Qobuz Connect Launched Yesterday

Has anyone have tried Qobuz connect on the Esoteric N-05XD? It is listed on the QC web page but haven’t receive any firmware updates yet. 

I asked, on the Auralic forum, whether the older Aries Mini and Femto players would become QC enabled, and the general consensus was no, they probably won’t.  Whatever, I like Lightning  DS well enough, and it does sound great!  

Yes Qobuz Connect is active and I am experiencing improved sonics. This is a very good update. - 

One unexpected benefit, for those households out there which have a family Qobuz account, is that each member can easily stream from their Favourites, as opposed to the Sense app which only permits a single Qobuz account.

Saying that, I've found that maybe only one third of the albums I've tried actually play without throwing errors.  Many albums on Qobuz just will not play via Connect.

However, and this question is for @mofimadness , does not the extra processing of Qobuz Connect impact instead of improving the sound quality?  Both my Qobuz apps (Android and Windows desktop) allow digital volume adjustment.  I don’t see how this is possible without extra processing, and skipping the digital pass-through.

@lollipopguild...great question.  I’ll ask one of the programmer/techs.  I know that 99% of the people I have talked to, say they hear an increase in sound quality, so I’m not sure.  It might have to do with "where" in the digital signal chain the volume is controlled from, but I’m just guessing.

I know on my WiiM and Bluesound app, I could also control the volume, so Qobuz Connect is still a more direct access than a 3rd party...

Also, both the streamer's software and Qobuz Connect software have to work together, so there will be a few bugs and tweeks to work out along the way from both ends.