I’ve been meaning to post about Qobuz for awhile for those that use other streaming services. I’ve been using it for several months and it’s biggest advantage over most is it streams at a higher quality then most. If your like me and tend to listen to entire albums this a great service. I’m able to download CD quality tracks for listening while I’m the car from my phone. Streaming over Wi-Fi gets either CD quality or if you have the right equipment HI-Rez quality.
Compared to Spotify the catalog isn’t as large, but in general I can find what I want to listen to. It’s doesn’t do algorithmic suggestions, or create playlists for users. It’s also a little more expensive
This is a really cool thing for the service to do, passing back more revenue to artists.
If you are using an iPhone be sure to sign up with Quboz directly as if you do it through the Apple store, they tack on an extra fee.
"Qobuz Studio Premier, which includes unlimited Hi-Res and lossless music streaming, is available as a one month free trial, after which customers are charged $14.99 per month. During “Gimme Shelter”, for all new subscribers, Qobuz will waive its usual commission on that fee during the first month that they pay for. These commissions will be donated by Qobuz to rightsholders for redistribution or charitable gift to their artists and writers."
I jokingly referred to Qobuz as a streaming service for aging dudes as the highlighted new releases on Friday are often the polar opposite from Spotify. i.e. I've heard of most of the them :p
http://performermag.com/band-management/covid19/qobuz-expands-gimme-shelter-program-benefiting-creators-to-include-streaming-revenues/https://try.qobuz.com/artists-support-us/
