Qubuz feedback and membership Plan Suggestions

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I would say 60% was about right for myself.
But they have 1 month to go so will see.
And yes if a lot more rock is not brought in it will likely be shut off until they do improve the rock catalogue... or Tidal goes bust!

I had a chance last week, in a friend's system, to listen to Qobuz (Studio Plan) and Tidal (via Aurender)

I declined to be a beta tester and am holding off on a trial as well, though I will be signing up for Qobuz in the future. I also wasn't focused on sound performance differences, between the two services.

When I tried to pull up albums I'm familiar with (on Tidal) they were not available on Qobuz, as of last Tuesday. 

This was a small sample. The lack of availability did surprise me. 

I signed up for the Beta Qobuz Studio Plan and I have Tidal.  I'm 71, my music preferences generally span songs between 1950 and 1990.   I listen primarily to old school R&B/soul and contemporary jazz.  I also like some blues and soft rock.  I do not listen to today's "R&B" or hip hop noise, classical music, or hard rock.

Using Roon, I've been comparing "versions" of songs and albums.  I find that Qobuz has many of the same tracks and albums as Tidal, but for the "soul" music I listen to, Tidal has more.  When comparing Tidal MQA against Qobuz HiRes tracks of the same bit depth/sampling rate, Qobuz sounds a bit more "musical."

I like the Tidal playlists much more than what Qobuz currently provides.  Tidal's provided R&B/soul curated playlists (6 in total) fit my music preferences.  Qobuz has one R&B playlist with 39 tracks; it has one song by Aretha Franklin and no other artists that I recognize (or want to hear).  I realize Qobuz is still beta, so that may change. 

I've found that many (most?) Tidal MQA albums appear as Qobuz HiRes albums.  Some Qobuz HiRes offerings are 92kHz others are 192kHz, but they both use the same icon.  It would be nice if Qobuz used a different icon for 192kHz music and added filters for their different offerings.

For my taste in music, I prefer Tidal's offerings.  Tidal also offers a military discount, which makes it's price more attractive.  So for now, I'm sticking with it.

Is anyone using Audirvana Plus with Quobuz, if so how is that working out? 

For what it is worth, I've both Tidal and Qobuz UK.  Generally, I think the sound quality is better with Qobuz (tracks sound more musical). 

My musical tastes are broad - everything but Rap and Opera.  I personally feel that Tidal is a bit too Rap focused for my tastes. 

So far I'm not running out of good classical jazz or rock on Qobuz, but I think Tidal has a deeper and wider selection of music at the moment.  If I had to choose one over the other, I'd cancel Tidal simply because the sound quality and UI are better on Qobuz.