Qobuz or Apple Music?


Which service do you use?  Are they close in sound quality, or do you prefer one over the other?  

Thank you for your thoughts.

 

 

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Different day, same results, most prefer Qobuz. I will repeat that Q on $12.99  plan sounds flat to me, no depth. Tidal on $9.99 plan has so much more depth, not even close. Also a little wider soundstage. So I had both and dumped Q. Can't talk of their upper plans since I am limited to streaming on android via wifi setting. So whatever works best in your application is my answer. You can get nearly free trials with both.

Now that Apple Music is doing 24/192 lossless, it’s much much better.  Having said that, I’ll have to give Qobuz another try.

It’s certainly not convenient to get the 24/192 lossless into your amp though.

@m_j_s Curious, how is it not convenient? That should be handled seamlessly between your streamer and dac...no?

I agree with everyone.  Tidal,  Qubuz,  radio paradise.  They all sound great. 

Bluesound probably has the best user friendly app. Can be used with NAD devices as well. .

 

I find that tidal has the best ability to create and discover new music. They also do videos which are great.