Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted April 9, 2021 Volunteer Share Posted April 9, 2021 9 hours ago, Tobes said: Yeah, I'm a local sign up so that confirms we're looking at different content. See Roon is working for you, so seems my issue is some form of geo blocking (for Roon that is). How did you sign up as a “local”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobes Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, sir sanders zingmore said: How did you sign up as a “local”? I created a Qubuz account on the French site a couple of years ago - but never bothered setting up DNS to buy a subscription. This allowed me to sign into the Qobuz AU site and the payment options became available around 01/04 - I bought a Studio Premier subscription with the one month free trial. I suspect anyone who has already created a Qobuz account could do the same. However, per the @hammerharry post above, a lot of the Hi-res content won't become available until the official release in a week or so. The good news is that even CD quality material sounds better to me than the Tidal equivalents (or MQA). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08Boss302 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Im in an interesting dilemma, i just checked my account and my annual subscription changes over on the 10th april (so tomorrow our time). I say its interesting as it will deduct US dollars tomorrow. Do I cancel it today so I can re subscribe next week once rolled out here OR keep it then change my location once rolled out. It seems the location is not able to be changed unless you make contact with Qobuz customer service and request it, so its not as simple as just going into your profile and making the amendment. I cant see them kicking up a fuss as its all money and subscriptions to them either way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobes Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 5 hours ago, 08Boss302 said: Do I cancel it today so I can re subscribe next week once rolled out here OR keep it then change my location once rolled out.. The other option would be to change to a monthly subscription until you see which way the wind blows. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugPowderDust Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Just change to month to month payment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08Boss302 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Tobes said: The other option would be to change to a monthly subscription until you see which way the wind blows. 26 minutes ago, BugPowderDust said: Just change to month to month payment. Thought of this, I would say it wont be an issue to switch my annual sub over. Any difference in annual fee from USD to AUD i'd just pay but I cant see there being any refunds, a quick bit of math shows the US annual sub a few bucks infront of the AU sub. Im more interested in the catalog though so for now i'll leave it as a US subscription and see what feedback on the aussie version is then switch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobes Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On a similar tack, my Tidal subscription renews on 16/04. I've synced my Favorites and playlists, as best as possible, in Qobuz using Soundiiz. Can't see myself continuing with both services and Qobuz suits my listening preferences better - even though there is presently a small amount of my favorited content missing. Not an MQA fan either and would rather support a service providing genuine open source Hi-res. Will be pulling the pin on Tidal before the renewal date - its been a good reliable service so hope Qobuz works out the same. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyc43 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Really interested in how they will market here in Australia and to which target audience. I would have thought they would at least have some offical presence here on SNA even prior to slated release. I am itching to move away from tidal and qobuz looks to be my next step. Or if Amazon HD ever comes here to aus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted April 10, 2021 Volunteer Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, noddyc43 said: Really interested in how they will market here in Australia and to which target audience. I would have thought they would at least have some offical presence here on SNA even prior to slated release. I am itching to move away from tidal and qobuz looks to be my next step. Or if Amazon HD ever comes here to aus. It really feels like they don't have a great marketing strategy or any strategy at all for that matter. I'm itching to move away from tidal too and will give qobuz a go for sure, but it does annoy me that they just don't seem to care (and it annoys me more that I will still give them a go despite this…) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray H Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, sir sanders zingmore said: It really feels like they don't have a great marketing strategy or any strategy at all for that matter. I'm itching to move away from tidal too and will give qobuz a go for sure, but it does annoy me that they just don't seem to care (and it annoys me more that I will still give them a go despite this…) Ah it all sounds so very French doesn’t it ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffen Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 26 minutes ago, Ray H said: Ah it all sounds so very French doesn’t it ? N'est-ce pas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray H Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Je ne sais quoi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray4410 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 no mention of spotify releasing a hires tier yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telecine Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 6 hours ago, Ray H said: Ah it all sounds so very French doesn’t it ? Peu importe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyc43 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 9 hours ago, sir sanders zingmore said: It really feels like they don't have a great marketing strategy or any strategy at all for that matter. I'm itching to move away from tidal too and will give qobuz a go for sure, but it does annoy me that they just don't seem to care (and it annoys me more that I will still give them a go despite this…) Yeah I wonder if they already know they may have keen interest and buy in from the "audio enthusiast" group like the SNAers from the get go and may target the wider general audience with the existence of the family plans from the start? I wonder if they will go big fanfare release next week or low-key? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted April 10, 2021 Administrator Share Posted April 10, 2021 Let's not allow this to turn this into a Qobuz-hate thread. I don't think that benefits anyone when this will likely all be forgotten in less than a week? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted April 10, 2021 Volunteer Share Posted April 10, 2021 46 minutes ago, Marc said: Let's not allow this to turn this into a Qobuz-hate thread. I don't think that benefits anyone when this will likely all be forgotten in less than a week? Agree Marc. While I was expressing frustration at marketing, I am really looking forward to getting my hands on qobuz and will very happily give them my money if it’s as good as I expect it to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugPowderDust Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Does anyone want to try a library comparison for Australia vs USA on launch? we could use Soundiiz to convert a big playlist from Spotify or similar and compare the hit rates on the USA and Australian instances of Qobuz. it might be handy to help people understand if moving away from an international instance is a good idea or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted April 10, 2021 Administrator Share Posted April 10, 2021 I'm online with an Australian account now. Happy to check for any particular titles and versions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugPowderDust Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 @Marc I was thinking of pushing a few very big playlists to qobuz in Australia and the USA using soundiiz and looking for holes that way. Do you have any large playlists in Spotify or similar? I’ve got one that’s about 24 hours long I can send you to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted April 10, 2021 Administrator Share Posted April 10, 2021 Oh now you mention it, let me try the StereoNET Spotify Playlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted April 10, 2021 Administrator Share Posted April 10, 2021 There goes that idea. "The Qobuz API is currently down. Please try again later." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugPowderDust Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Haha. I’ll pump it into my international version of qobuz too (when the api is up that is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doogie44 Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Marc said: I'm online with an Australian account now. Now that is music to my ears (not even hi-res)! I say this as the OP... One waits with bated breath--poised to subscribe. Thanks again to all interested parties who originally tried to simplify things for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JukKluk2 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 4 hours ago, doogie44 said: Thanks again to all interested parties who originally tried to simplify things for me. He says, on page 8 of the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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