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Can Qoboz Connect sound better than Qobuz viz Aurender Conductor?

Experience that does not make sense. In my system, streaming directly via Qoboz Connect produces better sound than streaming via Qoboz through Aurender Conductor app. Sound is more intense and liquid and soundstage is larger. (I dislike this lingo but in brief sound is more analog.) Does Quboz Connect somehow organize stream in a better way than other pathway? You would think Aurender would optimize its app for its streamers. Mine is an Aurender N150 that feeds a Berkeley Audio Design (BAD) Alpha USB 2, which in turn feeds a BAD Alpha Reference DAC 2. USB and AES/EBU cables are Audioquest Diamond. See my profile for description of entire system.

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danmar123
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@bugredmachine I too have the IFi pro connected from my router, with pos. results. I just introduced their ’’Power X’’ for my router power supply & it made a significant improvement. Worth a try everyone.

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curiousjim
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 I Waited a week before posting this because I didn’t want to take over this thread while it was active.  
I use both Conductor and Qobuz Connect because I have a few thousand albums on a NAS, and I have wondered about sound differences.  Those who prefer the sound of Qobuz Connect, can you tell me why?  What differences are you hearing?

Thanks all.

mahler123
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I have just implemented QC on my 2 Cambridge Audio streamers after software updates by CA made this possible.  It definitely sounds different-to my ears better- than the same stream being accessed via the CA Stream Magic app.  More presence, space between instruments, hall ambience 

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