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Qobuz vs Airplay

Good Evening,

Seeking input on streaming music on Qobuz using  Simaudio Mind 2 streamer on 390 Pre/Dac/Streamer vs Apple music on Apple Airplay over the Sim 390.  (Speakers are Magico A3, amp is Sim 330A) Do you notice a material difference between Qobuz and Airplay?  The differences on my system do not seem significant. Possibly it is the music used, which is primarily rock or EDM (and for which Apple Music has a much broader selection than Qobuz).  Appreciate any input.

Regards,

Dokosan

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dokosan

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ghdprentice
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@goldenways 

Wow. I’m really glad to hear you are having better results with Airplay. I sure am not. My ecosystem is now all Apple M4 Studio, Macbook, iPads, HomePod, etc.  and phones. I try and use it often… and it remains unreliable and Qobuz consistently sounds much better. 
 

OP, ‘Also, once you have access to truly high fidelity streaming audio… most folks start exploring and get lost in the millions of albums that are available and over half a million in high resolution on Qobuz.

ghdprentice
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Airplay is appropriate for low fidelity portable devices where there is no other option. It is extremely unreliable, low fidelity, and I believe lossy. 

Qobuz is the best of the high end streaming services... Tidal is not quite as good. It is important to stream natively from your streamer. You want to use Qobuz. In my system Qobuz’s sound quality is the same or better than from my $45K Vinyl rig or CD

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