![]() ![]() However, the MQA Concept has been successfully examined and found insufficient to bend the already superb digital music format. I've been a Meridian Lover, Owner, Importer and all-round Fan of Boothroyd Stuart and still am, kinda. I'm not basing on Spacehound but rather Schiit guys Jason and Moffat. Sublime+ subscribers who intend to download at least one hi-rez album per month will end up saving the $50 price difference between a "Studio" and "Sublime +" subscription in less than a year. I was told that Sublime + subscribers should be able to purchase all hi-rez downloads in all genres for the equivalent price of Apple Music's 256kbps downloads. "Sublime +" subscribers, however, can get the same 24/96 files for $9.99. Regular download prices for one recent full-price classical offering from Erato, Brahms Cello Sonatas, Hungarian Dances by Jean-Guiden Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud, are $12.99 for CD quality and $14.99 for 24/96 FLAC, ALAC, WMA, AIFF, and WAV. "Sublime +" level subscribers pay what Solomon terms "just about MP3 prices" for hi-rez downloads. As Solomon puts it, "All streaming titles are for sale. "Premium": $9.99/month 320kbps MP3 quality streaming plan ($99.99 annually). "Hi-Fi": $19.99/month for unlimited 16-bit CD quality streaming ($199.99 annually). ($249.99 if purchased on an annual basis). "Studio": $24.99/month for unlimited Hi-Rez (24-bit /up to 192kHz) streaming "Sublime +": $299.99/year for unlimited Hi-Rez streaming plus discounted downloads. Qobuz offers multiple subscription tiers: However, since Qobuz's app works on iOS as well as Android and Windows-based platforms, while Tidal has yet to issue its own MQA hi-rez streaming app for iOS devices, the choice of service will likely be based on your sonic preferences and which devices and software/apps you prefer for playback.Īnother basis for choice is price. US subscribers can stream Qobuz hi-rez from the Qobuz app and Amarra, Audirvana, and Roon music playback software. Most often, both do, but our amount of hi-rez classical dwarfs others."Īfter looking up some recent titles from Warner and Decca that are available on Tidal in 24/96 MQA, I confirmed that the same titles can be found on Qobuz in 24/96 FLAC. The situation with Qobuz and Tidal is a bit like Netflix vs Amazon Prime, where if one doesn't have it, the other does. "There aren't any big holes in our catalog right now," Qobuz's "Chief Hi-Res Music Evangelist" David Solomon explained by phone. The service has also secured partnerships that enable it to position Qobuz as the "official" streaming service of CanJam and other US high-end audio shows. Qobuz not only offers more than 40 million tracks, over two million of which are said to be hi-rez, but also includes liner notes for many albums. Qobuz, the French subscription hi-rez streaming and download service, finally launches in the US today, right before the start of CanJam NYC. ![]()
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