Dear @Paul, I read at the Wiim forum that Qobuz demonstrated Qobuz Connect on their stand during the Munich show. Development was (almost) ready on their side and it was up to the manufacturers to implement it.
Is Qobuz Connect coming to the Airlens and if so, is there an expected date?
This would be the single best reason for me to buy an Airlens!
Kind regards, Remko
Iāve wondered the same thing, since the specs appear to suggest that at the moment, Qobuz can only be accessed through a Roon subscription.
A great little tool is BubbleUPnP on android. Itāll let you play your Qobuz playlists to the airlens from your smart phone(up to 24/192!). And here is a qobuz help link that tells you how to do the same on apple devices.
BubbleUPnP is what I use to play to Qobuz through BridgeII on DSDAC mk1, and assume it would work the same with AirLens (think Iāve seen others in these forums state it does work for Qobuz with AL). I canāt remember why I got the paid app instead of the free one, but it was less than $10 one-time fee & Iāve been very happy with it.
I use Linn Kazoo to access Qobuz, and M connect also works. There are probably also other UPnP control points that will work.
Thx, Iām aware of all those possibilities but those are specifically not what Iām looking for. I want to use the Qobuz app on my iPhone (or iPad, MacBook) to commandeer Qobuz Connect on the Airlens. Just like Spotify or Tidal Connect. Qobuz is apparently ready with Qobuz Connect so now itās time for the manufacturers to implement it.
Remko
Hey Craig, I might be misunderstanding you. Are you wondering if there are apps other than Roon that can access Qobuz? If I am offbase let me know.
If not, Qobuz can be used directly from the dCS Mosaic app as well as other services. Audirvana, foobar2000, and PlayFi are some examples that do this as well. I believe thereās a good many. Some are better than others. The dCS integration isnāt great, but it is serviceable and sounds great.
Thatās entirely reasonable in this era of digital streaming.
From my understanding of the feature set as published on the PSA product page, the AirLens can only stream Qobuz if itās accessed via Roon. Meaning in the absence of Roon, Qobuzās own controller app wouldnāt work with the AL. If thatās not correct, then Iāve misunderstood things (not unusual for me when it comes to digital anything). I access Q now through my Aurender N100H and their āConductorā app. If I were to replace that device with an AirLens, Iām assuming Iād no longer get Qobuz (I realize Iād also lose server/storage functionality, but thatās a different matter).
This is an annoyingly misleading statement on PSAās part. There are a number of other ways to stream Qobuz, notably the mConnect app designed to work with the Converse Digital module that PSA licensed for the AirLens.
Since the AL supports DLNA 1.5 & UPnP, you can use an app like Audirvana which supports Qobuz within the app.
As a common user of TIDAL Connect, I think a native Qobuz Connect will be very welcome.
I continue to relish the sound quality of the AirLens via coax. My listening sessions have gone from assessing the AirLens to enjoying the music.
At one point in time, Qobuz was working with PSA on incorporating Qobuz Connect with AirLens. Where are we at today, @Paul ?
Iām aware of the other solutions to stream Qobuz and currently use mconnectControlHD.
Since Paul hasnāt responded yet Iāll give it a shot. As I understand it, there is nothing that needs to be done to the AirLens to use Qobuz Connect (which as far as I know itās still off in the future). Where the incorporation will be is in the controller app, the primary one being mconnect mcontrol which you mentioned above already use. Convers Digital owns that app and makes the module in the AirLens. I would suspect as soon as Qobuz Connect is available the mcontrol app will be updated. Iām assuming when Qobuz Connect is implemented you will click on Qobuz in the mcontrol app and it will transfer you to the Qobuz app. Thatās how Spotify and Tidal worked for me when I was using them. I sure hope Qobuz follows through on this since I find using Qobuz in the mcontrol app is clunky.
It is true that you can use the mconnectControlHD app, to open the Spotify app, to connect to the AirLens.
You can also use the Spotify app (via Spotify Connect) to directly connect to the AirLens without using mconnectControlHD. I was hoping for this same direct connection with Qobuz Connect.
Iāve kind of given up on Qobuz connect. The powers that be have been talking like itās just around the corner for a long long time. Just doesnāt seem to be on their priority list.
Other audio forums āsuggestā that 2024 will be the launch year for Qobuz Connect, and that it will be a gradual rollout.
As @Paul mentioned in another topic a couple of weeks ago. Qobuz released an Qobuz Connect SDK (?) for manufacturers to implement. So I guess that PS Audio is working on it for the Airlens. 
Good point, @remkohuijgen. I saw that post in November and was hoping for an update.
For those interested, hereās what Paul said in the āPS Audio AirLensā thread in āNetwork Audioā ā¦
I have no idea what an SDK is. Sorry if this is considered redundant ā¦
