Qobuz Special Offer

Any reason to have both Tidal and Qobuz? I have Tidal and do not want to mess up anything to switch to Qobuz. Having both is do able at $12.49 monthly but is there a good reason to do that.

I have both as well as Pandora and Spotify.  For what I spend on streaming per month I could buy a couple of records, so I don't see it as a big expense.  

Qobuz has more hi-res titles and you don't have to have an MQA enabled DAC to get the full high res versions as long as your DAC will do at least 24/192.  I also find Qobuz's music selection more to my taste, more focus on rock, jazz, and electronic, and less on rap, R&B, and hip-hop.  Tidal has a larger catalog and they have more variety in their playlists.  Why not check Qobuz out and see what you think?  

I’ve been using Tidal for quite a while enjoying the military discount.  I tried Qobuz but didn’t want to pay the original fee because I found Tidal had a better selection of old school R&B and the music I like.  At this lower price, I’m going to give Qobuz another try for a while then settle on one or the other.  I see no need to have both - long term.

Is this going to lower royalties paid to artists?

Nah!

Just cut Qobuz profits from 200% to 150%.

Artists used to make money by selling records and cds.  No more, the model has changed. 

Depending on the streaming service an artist will need, in most cases, to stream 100,000 songs per month just to make minimum wage. 

If you really want to support the musicians, buy the cd.