Qobuz Connect Launched Yesterday

Good news and bad news.

Need to install the app for PC, which means another app running on music server. 
Using networked Lumin U1, needs updating to Version 19 to accept Qobuz connect. Works, very quick to see Lumin and select.

The sound is not much better than Internet Radio, down soundstage, very short front to back depth. As for resolution, cymbals splash, not sharp at all. Dynamics- like radio, bad radio. Local files to the Lumin with Audirvana are top class. Far better on Android phone and Bluetooth Noise free Headphones (Sony Xperia 1 VI, Sony WXM1000XM5).

Good for background music, provided Qobuz don't force Alternative Indie down my throat EVERY TIME for new albums, My Weekly Q is a prime example, the queue forward button is used very often! You'd think after 18 months they could understand/remember my tastes in music - nah! AND reviews are in French mainly, don't Qobuz take into account the device's language settings, obviously not.

I wonder if anyone has had any luck getting an older Auralic Femto streamer to work with QC?  I’ve heard it works with Auralic, generally, but maybe the Femto is too old.  Anyway, sounds great through LDS.

No luck for me with Qobuz Connect / Innuos Zen Mk3.  Innuos Sense works fine as usual (although I can't connect in LAN mode).  Tried from Windows 11, Android, and ipad pro, all latest versions.  Got me.  

@drmuso if your streamer has a built-in app that allows the URL of the stream to be passed directly to the streamer and bypass your phone or computer or tablet, then you are set already. You are using the external device as only a remote control in that case. But many of us use streamers that don’t or won’t do this without a "connect app", one like Spotify Connect or Tidal Connect.  

I’ve always heard it said on here that Qobuz (at least for many) sounds better than Tidal. I’m not sure my WiiM Ultra is resolving enough to hear a difference (maybe through headphones), but I’m now more likely to give Qobuz a trial subscription and hear for myself. 

I'll give them a month or so to work out any bugs before starting that trial. 

My Zenith Mk3 here in the UK updated this evening to version 3.3.0, and with it, apparently, is Qobuz Connect.  

It seems that in both my Qobuz Windows desktop app plus my Android app I can see and select my Zenith as the output - as opposed to a specific local speaker/headphone.

Aside from the occasional error when I move tracks it seems to be working.

However, unless I observe a noticeable uptick in sound quality I’ll stick with the Sense app or the Zenith’s web page interface.  They’ve been more than adequate so far for me.  If anything, I'm a little wary of Qobuz Connect.  For example, I've noticed I can now modify the volume of the music via the Qobuz app, which means, I suppose, that direct digital pass-through is not now happening.  I've always understood that the best sound quality happens when digital volume controls are disabled.

So, like others here I’m not quite seeing the point of Qobuz Connect