Their US Marketing and Ops guy said “we are hoping to fully populate the catalog within a matter of weeks.”. It has been two weeks since he wrote that at the start of the beta. Need to check back in and see how they’re doing.
They also said they can’t say how long the beta will be. Not sure if that was “can’t”, and in “not sure” or “won’t”. So far, on my end it seems like a standard bug-squishing beta
I do think any server solution that doesn’t see your HD library on your network as well as Tidal and Qobuz is at a serious disadvantage.
So I log into the qobuz website to report a possible bug- most files I select at 96/24 play back at 44.1/16- and get a pop-up telling me my 30 day trial has expired.
Interesting… If this is something they’re offering it seems like they’re keeping quite tight lipped about it. MQA doesn’t list Qobuz as a streaming partner on their site. Maybe you stumbled on something top secret?
Interesting - my brother was on a UK account until yesterday, and the max version he got earlier in the week was 24/44.1, which is also what I see (US). I’ve also had the experience of it Saying it is 24/96, but playing back at 24/44.1. Goofy. Although, being a 10 year old album, unless ECM has remastered it, it was likely a Redbook master.
Still not sure (just started actually getting up and looking at the DSJ) what’s up with Qobuz and delivery resolutions, etc. and if it flags the DS’s correctly. Here’s a copy of a response I just posted to Bootzilla in the “Spinning Now” thread referencing a Wayne Shorter album that is now available in Redbook and MQA on Tidal:
“It’s on Qobuz as well. On the one I’m playing now, it says 24/44.1 but the DSJ is reading 24/192. This is the US beta, and I’m not sure all that is sorted as far as displayed rates vs. actual and so on. At least via Roon you feel like it knows what its outputting. Just switched to the same Qobuz album via roon and it says 24/44 on both Q and DSJ. Back to Qobuz desktop, and it stays correct.”
Qobuz response re: My question about how US Library will eventually compare with the UK:
"Hi Mark,
We expect the US catalog to be nearly identical that of the UK. Hang tight, we are still populating it but getting closer.
The sound of Roon vs our desktop app is equivalent, so long as you are using Qobuz in your Roon app and not another service. As you know, Roon is a great one-stop-shop for connecting all your libraries together. We’re glad to hear you’re using the integration!"
The bizarre thing from a Customer Service POV is that they never communicated with me/responded to questions prior to my being accepted in the US beta ; )
I just logged into Qobuz US yesterday via my Bluesound Node 2.
I don’t know about anyone else, but first and foremost, no matter what album I select, the tracks do not play in their entirety. The playback either stops at some random point within a track, or again, at some random point within the track, it just skips to the next track or skips a couple tracks.
The other thing is, no matter what album I select, they all show up as 44.1kbps on my Stellar GCD.
I know they’re only in the Beta stage and there are bugs, but at this point, I can’t even play anything to even remotely judge or enjoy it.
Sorry you’re having issues. I signed up on Friday and it has been playing flawlessly since then. Streaming via an Auralic Aries G2 with Lightning DS. Screen on my DS sr. shows hi-res when it’s playing.
