Qobuz lowers streaming prices
Sep 25, 2015 at 11:27 AM Post #61 of 93

Yes and I get Gapless when it is checked and I get Gapless when it is not checked.  I also do not see a way to adjust the gap amount.  When I use the Chrome web player it works fine, but when I use the desktop app for offline playback, it runs the songs together, no gap.
 
Nov 11, 2015 at 5:19 AM Post #65 of 93
Yes, looks like the end. Has been my favourite streaming service for the past three years. Realise that that had to offer something different. Maybe monthly sub was that bit too expensive. Personally had no problems paying it to get the extra audio quality. Who is going to subscribe now with this news. Thanks for sharing.
 
Nov 11, 2015 at 6:31 AM Post #66 of 93
As a former Qobuz subscriber this saddens, but does not surprise, me. I stopped subscribing to Qobuz a few months ago after two years and switched to Tidal (and Deezer's higher-def service for my Sonos) because the writing was on the wall. In many ways Qobuz is a superior service. And it certainly was a pioneer. But that means little if it is doomed.
 
Nov 11, 2015 at 8:39 AM Post #67 of 93
If Qobuz does indeed cease trading it would be a sad day. Have tried most streaming services and just preferred Qubuz. Not just the SQ which I find superior to the competition. It's just how the sight worked. No hype or celebrity endorsements. Just like a classy understated auto. Always puzzled me how they never got the recognition? Well, fingers crossed they will survive.
 
Nov 11, 2015 at 8:49 AM Post #68 of 93
As a former user, and fan, I have to say their inability to offer the language choices often requested by users is one of their problems. I had an account with France as the selected country, but would far prefer an interface in English or Portuguese. However, the language is always tied to the country on the account, which cannot be changed without canceling the account and starting a new one. Qobuz offers other languages, depending on geographic location, but it is impossible to change your language option to one that does not conform to the geographic region you originally selected. The seems silly to me, since obviously many services and all kinds of software allow this, and the infrastructure is already in place with Qobuz. I asked many times if I could have my interface changed to English and I was told "no because my country was France." There are many comments about this on the support forums.
I also had problems with streaming interruptions and buffering when using the service in Brazil, where I spend most of my time. I have two internet services there, one 60 megs and one 50 megs. No such problems with Tidal or Deezer because they obviously have a content distribution network with points of presence around the world. I may be wrong, but I believe Qobuz servers are only in France and that there is no sophisticated CDN. Tidal and Deezer both sell to Brazil and many other countries, so it makes sense that they must offer quicker streaming routes to those countries. On the other hand, i had no problems with Qobuz in Canada and many other countries.
 
Nov 11, 2015 at 9:06 AM Post #71 of 93
Yeah a sad day indeed if they disappear, but they've clearly been running on a shoestring for a while, or at least it looks that way. As above, they've not been very receptive to service improvements, including their total ignoring of the highest rated change request in their system (Roon integration), and personally I found their desktop app somewhat buggy.  I'll miss them most in the area of downloads though as they have a great selection of lossless & high res downloads that are often hard to find elsewhere.
 
Nov 11, 2015 at 9:45 AM Post #73 of 93
Yep, they where indeed running on a shoe string. Projected turnover for 2015 is €7.5 million according to their founder Yves Riesel. Six days to find a rescue investor after a year looking. Not confident.
 
Nov 12, 2015 at 1:59 PM Post #75 of 93
Well, I signed it, for what it's worth, which is very unclear... Will the French government really step in to save it which seems to be the thrust of the petition?  I really hope someone does...
 

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