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Qobuz sound quality intermittent issues?

Sat down for a listen few days ago for a listen. Patricia Barber “Cafe Blue”. Sounds flat, soundstage all cluttered in the center, glaring mids, muddy bass, details subdued, highs rolled. Tried several other albums, same thing. Got so frustrated signed up for Tidal trial. Played same albums on Tidal sounds like it should. Back to Qobuz and no bueno. Tested network speed, in the upper 200s. This morning rebooted all routers (eero mesh, Apple AirPort base station. Rebooted the player.  Played same material and seems to be back to normal on Qobuz
Anyone else ending up in the same boat?
What gives?

Auralic Aries G1 player, Bryston BDA-3 DAC. 

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audphile1 OP
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Have been going back and forth between Qobuz and Tidal. To me Tidal sounds more alive, more open, dynamic and without the midrange glare. It could be my equipment, my room
or my ears. Contemplating to just sticking with Tidal at this point. 
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m-db
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I don't know Dick, considering the quality of the componentry being used and the daytime occurrences I'd guess the fault is with the cable service and / or the music provider.

If your living anywhere near storm damaged grids is another possibility. Just guessing. Good luck with it.
riccitone
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Very late to the game on this one, but just started streaming on a serious serious service (besides Spotify). Just experienced this vey same issue just tonight for the first time. Heard exactly what was described here: strange mid glair, veiled highs and muffled bass, until about two more tracks went by and then suddenly..pop..air, definition, bass clarity, everything that initially made me fall in love with Qobuz returned. This is after a week of some VERY enjoyable streaming. Could only think it was Qobuz itself sending some compromised packets or something? Hope that’s confirmed…as I’d don’t think it could be my system!

Both disappointed and glad I found this thread, and hope this issue doesn’t come back!

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audphile1 OP
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Sorry to hear that but it will most likely show its ugly head from time to time. I switched to Tidal and my Qobuz subscription runs out in Dec. Tidal sounds better to me and is consistent. I also switched from AURALiC to Lumin and I think that helped with stability as well. 

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ozzy62
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That’s strange. I have not experienced any issues with Qobuz. I went back and forth from Qobuz to Tidal a few times. To my ears, Qobuz was the sonic winner, though I do like the Tidal interface with Lumin better.

Oz

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