I wanted to share my experience with Qobuz Connect. In listening on my Rossini Apex, I am finding it sounds a bit more clear and open. Midrange has more presence.
If you stream a lot, this is an app worth trying.
In terms of sound quality it beats the dCS Mosaic app, and Mosaic beats Roon.
I wanted to share my experience with Qobuz Connect. In listening on my Rossini Apex, I am finding it sounds a bit more clear and open. Midrange has more presence.
If you stream a lot, this is an app worth trying.
In terms of sound quality it beats the dCS Mosaic app, and Mosaic beats Roon.
Interesting to hear this. I stream through an Aurender N20 and compared to the Conductor app- Quobuz Connect sounds smoother, and generally better. The Conductor app on the N20 sounds slightly harsh by comparison.
My Lyngdorf MP series pre/processor just this morning showed a new update available which includes Qobuz Connect as well as “Artist Connection” which is an ‘immersive’ audio streaming site.
The stereo (Lyngdorf) preamps have had Qobuz connect for several months already with many users indicating sound quality exceeding that of Roon and others.
Looking forward to hearing after I get a chance to tinker.
I had a chance to compare the Qobuz Direct to my long term Euphony software based high performance server and first impressions are clear preference for Qobuz Direct.
I haven’t yet swapped my Ethernet cables to optimize the new network connection which should make things even better.
Theoretically (if I understand what’s going on correctly) this configuration should be much better (more direct) than any other streaming platform or component connectivity.
I briefly compared Qobuz running directly on my music server controlled by Qobuz connect, against Qobuz running through Roon. Identical hardware configuration. Roon sounded noticeably better to me. Qobuz running by itself sounded a little bright and thin, through Roon was fuller and warmer.
Are all of your dsp settings, etc., in Roon bypassed? I guess in the end it doesn’t really matter in of itself but for the benefit of everyone else it is helpful to know. IMO.
I briefly compared Qobuz running directly on my music server controlled by Qobuz connect, against Qobuz running through Roon. Identical hardware configuration. Roon sounded noticeably better to me. Qobuz running by itself sounded a little bright and thin, through Roon was fuller and warmer.
Are all of your dsp settings, etc., in Roon bypassed? I guess in the end it doesn’t really matter in of itself but for the benefit of everyone else it is helpful to know. IMO.
Yes, they are. I have always found DSP settings are disadvantageous for sound quality and always disable them.
I should mention briefly that for quite a while I preferred JRiver to Roon, but in the last 6 months recent releases of Roon have improved the sound quality, so I have now moved back to it.
Likely the benefit I’m hearing now is due to no longer needing the Euphony based server > USB > Lyngdorf.
With the (new) Qobuz direct access within the Lyngdorf software update I am now able to open the Qobuz app on my iPad and select “Lyngdorf, Qobuz Direct” in the (Qobuz) audio settings which then sets the protocol to be able to make my music file selections from the iPad and stream Ethernet direct from my SoTM switch to the Lyngdorf.
No more server as such.
Unless I'm mistake, and I didn't see the feature anywhere in the app, Qobuz doesn't have the ability to access and merge a music library stored on the network with one's Qobuz library. As such Roon to me is still the best music software out there. Plus I like the little extras such as album reviews (even if I disagree with a lot of them), artist bios, etc.
The library from which any streamed music files are selected from when using Qobuz is from the Qobuz library servers. Qobuz Direct is not used for playing stored files on local network.
Unless you have a device in your home that has the certified Qobuz Direct software embedded on it you will not be able to ‘see’ anything.
This is in addition to having the Qobuz app on your iPad or pc.
