192 khz/24 bit Albums on Qobuz
Thought I'd try and start a list of 192 khz/24 bit albums folks have come across on Qobuz. They sound significantly better, but unfortunately do not know of a way to specifically search for them -
REM - entire catalog
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
CCR - Complete Studio Albums
Cannon Adderly - Somethin' Else
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Let me know if you guys have come across other albums.
Stay safe and enjoy the music - looks like this may go on until June
REM - entire catalog
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
CCR - Complete Studio Albums
Cannon Adderly - Somethin' Else
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Let me know if you guys have come across other albums.
Stay safe and enjoy the music - looks like this may go on until June
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@ptg30 - it'd be awesome if you could share your list. |
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@rdk777 Yes, it will show you 24/192 because it was mastered from a 24/96 file to 24/192. If you are playing the X&Y album, the Diana Krall is native 192 kHz. |
@rdk777 the only way you get a 16/44 CD quality stream will “show” playing as 24/192 is because you are upsampling it in Lumin app. I was responding to the comment that you “can only show/play 24/192 albums in qobuz” but right. Whatever the quality shows in Lumin app on the album listing is what will play. |
@kray - my Lumin player display is indicating that the tune/album is being played at 192 kHz/24 bit - has nothing to do with Qobuz setting. When I select the album, the Lumin app tells me what resolution the recording is at. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that is the case. |
Now I noticed something that could potentially make you scratch your head. All those 24/192 albums and songs are not always real 24/192, the most of them got mastered from for example 24/96 to 24/192. On this website you can see the technical details about the songs: Technical details about "X&Y" and "Turn Up The Quiet" That actually shocked my because they sell the songs as 192 kHz, but in reality they are only 96 kHz songs. |
I see that you figured out that Not everything on Qobuz that says Hi-Res is 24/192. So you still need to dig. But once you start on it, that goes quickly by artist. I have had both Qobuz and Tidal. I ended up dropping Tidal as I thought the sound quality from Qobuz across the board at any bitrate was better sounding. Once I switched DAC's from my Linn to DCS I found the difference more pronounced. |
So I did that on the Qobuz App (not the store). I searched on "Main Artist", Allman Brothers. Clicked on "See all releases" and 99 albums showed up and 28 of them had the "Hi-Res AUDIO" logo on them. I had to click on the 28 individual "album covers" to see the khz. It varied from 44khz (surprising for Hi-Res) to 192khz. Not trivial at all. Doing the same thing on the Qobuz Store I was able to filter it to different HI-RES QUALITY. The choices were 44.1, 48, 96, 192khz. There were 11 192khz albums. To know what is available in 192khz I have to go back and forth from the store to the app. A major PIA. Although I just saw a button in the store called "Listen on Qobuz" which then queued up the 192khz album in the streaming app. I guess that's the easiest approach now. Are you doing something different ? |
easiest way to search is by artist. then scroll down and you can quickly see all the albums and see the 24/192 choices (96/24 are not bad either). and if you use Roon, you will also see any files you have on your server too, not just Quboz. i’m especially interested in ’Golden Age’ jazz; and lately have been deep into Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Grant Green, Thelonious Monk, and Dexter Gordon......just to name a few. stereo and mono titles. |
I also just signed up for Qobuz and did some trade off listening / research between Qobuz FLAC 192khz and Tidal MQA 192khz. Its a PIA somewhat because my Node 2i streamer does not indicate the frequency being played. Searching for streaming 192khz on Qobuz is also not possible from what I can tell, however I went to the Qobuz download store and searched using the simple letter "e" and then it alllowed me to filter by 192khz and the store had 11,323 hits. I assume I can then find the same individual hit for streaming. (I put the link below). Also, my initial Qobuz streaming searches came up with a playlist called "24 bit 192 khz - Audigon" by Gregg. Search for that, Gregg came up with 522 tracks (almost 40 hours of tunes) -- thanks Gregg My listening opinion so far is that 192khz definitely makes a difference (especially in the vocals and guitar). I am no expert at all especially after reading a bunch of Google opinions/reviews which tended to poo-poo the whole idea. I am only streaming (no cd, no records, etc) so I setup an A/B switch to change mid song between a 192khz DAC and a 96khz DAC and, confirmational bias aside, 192khz sounds fuller and more detailed. I stream ethernet to my Node 2i streamer with RCA connect to Rogue CRONUS MAGNUM II integrated amp and my new Vandersteen Treo CT speaker. I also have a Ayre CODEX DAC (which displays frequency). I went A/B between the Node 2i and CODEX because I found that for the CODEX to go above 96khz you MUST use the USB input and the Node 2i does not have a USB output. I ran optical from Node 2i to the CODEX which displayed 96khz for the A input and then ran RCA from the Node 2i direct to the amp for the B input (I read that for the Node 2i to process at 192khz you MUST use the RCA outputs by design for whatever reason). Switching between A/B mid song yielded differences to me. I have been advised to upgrade my streamer to Innous mini zen which will output correctly to the CODEX for 192khz. I am going to try that tomorrow and am excited because if I can perceive differences with a $500 Note 2i at 192khz, I can't wait to see what a $1200 streamer with the $2000 CODEX can do at 192khz. Hopefully my logic trail follows and the listening results correlate. And my bubble does not get burst. Advice and comments are welcome as I am a new (old at 61) audio hi-fi wanna be. This is all with the help/guidance of John Rutan of Audioconnect in Verona NJ. Thanks John. https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/search?q=e&i=boutique#results |
@rdk777. Sorry for delay. Just saw your question in response to my post. I use the Lumin app with my Lumin UI Mini. What I meant though is that you set your streaming and download preferences within the Qobuz app, not the Lumin app. Go to the Qobuz app on desktop and click on your id in the top right corner. You will see the options to set what you want as the default. In iOS go to Qobuz app and click on 'My Qobuz' and you will see the gear wheel top right. Click on that and make your choices.. I have a feeling that the change is not immediate, like there is an app learning algorithm. I might be wrong on that, but live with it for a while and see if it gives results more to your own requirements as you search through the Lumin app. |
Just to add to this, I've two Qobuz memberships, one for the US and one UK (don't ask). I've created the same Playlist on both platforms. What is and isn't available is slightly different based on the country. I'll try to update them until I get tired of it. They both should be public and you can add to both. |
Rolling Stones fans - Let It Bleed Beggars Banquet Their Satanic Majesties Request Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out @4425 - good one, "Reference Recordings" yields some excellent music: The Nordic Sound - Audiophile Ref Recordings Mozart Violin Concertos (Mqa Remix 2016) - Trondheimsolistene Since I have a MQA decoder, these show up as 382 khz/24 bit Thanks all. |
Some from My Favorites: Jenna Mammina - Moonlight Ladies & Close Your Eyes Ben Harper - Welcome to The Cruel World Jenner Fox - Taos Beck - Sea Change Cassandra Wilson - New Moon Daughter Derek Jones - Run With Me & Dusk Till Dawn A Love Affair - The Music of Ivan Lins JS Ondara - Tales of America Counting Crows - August and Everything After |
What a timely thread! I recently signed up for Qobuz after assembling a temporary system while staying away from home in NYC. I have never signed up for high quality music streaming, since I have a large collection, at home but not with me. The first day or so I got my Hegel H-190, I was streaming using Mcconect from iPhone /iPad. Then I installed bubbleUNPN which improved the sound, and then set it to decode to Wav, which improved the sound even further. I’ll definitely look for these 192k titles suggested here. The only issue I am having is that Bubble suggests setting the localhost on my Mac, and I’m not sure how to do that- Bubble says It will run much slower without the local host set. Also I'm trying to get my EtherRegen sent down to me - would love to be able to try it on a Modest system 1/15 the price and weight of my main system |
Here are some of my favorites in 24bit/192kHz resolution, Dexter Gordon - A Swingin’ Affair Stanley Turrentine - That’s Where It’s At Nay King Cole - The Extraordinary Frank Sinatra - This Is Sinatra! Cannonball Adderley - Somethin’ Else Stan Getz - Getz/Gilberto Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder Horace Silver - Blowin’ The Blues Away Also including couple of tracks that are in CD res but very well recorded. Buddy Guy - Blues Singer, Listen to Anna Lee Paul Chambers - Bass On Top, Listen to Yesterday’s Enjoy! |
Thanks much - I'll listen to those today. There were a couple of classical albums that showed 382 khz on my Lumin T1 - possibly MQA's, but Qobuz has pulled those for some reason. I'm also pretty sure the Eagles complete set, America Hits and Cat Stevens' Tea for the Tillerman was also available at 192 khz, but now only available at 92 khz. I wish Qobuz would bring those back. |
Here are some others that I’ve found: Diana Krall - Turn Up the Quiet Rachel Podger - Vivaldi Le Quatro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Roy Hardgrove - Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall - Celebrating MilesDavis & John Coltrane Chick Corea - Trilogy 2 Norah Jones - Not Too Late Norah Jones - Feels Like Home Norah Jones - Come Away With Me John Abercrombie - Timeless Enjoy, Be Well, and May All Your Colds Be Common |
