Qobuz

For the ancient Kazakh string instrument, see Kobyz.

Qobuz is a French commercial music streaming and downloading service. It was founded in 2007 by Yves Riesel and has expanded to a limited range of overseas markets, including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany.[1] It offers a tiered subscription service but, unlike its competitor Spotify, does not provide free-of-charge streaming other than for a short trial period.[2] Qobuz also provides a downloading service, offering downloads in high resolution (24 bits) as well as CD-quality (16 bits).[3]

The company has a partnership with the British classical music magazine Gramophone, under which the magazine uses Qobuz to publish recommended playlists.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Beuve-Méry, Alain. "Qobuz cherche à faire entendre sa voix aux côtés des grands du streaming". Le Monde. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Cullingford, Martin. "The value of a recording is constantly changing". Gramophone (September 2014).
  3. ↑ Everard, Andrew. "High-resolution downloads for the same price as MP3s? That's more like it". Gramophone (October 2013).
  4. ↑ Jolly, James. "What a vintage!". Gramophone (December 2014).

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