Bluesound and BluOS

@yogi42 

I have streamed both Tidal and Qobuz hi res material successfully without issue using Bluesound devices  (as well as other devices including Roon Nucleus and Bricasti M5).  However, I could see where Qobuz hi res material could be more problematic in as much as all Qobuz hi res material is streamed at its native resolution.  Contrast this to Tidal and MQA, which plays its origami games to send you folded up files that are then unfolded to present you with hi res material.  By nature, Qobuz hi res material takes up more bandwidth than does its Tidal counterpart, and therefore has more stringent infrastructure requirements to perform successfully. 

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I used Qobuz on a Bluesound device (NAD C 368) for a while with absolutely no problems. I suspect your networking might be the issue. Tidal’s lossy MQA files may be a little smaller than Qobuz’s lossless files, so if the network is just capable of handling Tidal, it could have issues with Qobuz. The network is where I’d look, anyway.

I have Qobuz, not Tidal.  It works poorly with my Android phone, frequently stopping, skipping, etc. At home it works fine with my dedicated streamers, including a Node2, all used with etherwire.  Is your Bluesound on WiFi or hardwired?  Have you used Qobuz with other components besides Bluesound?