Qobuz
While it may not be as well-known as Apple or Amazon, French music streaming service Qobuz is well worth a look, providing an experience suited to music fans and aficionados. Qobuz's audio quality begins with an amazing 320 Kbits/sec and progresses to 16-bit CD quality and 24-bit 192 kHz audio. The site also offers a massive content library with over 100 million tracks - the most of any streaming service's selection of high-resolution audio.
Qobuz, like many other services, provides a great, easy-to-use user interface, auto-generated personal playlists, and team-curated selections. Its magazine section, for example, offers write-ups of freshly released music, thorough artist retrospectives, music news, and evaluations of high-end audio equipment. There's also Qobuz Club, a social forum where users can talk about and propose music, speakers, and other products. Clever, minor things, such as the option to examine scans of LP jackets and liner notes for certain albums with a single click, further contribute to Qobuz's impression of being a premium, digital counterpart to physical music media collection.
Qobuz's Studio tier begins at £12.99 per month or £129.99 per year, with the yearly plan costing just £10.83 per month. The Sublime tier of Qobuz, which lets users acquire Hi-Res audio files at a reduced price, is set at £15 per month. Both choices are available on an individual basis as well as through duo and family sharing agreements.
Price: From £12.99/mth
Key details:
- Free Trial: 1 month;
- Audio Quality: 320Kbits/sec - Studio;
- Offline downloads: Yes;
- Shared plans: Yes
Website: https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/music/streaming/offers
