eastone
pfm Member
I organised a free trial on Qoboz and forgot to cancel so I have just been charged for the year's subscription. Of course, Qoboz sounds better: it's natural that CD quality or above does sound better than a 320 bit-rate, nevertheless, the interface and catalogue and features on Spotify are far superior. Now, you may not listen to reggae much but it is, largely, absent from Qoboz, unless you want to listen to endless Bob Marley. Now, for me, when a whole genre is pretty much missing, it is a product for the audiophile rather than music lover. I shall enjoy my year's subscription and hope that the catalogue changes - it is really good for jazz and classical so I will use it for those and Spotify for the rest.
Yes, I do slightly resent paying Spotify for current music and Qobuz for Jazz and Classical… but I guess it’s still cheap compared to buying physical formats.