![]() ![]() Qobuz is launching a new subscription model called "Qobuz Duo", which allows two people with separate accounts to use one subscription together.Īccording to reports by the U.S. Qobuz Duo: Streaming Subscription for Two The team behind Volumio has significantly revised the popular music control software and also integrated various new features. Volumio 3: Completely Overhauled New Software Version Now, the French company (re-)introduces a one-time-purchase version, which does not include access to streaming content. With "Audirvana Studio", the player software "Audirvana" switched to being a subscription sevice last year. All changes are also included in the purchase version "Audirvana Origin". In addition, the audio analyzer is said to have been further improved. In its new version 2.0, Audirvana can also stream to Chromecast-enabled devices. Owners of the old purchasable version will receive a discount if they want to switch – they can of course also continue to use the existing version. After that, the previous version will no longer be available. Audirvana Studio will be activated on Sunday, May 16. From now on, the service will be subscription-based, coming at a German price of 7 Euros per month or 70 Euros for an annual subscription. The new version is called "Audirvana Studio", and it is no longer offered as a one-time purchase. Finally, the Windows version offers a new streaming driver: In addition to WASAPI and ASIO, Kernel Streaming can now also be used – a mode with a particularly direct signal path. This examines the spectrum and other properties of the music signal to determine whether it is a native HiRes recording or up-sampled material. One of the most interesting new features is the possibility to "Check Audio HD Profile". In the expert mode, the entire signal path is clearly displayed, and you discover every aspect of the volume settings in both the hardware and the software of the DAC. The MQA core decoder built into Audirvana Studio can only do the first "unfold" of the MQA file and that is to 24/96.Among other aspects, the search function has been expanded: It not only searches for names or titles in your local music collection, but also in the streaming services Qobuz, Tidal and HighResAudio, if they are activated and connected to it. Tidal would send the MQA192 file to you at 24/48. Thankfully I never succumbed to the MQA madness and spent $$$ on decoding hardware! This makes no sense at all, it certainly isn't saving any bandwidth (one of MQA's supposed benefits), I can play the same track on Qobuz at full 24/192, not use any more bandwidth and listen at a higher resolution. Here's a screenshot of what I'm writing about, for those not familiar with Audirvana the input format is on the bottom left and output is on the bottom right, I did the screenshot with the settings page displayed to demonstrate that I'm not setting anything to cause this behavior-it's all the fault of MQA and Tidal. Apparently Tidal is sending a track to my instance of Audirvana in 24/192 FLAC at which point Audirvana does whatever "unfolding" sorcery MQA dictates and outputs it to my dac at 24/96. To consolidate the two streaming services and my local library I use Audirvana, which is where I noticed this behavior. I subscribe to Tidal and Qobuz, Tidal is easier to create playlists I then transfer to Qobuz and they have some tracks I can't get on Qobuz.
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