Qobuz USA - Official Beta Testing Confirmed

Yep... It's a bit disappointing that they seem to be just hooking you in for a 30 day trial so they can get a subscription from you. I dunno... I'm going to wait for the reviews. Tidal is "ok", but I'm definitely interested in learning more about Qobuz, as there are a LOT of high res / MQA albums that are not on Tidal. I can say that the Qobuz interface looks pretty nice (way better than Tidal), but I'm devoted to Roon, so I guess it doesn't really matter.

Regardless, it's VERY nice to know there is a new player in the scene.
 
How much free service do you think they should give you? You are supposed to be reporting problems to them.
 
I'm not saying they should give X or Y amount of free service... That is up to them.

I'm just saying that they presented it as a beta testing scenario that was invite only... In reality it's just a free month before a subscription starts. The only way to actually activate the beta testing month is to give your credit card and sign up for the subscription. Yes, you can cancel at anytime. It was just a bit deceptive... That's all...
 
I think from everything David has said they really do want to hear from you about what you like and don't like and they know the catalog is not complete yet as they are still working on licensing agreements plus working with Roon. Unlike the people at Tidal they seem to really want to know what you think which is why two of the executives have been participating on CA for over six months. Plus to me the interface and the sound is better using four different streamers playback software.
 
You guys did better than me. I was rejected as a beta tester!


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I signed up but didn't hear anything back. Now I feel even worse. Did you get a rejection letter? LOL
 
Hi all. New to the forum. I also got a beta test invite. And I was accepted. Been using it for about two days. I have been using Tital for a few months and I've been pretty satisfied with it. MQA can sound pretty sweet. Qobuz runs well on my Firefox browser. But, the app keeps locking up. I got a work around from Qobuz support but it still isn't ready for prime time IMO.
 
Darrel said:
Hi all. New to the forum. I also got a beta test invite. And I was accepted. Been using it for about two days. I have been using Tital for a few months and I've been pretty satisfied with it. MQA can sound pretty sweet. Qobuz runs well on my Firefox browser. But, the app keeps locking up. I got a work around from Qobuz support but it still isn't ready for prime time IMO.
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Hi Darrel....I’m using Qobuz on my Aurender N100H. So far it’s seamless with no issues and the sound is pretty darn good.
 
I’d agree. It is no where ready for prime time. On my iPhone, locks up, cannot play songs, restarts after hitting play, pita way of using airplay.

I realize this is in beta, but it feels like alpha. Lots of issues. Wouldn’t dump tidal for this just yet.


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I've yet to get the desktop app to work. I turned off the firewall and got what I thought was a clean install. I managed to add and look through areas. But, when I went to play a 24/192 song. It locked up. I'll keep playing with it. But, Tital is still my go to streamer. I'm not thrilled with the forced hip hop and rap offerings. But, I have a rather large catalog of artist and albums at this point.
 
Maybe all the beta people on the server now but I cant even get into the search bar without it locking up. Every letter you type takes literally 15 seconds to think through so it can compile everything it is seeing at that time. Then another letter and a wait. I'm getting pretty frustrated with it.

However, it has a way better classical and jazz library than tidal. It also has a ton of Led Zeppelin in high Rez.
 
It's been playing continuously in my system since 7pm EST with no issues with either mControl or the Lumin app.
 
I wonder if its a PC issue. I am hearing people with Lumin and other servers have no issues. I'm wondering if the people with Windows PC machines are. What machines are being used that are working and what are not working?
 
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I wonder if its a PC issue. I am hearing people with Lumin and other servers have no issues. I'm wondering if the people with Windows PC machines are. What machines are being used that are working and what are not working?
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Mine is iOS app using Chromecast to a Naim ND5-XS2. Definitely some issues with Naim.


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