STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES


I am 100% digital using Roon.  I play from my extensive hard drive, Qobuz and Tidal.  I love to find new music using Roon Radio or Roon suggestions.  Here is my issue:  I generally find Qobuz to sound better on my system.  I do not have final unfold of MQA on my Tambaqui DAC; yet ROON always defaults to a Tidal version.

So I will search 'versions' and select the highest resolution of a Qobuz version.

Can Roon be set to default to Qobuz vs defaulting to a Tidal version?

Do others agree that Qobuz sounds better?

fastfreight

With critical listening from both Tidal and QoBuz, I favor definitely QoBuz over Tidal for sound quality.  The better your digital components, the easier it will be to detect the differences with less noise and jitter...  

For all who use the Innuos/Roon/Qobuz combo as I do

try comparing SQ of the above vs Innuos Sense-i.e Roon off.

It is free if you have not tried it.

Go to my.innuos.com and turn off Roon.

Perhaps other makers besides Innuos have a similar option?

Anxious to hear the responses.

In it's simplest form, whether MQA is trying to do a good thing or not, is the fact they are basically DRM's music in a way, creating a proprietary format that requires manufacturers (and ultimately you) to pay them to use it. No thanks 

@fastfreight they literally just added that feature a couple days ago. very nice!

Another feature that's buried in Roon is "Customize album display" In General settings tab. 

Roon Customize album display

albums

 

@jeffseight I was lucky that Sense came out just before my Roon subscription was set to renew.  I had no reservation choosing Sense's improved SQ over Roon's vast library and search functions.  

And yes Qobuz is better than Tidal by enough I cancelled my Tidal subscription.