamp, for example) on Qobuz. In addition to all the various genres, from hip-hop to classical (for which Qobuz is eminently well suited), you also get a selection of comedy releases. If you're looking for music videos, Qobuz is not for you: It's laser-focused on music. Everything is available at least in lossless FLAC format, however. Not everything is available in Hi-Res Audio format, which is mostly relegated to more-recent releases. Qobuz claims to offer "the biggest catalog of CD lossless and Hi-Res albums in the world, both for new releases and specialized genres," and it puts the size of its catalog at 70 million tracks. Indeed, I found every significant recent release in the service. Pop listeners may be disappointed that Qobuz doesn’t offer any karaoke-like lyrics display while you play a song.
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(These are available on the super high-end Native DSD Music (Opens in a new window) download site, though listening to that content requires a special hardware and software setup.) You can also view a large image of the cover art, something that Tidal and Amazon Music also let you do, but Spotify frustratingly doesn’t.
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The ability to view the booklet (or what would be called that if you'd bought the CD) in the app or in a PDF you can open outside the app, is a big plus for fans of libretti and liner notes-and something you won't find in Tidal. Clicking a track title opens a text window of credits. If you click the album art, you get a pleasantly presented track list that uses a blurred background in a color that echoes that of the album art. Next to Qobuz's quality indicator are the standard repeat, shuffle, song queue and history list, and volume slider. I gave up trying to see the streaming quality in Apple Music, on either the web player or iOS. Tidal simply shows a HiFi icon, and Amazon Music shows one indicating HD or Ultra HD, and lets you click to see the actual specs. Qobuz is unique in showing you the exact quality specs for the currently playing track, along with the Hi-Res Audio logo if the content meets that level. You can play mentioned recordings directly from these diverting sections.Īs with most online music streaming services, Qobuz persistently (in a good way) shows what's currently playing at the bottom of the screen, with controls for rewind, pause, fast forward, along with a scrubber that lets you zip to the point you want to play from. A section below that called The Taste of Qobuz offers an Ideal Discography and Qobuzissime-basically top picks. You can easily choose your preferred genres from the Discover view, after which you'll see new releases, curated playlists, and editorial content called Panoramas. You'll find an always-at-the-ready search box and account settings on the right. The program window displays five tabs across the top: Discover, My Playlists, Favorites, Purchases, and Offline Library. There are no Qobuz apps for game consoles or smart speakers. I always prefer these for security, ease of updating, use on multiple systems, and simplified installation/uninstallation. Unfortunately, the desktop apps aren't OS store apps, as are those for Tidal and Amazon Music. Qobuz has apps for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and the web. Apple Music also has some Hi-Res Audio tracks, and it costs $9.99 per month.
Amazon Music Unlimited, which is now combined with the former Amazon HD Music and offers up to 24-bit, 192 kHz streaming for some tracks, costs just $7.99 per month (or $79 per year).
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(Opens in a new window) Read Our iHeartRadio Reviewįor comparison, Tidal charges $19.99 per month for its equivalent HiFi plan, while offering a lower-resolution 320Kbps plan for $9.99 per month.
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