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Qobuz sound quality intermittent issues?

Sat down for a listen few days ago for a listen. Patricia Barber “Cafe Blue”. Sounds flat, soundstage all cluttered in the center, glaring mids, muddy bass, details subdued, highs rolled. Tried several other albums, same thing. Got so frustrated signed up for Tidal trial. Played same albums on Tidal sounds like it should. Back to Qobuz and no bueno. Tested network speed, in the upper 200s. This morning rebooted all routers (eero mesh, Apple AirPort base station. Rebooted the player.  Played same material and seems to be back to normal on Qobuz
Anyone else ending up in the same boat?
What gives?

Auralic Aries G1 player, Bryston BDA-3 DAC. 

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audphile1 OP
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Sorry to hear that but it will most likely show its ugly head from time to time. I switched to Tidal and my Qobuz subscription runs out in Dec. Tidal sounds better to me and is consistent. I also switched from AURALiC to Lumin and I think that helped with stability as well. 

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ozzy62
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That’s strange. I have not experienced any issues with Qobuz. I went back and forth from Qobuz to Tidal a few times. To my ears, Qobuz was the sonic winner, though I do like the Tidal interface with Lumin better.

Oz

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audphile1 OP
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@ozzy62 

Tidal definitely sounds better in my system. Not sure when you last compared the two if it’s been few years I would recommend checking Tidal out again. 

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jl1ny
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Dumped Tidal for Qobuz and couldn’t be happier. Never an issue. 

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