Qobuz.com might be coming

Er, um, hello?  Excuse me Qobuz...yes, over here? That's right, we're that big country with fifty states full of Spotify subscribers...well over a million at last count...

Qu'est-ce que tu attends?  

Hook

Ce n'est pas possible....l'Americain qui parle le francais? C'est le Canadien je pense.

Back of the queue please Captain. Merci monsieur

André

What to expect ? CD  or higher quality music streaming. No more ripping. No more CDs.

Michel

This forum is turning to French

Les Anglais se mettent au Français, and no mistake done, bravo!

I better improve my English

My wife is from Toronto, it helps!

It's the Focal influence!

So you couldn't postpone your task any longer 

With Naim's soon to be announced 16 to 32-bit WAV file expander box (half-width) you will be glad you did.

What I don't understand about all this is why anyone would pay full price for an album to then download it online and have the concern of keeping backups when you can buy a piece of hardware in the form of a CD?

I just don't get it, especially as half the time, the hi-res variants sound worse than the CDs anyway.

Regards,
Frank.
All opinions are my own and do not reflect the opinion of any organisations I work for, except where this is stated explicitly.

Frank,

You are right about the price of downloads. However usually, once you have bought a file you can recover it from the provider if you loose it. Hence, there is a backup. However, things are different if you have access to CD quality music through streaming which is the case for Quobuz but not for Spotify, Deezer or iTunes. Then you have access to an incredible collection at CD resolution. The prize for such an access at Qobuz is comparable to buying two or three CDs a month. If you buy more than that it is advantageous. Again, there is no ripping or backup needed.

Michel

Détrompez-vous

Bien vu Adam! French Cajun music

Are the women in the video Cajun girls?

They must be - or why would there be so many shots of them?

I wonder.

Back to the well rounded OT

qobuz will start services on November 1st 2013 in Germany, United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxemburg.

rumour has it hey might start in the US of A in 2014.

Cheers 

Aleg

I live in one of these countries but have already managed to download 50+ "Qualité Studio Masters Garantie". Ask for and justify a lift of transnational restrictions and live in demat heaven.

Aah Isabelle and her "historically informed" Sonatas & Partitas, the fingering of Lugansky on Rachmaninov's sonates, the delicate swing of Zoot Sims...

What would we do without Qobuz? 

Chag -

Not just +1

but

++1!

i own a KDS however I only buy cd's. Most downloads do not offer any advantage sound quality wise. It definitely is a buyers beware market.

gregg

Frank 

Exactly...............

The real benefit of download is instant (dependent on broadband speed) gratification, ideal for the compulsive buyer perhaps.....  I have certainly been guilty of this .. And then regretted the download sometimes....

Simon

I beg to differ - in particular as for native files. High resolution vs. CD, different presentations for different aesthetics. But 24/96 WAV on a stick to NDS/555DR is hard to beat IMHO.  

Chag -

You forget Qobuz offers also a FLAC streaming service, so not this mp3-crap from Spotify and the like.

Also the Qobuz catalog offers high-res not available elsewhere. It is also an easy way to keep older editions in distribution without getting into the absurd prices for OOP cd's as seen on fleabay and amazon market place.

Than's a good point.

Choice is good. Long may we embrace it. For myself I would rather have a physical medium, which is OK for standard res if it's still in circulation (and not stupidly overpriced as per your point). For higher res, where no DVD-A exists I will happily download, tag and do multiple archives. 

Cat, ways, many. Happy times.