Anyone not switching from Tidal to Qobuz?

[firedog]

22 minutes ago, left channel said:

 

Here's the most recent report I've seen comparing UMG albums for watermarking on the two services:

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/qobuz-lossless-streaming-service-thread.856101/page-26#post-14752580

 

And here's a comparison of an album from another label:
https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/55468-tidal-or-qobuz-which-sounds-better/?tab=comments#comment-923891
 

 

Mark me a skeptic on this one. Hard for me to believe that UMG is watermarking albums it sends to one streaming service, and not to another. Maybe it will be true for a handful of albums - and possibly not intentionally - but not as an overall phenomenon. Blind test a large amount of them and pass the test, and then maybe I'll start to believe it.

[firedog]

6 minutes ago, R1200CL said:

Miska

Only the registration need US IP-address (or any country you prefer). . After that it works world wide. No VPN needed. I know for sure, as I did. 

Yeah, I also managed to sign up for the US. Once you sign up it doesn't matter where you are.

The only glitch is that my Google account is defined as from a non-Qobuz country, and the play store won't let me download the Qobuz app for Android. Even if I am physically in a country where Qobuz is legal and connected to a local provider. It's doubly curious as the Apple App Store has no such distraction. Neither does Windows/Microsoft. 

I asked Qobuz about it and they said there is nothing they can do....