Please tell me about Qobuz

Wiimer

Wiimer

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Qobuz will be launched in December in my country.
Studio Solo costs 1280 JPY (8.5 USD) per month for a one-year subscription.

I'm going to be using Qobuz, but before I do that, I'd like to do a little preparation.
Which is the best way to use Qobuz on android?

WHA, BubbleUPnP, Chromecast

I don't think Chromecast supports gapless and 24/192. Does BubbleUPnP play from within the app in the same way as WHA? Or will it connect with Chromecast? If so, is there any difference between the Qobuz app's Chromecast?

Thanks in advance. 😊
 
Good morning.
It's already time for dinner. 😊

If I search for mconnect on the Playstore, I will find a lot of them!
Which app should I use? From your words, I think maybe mconnect player HD, is that correct?

I'm going to try both Bubble and mconnect.

Thank you. 😉

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Brantome said:
You’ll not have voice control of Qobuz, but otherwise it’s a great choice :)
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Considering that Qobuz has a good reputation here, it might be worth giving up Alexa. 😊

Fortunately, the WHA has an alarm function. IFTTT may be a substitute, but it's very expensive.
 
I prefer BubbleUpnp on my Android phone and Mconnect on my iPad (landscape mode is nice).

I am also using native Qobuz App for browsing the content on Android. When i find an album or playlist i want to listen to, I then use the "share" feature inside Qobuz App and share it with BubbleUpnp and listen from there. Also doing it the same way with Tidal on my integrated Amp which has no Chromecast/Tidal Connect
 
Mrz7kN said:
I prefer BubbleUpnp on my Android phone and Mconnect on my iPad (landscape mode is nice).

I am also using native Qobuz App for browsing the content on Android. When i find an album or playlist i want to listen to, I then use the "share" feature inside Qobuz App and share it with BubbleUpnp and listen from there. Also doing it the same way with Tidal on my integrated Amp which has no Chromecast/Tidal Connect
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Thank you. 😊

I looked at the landscape screen of Mconnect player HD. Mconnect HD seems to be for tablets only.

I'm using a phone and a tablet, so I might need to buy two apps. 😅💸
 
I've used all of the above, including the 'share' option to BubbleUPnP. What do I find most convenient and, dare I say, friendly and informative? The Qobuz native app on my Pixelbook. Yes, it uses Chromecast at 96kHz only and won't do gapless but, well, for the most part these don't much matter for my listening habits. And when I do actually want to listen to an album gapless I can always resort to WHA or Bubble.

Just try all these apps and see how you feel. They're not that expensive in the grand scheme of things.
 
I use Qobuz but in conjunction with LMS in a hybrid sort of way.
Once a week (Friday if I remember) I go onto their web player and/or the Qobuz iOS app and go through and favourite some of the new releases.
They then immediately become available for me to play via LMS and overnight they will become fully integrated into my LMS library.
Apart from Roon, LMS is the only system I know of that allows this.
As far as control app is concerned I always use the Material skin gui access to LMS on my phone whether its local, Qobuz, Radio Paradise, Internet Radio etc its all in one place.
 
ratty said:
I've used all of the above, including the 'share' option to BubbleUPnP. What do I find most convenient and, dare I say, friendly and informative? The Qobuz native app on my Pixelbook. Yes, it uses Chromecast at 96kHz only and won't do gapless but, well, for the most part these don't much matter for my listening habits. And when I do actually want to listen to an album gapless I can always resort to WHA or Bubble.

Just try all these apps and see how you feel. They're not that expensive in the grand scheme of things.
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Thank you.

Yes, of course I'm going to try all the methods (although I can't use LMS or Roon because I don't want to use a PC.)

And I have a feeling that Qobuz connect will be released in December. 😊
 
d6jg said:
I use Qobuz but in conjunction with LMS in a hybrid sort of way.
Once a week (Friday if I remember) I go onto their web player and/or the Qobuz iOS app and go through and favourite some of the new releases.
They then immediately become available for me to play via LMS and overnight they will become fully integrated into my LMS library.
Apart from Roon, LMS is the only system I know of that allows this.
As far as control app is concerned I always use the Material skin gui access to LMS on my phone whether its local, Qobuz, Radio Paradise, Internet Radio etc its all in one place.
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Thank you. 😊

Can I use an LMS over the phone?
I have an Asus Mini PC for private use, but it's low processing power.

Also, I'm not sure if there's any benefit to using an LMS or Roon just for Qobuz.
 
Wiimer said:
Thank you.

Yes, of course I'm going to try all the methods (although I can't use LMS or Roon because I don't want to use a PC.)

And I have a feeling that Qobuz connect will be released in December. 😊
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Well here's hoping that the gestation of Qobuz Connect isn't as extended as that of Spotify lossless. 🤞

I also ruled out Roon and LMS, in part because I didn't want another device running 24/7 but also because my own digital music library has been static for years. If there's something therein I'd like to listen to there's often a better remaster on the streaming services.

I flirted with JPlay (iOS/iPadOS) but stumbled over some glitches and couldn't justify the subscription.
 
I know here that @d6jg has provided a lot of dedicated support for their LMS.

It's also true that I'm intimidated by those posts. Perhaps LMS is too intimidating for me. 🤣😭
 
ratty said:
Well here's hoping that the gestation of Qobuz Connect isn't as extended as that of Spotify lossless. 🤞

I also ruled out Roon and LMS, in part because I didn't want another device running 24/7 but also because my own digital music library has been static for years. If there's something therein I'd like to listen to there's often a better remaster on the streaming services.

I flirted with JPlay (iOS/iPadOS) but stumbled over some glitches and couldn't justify the subscription.
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Some people, although it is the minority, use LMS as a sort of gateway only with no local files whatsoever. You do need to leave it on 24/7 but a Raspbery Pi consumes very little power.
 
Wiimer said:
I know here that @d6jg has provided a lot of dedicated support for their LMS.

It's also true that I'm intimidated by those posts. Perhaps LMS is too intimidating for me. 🤣😭
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Me, intimidating?

Seriously I use LMS because the queue management is superb and while I recognise some people get put off by the issues some others have, if you want to run it in a standard sort of way it is easy to set up. Standard these days is a Raspberry Pi with files on an attached USB stick or a NAS and preferably not ALAC.
 
d6jg said:
Me, intimidating?

Seriously I use LMS because the queue management is superb and while I recognise some people get put off by the issues some others have, if you want to run it in a standard sort of way it is easy to set up. Standard these days is a Raspberry Pi with files on an attached USB stick or a NAS and preferably not ALAC.
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I'm sorry, I don't mean that.

You look very kind. Never have I ever felt that you were intimidating. (I can't use English very well).

It's just that LMS felt like a very difficult piece of software for me. 😅
 
d6jg said:
Some people, although it is the minority, use LMS as a sort of gateway only with no local files whatsoever. You do need to leave it on 24/7 but a Raspbery Pi consumes very little power.
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I ran LMS on a Windows box 12+ years ago, with a couple of Squeezeboxen until they both died. My years are advancing, and TBH I just couldn't be bothered with the hassle again.

As a matter of interest does LMS feature the Qobuz artist bios, album write-ups, Weekly Q selection and Magazine section? That's the kind of thing I was alluding to under the "friendly and informative" heading.
 
d6jg said:
Some people, although it is the minority, use LMS as a sort of gateway only with no local files whatsoever. You do need to leave it on 24/7 but a Raspbery Pi consumes very little power.
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I'm one of the minority. No local files, but using the Online Music Library Integration plugin puts all my Spotify and Tidal albums into My Music.

I've given up on local file storage and put my archived albums onto IBroadcast.
Fortunately, the Internet goes down less than the local power supply!
 
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