Qobuz review plus#

Qobuz provides two main subscription plans – a HiRes (96kHz/24bit FLAC or higher) streaming service and a combined HiRes and CD streaming plus download service. They is also a Duo option for its Sublime subscription plan – see below for details. Qobuz introduced a couples subscription plan in January 2022 branded Duo which gives the second user an individual Studio account for an additional £4.16 per month. In October 2021, its parent company Xandrie purchased e-onkyo music from Onkyo Corporation giving it a foothold in Japan. From September 2021, Qobuz reviewed and lowered its price plans making its Studio Sublime streaming and download plan an interesting option for those who still value permanent downloads. In 2021 their Sonos integration was upgraded to HiRes and they started to expand their availability adding an additional six countries in the Nordic countries and Australasia in April. In June 2020 the company rolled out a Family Plan option to its Studio Premier service allowing 6 individual accounts to access the service but still does not offer either a student or couples plan. Qobuz has extensive desktop and mobile support and has an impressive range of integrations to hi-fi equipment being the first to provide CD quality streaming for the SONOS range of multi-room audio systems and more recently for GoogleCast-enabled products. In early 2020 Qobuz announced that it would be dropping its support for MP3 streaming. Its other product is a premium offering called Sublime+ which in addition to HiRes streaming offers substantial discounts on its download catalogue. The main streaming plan is Studio Premier which offers HiRes lossless FLAC streaming in up to 24bit 192kHz quality. It was the first online music service to adopt 24bit HiRes in its catalogue and in the summer of 2015, it launched HiRes Streaming with its Qobuz Sublime+ subscription.ĭuring the past few years Qobuz has positioned itself as a top end HiRes streaming and download service and has gradually transitioned from 4 subscription plans to two. In 2009 it offered the first CD quality download catalogue and in 2011 the first CD quality streaming service.

Qobuz review series#

Qobuz was launched in 2008 and has achieved a series of notable firsts.