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    Haven’t tried Qobuz yet, must give them a go.
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    I liked Qobuz when I trialled it - it also works well with LMS.
    I'm only using Tidal at the moment because of the free 3 month trial.
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    I’m a Roon fanboy nowadays, and it’s the Tidal/ Qobuz integration that got me hooked on it.
    Make playlists, fav albums etc no different to your own locally stored music files.

    Controlled from a tablet from your favourite listening chair, it’s a wee bit fab.
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    I knew coming back here was going to cost me money!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alex_UK View Post
    I knew coming back here was going to cost me money!
    Only if you want to throw money in someone's direction.
    LMS is F.O.C.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stratmangler View Post
    Only if you want to throw money in someone's direction.
    LMS is F.O.C.
    Yeah, thanks again Chris, that will be my first port of call - I've done a bit of reading on it, looks good. I'm supposed to be moving shortly, so will probably hold fire on anything until I've decided what kit is going to go where in the new house.
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    There is a minor downside to using LMS - the Tidal and Qobuz apps do not have active integration with the content providers.
    The fix is you need to log in via the web interface on your computer and add or remove stuff - artists, albums playlists, whatever.
    Once added you can access the new content via LMS using the relevant app.

    I'm old school and play albums, so I'm still trying to work out wtf a playlist is for
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    Latest rumour is that Amazon may launch a high rez (probably 24/96) service this year sometime. If they manage to offer this at a reasonable cost this could be a knock out blow for players such as Tidal etc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gazjam View Post
    Definitely better than Tidal.

    Agreed.
    Recently cancelled Tidal after doing comparisons and Qobuz won out every time, to my ears, at every bitrate even 16/44.

    Qobuz 24/192 version of Allman Brothers at the Filmore is terrific, best live record experience I've heard.
    I found the reverse when I did that test a couple of years ago now. Maybe more... maybe something has changed.

    The TIDAL mobile app is excellent. The Windows app much less so.

    But the more recent tailored to your tastes TIDAL playlists are surprisingly really friggin' good I have found. Or when an album ends it carries on playing similar stuff and that's great too.

    If you want the best from Queerbuz it looks expensive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    Cheaper version of roon is audirvana. Some say it sounds better too, although i dont know.
    I liked qoboz but their windows app never works so i ditched them.
    Tbh i dont think sound wise there is much between them when i ran them side by side in audirvana.
    Audirvana is a joke on Windows. It just doesn't work it's so full of bugs.

    That's a warning - in no way pay for Windows Audirvana without trying the demo and you will see what I mean.

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