Qobuz and Tidal comparison


https://youtu.be/c3SGLAnweOk

 

They are doing serious demonstration.

The conclusion is that Qobuz give more realistic bass and nuanced details than Tidal.

It is because that Tidal use more compression.
 

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In my experience it depends on the streamer. With Lumin U1 Mini as Roon end point Tidal sounded better to me. With Bricasti M3 inbuilt network card used as Roon end point I also found Tidal more to my liking. 
With Aurender N200 I prefer Qobuz. I use Tidal now to stream music that does not exist on Qobuz. 

Do any of you Qobuz users ever have drop outs or meta data update pauses in its service?

I have both also and find differences depending on the recording. Some Tidal tracks sound better but for the most part I lean to Qubuz more often. Regarding drop outs; I’d look more at your streaming source and internet connection. Are you streaming via WiFi or direct Ethernet? I switched to fiber over Ethernet as my last connection and it was dramatically better all around.  Senore makes a great product.  Sorry to go off track guys

@bobbyloans 

I have a Sonore streamer mainlined via ethernet.  But still get these “pauses” via Roon.  I think it is, meta data updates, as best I can tell.  I have lots and lots of tracks.  When Roon wants to update, it updates. Which is different that the pauses I am talking about. Now that I think abut it, it probably has nothing to do with Tidal vs. Qobuz.  I think it is all about Roon.  Sorry for the confusing question.

Qobuz sounded more detailed and organic on my systems based on the same tracks at the same volume levels. Cancelling Tidal and going with Qobuz was a no-brainer decision.