Qobuz Feature Requests

[AudioDoctor]

5 minutes ago, vsrrr said:

 

When have I said I know better?

It's a shortcoming of the service that hasn't been addressed for years.

Why am I getting so much pushback for pointing out the obvious?

I don't understand the beef here. Am I wrong???

 

How you say it, is more important than what you say.

[vsrrr]

My original post was not sooo egregious

[Maelm]

3 hours ago, vsrrr said:

However, thinking strategically, UX and ease of use are just as important as price, library, and even Qobuz's main differentiator - high-res. 

 

So, failing to implement something like Connect for years is nothing short of a major strategic error that limits your addressable market. 

You’re right. Qobuz has lost clients (myself for example) due to the incapacity of providing a Connect feature. 

 

However : 1/ there are also a lot of other improvements to increase the experience that Qobuz has been addressing  2/ you’re getting pushed back because you said things in a manner than even me, who agree with you, want to slap you in the face.

[vsrrr]

Alright alright. I went too far.

 

My original post was pretty benign, but when the response - from a company rep - was:

"By all means. If that's the most important feature to you, and you can only have one, switch." 

 

I couldn't help myself!

I'll pipe down now. 

[David.. Qobuz, Hi-Res Music Evangelist]

3 hours ago, vsrrr said:

 

Lol - defensive.

 

News flash, outside the uber-audiophile segment, most people will only subscribe to one music streaming service.

 

I'm quite familiar with the engineering workload required to build something like this. I understand it's a significant lift. 

 

However, thinking strategically, UX and ease of use are just as important as price, library, and even Qobuz's main differentiator - high-res. 

 

So, failing to implement something like Connect for years is nothing short of a major strategic error that limits your addressable market. I wouldn't congratulate myself for being a self-funding business if that means I'm selling a half-baked product for years. 

 

 

 I'm sorry you took my statements as defensive. I was stating facts and trying to give you a little inside information. How would anyone outside the company speculate initial operating capital, resources and the real costs? Qobuz was a very small company purchased in 2015, streaming jazz and classical into a few European countries. It has since been and is run very efficiently. We're doing great now, but honestly, we're lucky to be here through the very early years. Priorities have got to be in order to survive in the streaming business and the company has made outstanding decisions that made this possible. We launched in the US in 2018 on a shoestring budget and have since opened in 26 countries, all requiring engineering time and capital. We've helped hundreds of companies implement Qobuz into their platforms as well as expanding our own requirements. Our engineers were and are running full out to keep up with this demand and did not have entire other teams to develop another engineering intensive layer. This same team has taken on this task now. We've not ignored it for years. We had to wait until we had the resources. Make sense?

 

[Jud]

In the meantime, Audirvana Studio integrates Qobuz seamlessly, and Hqplayer does so with slightly more fiddling. Studio integrates Tidal as well if you'd like to compare. Both players provide the opportunity to have a listen before you decide to plunk down payment.

[James lee]

I request Qubuz to be faster on ios. That's all.

[etienne974]

Good day all,

 

I am new to the forum and a big fan of Qobuz (been using it for the last 4ish years).

 

Hi @David Craff any update on the progress made by the dev team for Qobuz Connect? 

 

Keep up the good work!

 

Cheers,

Etienne

[anjobape]

Hi, I'm a new Qobuz subscriber and newer to the forum.  There is something I was missing a lot and in fact I have reported it to Qobuz customer service.  But honestly I don't have much hope.  I come from Amazon Music and there every time you enter the artist you have a button that says library and in it you can see the songs that you have selected as favorites and it allows you to download them all at once.  In Qobuz I don't have that option to download them all at once unless I make playlists for each artist.  At least I don't see it.  And of course having to make playlists for each artist can mean the creation of 60 or 70 artists in my case.  Another thing I see is that many of the artists have discography in their other section and honestly I see it as not very organized.  Now it is true that its clean interface, its sound quality and the fact that I can listen to different albums and artists without being told every time what I have to listen to or select, I really like.  I prefer to listen to what I want without being bombarded with podcasts or reggaeton artists that I don't listen to normally.  Any way to sort the music library?

[George Hincapie]

Have a seperate section for the very highest quality music. Was looking for DSD files last night (or anything higher than 192KHz) and couldn't find any. I have the highest tier sub.

 

I access Qobuz via Roon.

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 minute ago, George Hincapie said:

Have a seperate section for the very highest quality music. Was looking for DSD files last night (or anything higher than 192KHz) and couldn't find any. I have the highest tier sub.

I doesn't exist on Qobuz.

[George Hincapie]

3 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

I doesn't exist on Qobuz.

 

Oh...

 

Well that answers that. Thank you.

[David Craff]

On 11/23/2022 at 1:54 AM, etienne974 said:

Good day all,

 

I am new to the forum and a big fan of Qobuz (been using it for the last 4ish years).

 

Hi @David Craff any update on the progress made by the dev team for Qobuz Connect? 

 

Keep up the good work!

 

Cheers,

Etienne

 

Hi,

 

Sorry for the late.

The dev is in progress, can't tell you more, we move forward correctly.

 

Regards

[David Craff]

On 12/3/2022 at 2:35 AM, George Hincapie said:

 

Oh...

 

Well that answers that. Thank you.

 

Wait a few months and you will have a surprise :)

[Xendor-]

Any ETA for lyrics and Qobuz "connect"? :D

 

Really miss those features from when i subscribed to Tidal... :(

[Nkam]

Hey guys first post here. 
 

me and some others have been discussing on other audio forums how Qobuz for Mac does not offer an exclusive mode. 

is that very difficult to implement ? 
 

One of the reasons I and others subscribe to Qobuz is for the audio quality 

but if Qobuz doesn’t offer exclusive mode on Mac , then it isn’t bitperfect.  Or it is going through the iOS mixer.  
 

(……and I was wondering why Qobuz sounds different than playing Qobuz through Audirvāna which does offer exclusive mode.  )

 

any idea on if this will be implemented?

 

I and others want to know whether what we are streaming is bitperfect and sounds the way it’s supposed to.  
 

Thank you in advance. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

8 hours ago, Nkam said:

Hey guys first post here. 
 

me and some others have been discussing on other audio forums how Qobuz for Mac does not offer an exclusive mode. 

is that very difficult to implement ? 
 

One of the reasons I and others subscribe to Qobuz is for the audio quality 

but if Qobuz doesn’t offer exclusive mode on Mac , then it isn’t bitperfect.  Or it is going through the iOS mixer.  
 

(……and I was wondering why Qobuz sounds different than playing Qobuz through Audirvāna which does offer exclusive mode.  )

 

any idea on if this will be implemented?

 

I and others want to know whether what we are streaming is bitperfect and sounds the way it’s supposed to.  
 

Thank you in advance. 

 

Hi @Nkam welcome to Audiophile Style. 

 

There is a popular micsonception that an app without exclusive control of the interface isn't bit perfect. This is incorrect. For the most part, exclusive access means exactly what the name says. Only the app with exclusive access can access the interface. Exclusive access has nothing to do with bit perfection, sample rate switching, or routing through the OS mixer. These are all separate from exclusive mode. 

 

I assure you that Qobuz is bit perfect in all my testing over the years.

[Nkam]

On 2/2/2023 at 7:07 AM, The Computer Audiophile said:

 

Hi @Nkam welcome to Audiophile Style. 

 

There is a popular micsonception that an app without exclusive control of the interface isn't bit perfect. This is incorrect. For the most part, exclusive access means exactly what the name says. Only the app with exclusive access can access the interface. Exclusive access has nothing to do with bit perfection, sample rate switching, or routing through the OS mixer. These are all separate from exclusive mode. 

 

I assure you that Qobuz is bit perfect in all my testing over the years.

 

i would like to have Qobuz have an exclusive mode as that is what Audirvāna has, Roon , and ugh Tidal.   
i don’t want to go back to Tidal. 
 

those others have it for a reason. 
 

and I haven’t heard a response from Qobuz so far. 
that’s not the best 

I mean come on.  
we are here because we love Qobuz.  
 

we wouldn’t be asking for something if we didn’t like it 

 

cheers 

[Jud]

7 hours ago, Nkam said:

 

i would like to have Qobuz have an exclusive mode as that is what Audirvāna has, Roon , and ugh Tidal.   
i don’t want to go back to Tidal. 
 

those others have it for a reason. 
 

and I haven’t heard a response from Qobuz so far. 
that’s not the best 

I mean come on.  
we are here because we love Qobuz.  
 

we wouldn’t be asking for something if we didn’t like it 

 

cheers 

My impression is that exclusive mode is for the purpose of not having you hear other sounds from your computer during listening (for example, if you have an audio signal for incoming mail). If such sounds are not interrupting your listening, or if you want to hear such alerts, then no problem. So I don’t think it’s a matter of sound quality during normal listening.

[Maelm]

On 10/14/2022 at 8:00 AM, Maelm said:

You’re right. Qobuz has lost clients (myself for example) due to the incapacity of providing a Connect feature. 

 

However : 1/ there are also a lot of other improvements to increase the experience that Qobuz has been addressing  2/ you’re getting pushed back because you said things in a manner than even me, who agree with you, want to slap you in the face.

Hi everyone,

Today is a wonderful day. I’ve noticed Qobuz connect is finally here. As promised, I’ve deleted Tidal and you have a new subscriber Qobuz.

@David Craffthank you!

[Maelm]

59 minutes ago, Maelm said:

Hi everyone,

Today is a wonderful day. I’ve noticed Qobuz connect is finally here. As promised, I’ve deleted Tidal and you have a new subscriber Qobuz.

@David Craffthank you!

Ok I went to fast on the excitement. It’s not a full « Connect » capability as it’s only pushing audio through Airplay but still. 
Can you please confirm @David Craff that the Connect feature that is currently on progress will bypass Airplay and be directly connected to the streamer? This is critical to play hi res music without leaving Qobuz interface. 
 

much thx 

[Nkam]

12 hours ago, Jud said:

My impression is that exclusive mode is for the purpose of not having you hear other sounds from your computer during listening (for example, if you have an audio signal for incoming mail). If such sounds are not interrupting your listening, or if you want to hear such alerts, then no problem. So I don’t think it’s a matter of sound quality during normal listening.

 

also if the Qobuz player is allowing for other things to be played at the same time, it means it’s going through the Mac mixer.   The Mac mixer may or not allow but perfect playback.   That is a fact ( that it’s going through the mixer) 

 

so I don’t know why the folks at Qobuz don’t add integer mode and exclusive mode.  
 

 

[Mitch]

Would it be possible to add the ‘search by genre’ option to My Favourites.  I have quite a lot in my favourites and can see no way of browsing them other than going through everything.  Can I order them alphabetically.  If the option to save into folders of favourites that would be good too.  Thanks

[mbarbieri77]

For classical music I wish Qobuz looked similar to the prestomusic website. Easy to navigate and find exactly what you are looking for, e.g. best recommended álbuns of string quartets  playing Schubert. Recommendations combine  reviews and awards from multiple specialised magazines and sources. It’s THE place to search for the best classical music albums. Qobuz could add those awards and recommendations to the metadata of their classical albums. 
I wish Qobuz player on iPhone could stream Hi-Res over UPnP like Mconnect. 
Start a radio station from a song would be a  really nice feature, too. 
Be able to Shazam songs or integrate with it. 
See the wave form of playing song in the progress bar. 
With the above I would rest my case. But, Apple has been moving fast. They may get there first. Their main problem remains audio quality when streaming wirelessly. 
 

[MarcelNL]

they should just add a search string for the most expensive records of a work listed on discogs ;-) those usually are the very best (and it's even quite true, as crazy as it sounds)