Yet another Qobuz vs. Tidal debate


I'm not convinced that I'm getting "CD Quality" from either service even though I've paid a premium for it.  In terms of the catalog, Tidal has Qobuz beat hands down.  Not even close IMO.  I like the user interface a little more with Tidal.  Similar artists populate right under the album listings.  However, Tidal is expensive when compared to Qobuz, if you're a long term subscriber. With Qobuz I received a considerable discount with a 1 year subscription.  I was paying $24 month (with taxes inc) for Tidal and that was a year ago. It's probably gone up from that. $300 a year buys a lot of CD's (especially when I usually buy mine used).  Has anyone else been as disillusioned as I am?     
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I'm staying with Qobuz Hires since I listen mainly to classical and the quality is excellent. And new titles are being added every day including historic and rare classical recordings. For other genres Tidal has them beat.

Qobuz also has a pretty deep catalogue of British alternative/new wave recordings. Not surprising, since the service started in Europe and the UK.

The dropouts on Qobuz usually depends on the streamer you are using. I went thru this with my Bluesound Node2i; dropouts and long periods of buffering. Contacted Bluesound and was assigned a tech who worked with me to solve the problem.

If you've dropped Qobuz for Tidal, remember that they are a new service, so give them time.


@edcyn, could the trouble be caused by your streamer? My dropouts were the fault of the Bluesound software, not Qobuz.
There should be no dropouts when using Android or iPhone. I know dropouts exist when using Qobuz with a PC.

I use a Node 2i with Android and had dropouts when I first signed up for Qobuz. Customer service was able to correct the issue.