I just randomly cued up some 20th Century string quartet music that showed up on my Qobuz home page. Never heard of the either the artists or the composer. Lovely piece. Lovely playing. Lovely fidelity.
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I'm a longtime Apple Music subscriber but, on a whim, decided to try out Qobuz to see what all the fuss is about. For digital, I do my listening primarily through my Macbook pro and iPhone, in either case run through my JDS Labs Element II to Senn HD-660 S. I queued up Art Blakey's Moanin' on both platforms, listening first to Apple Music, then to Qobuz, then back to Apple Music. It's always that last step where I feel the differences come out. And boy did they. When I went back to Apple music on the third listen, I almost ripped off my cans in shock. It was so jarring. I had my wife do some blind listening and she consistently chose Qobuz, describing it as rounder and flatter. So now I'll have two streaming services, though I swore I'd never be that guy.
Apple music is vastly superior, especially on mobile, for library management and navigation, as well as discovery. I do hope Qobuz works on that.
Apple music is vastly superior, especially on mobile, for library management and navigation, as well as discovery. I do hope Qobuz works on that.