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Qobuz Connect vs Roon Ready SQ Comparison

Posted by AbeCollins (A) on June 6, 2025 at 14:01:04

In Reply to: Qobuz Connect excellent SQ but not as polished as Roon UI posted by AbeCollins on June 6, 2025 at 10:21:58:

Well I got it done. Wife is away so I had no interruptions and could play as quiet or as loud as I like. I sat and listened carefully to several album tracks comparing them side by side streaming Qobuz via Qobuz Connect and Qobuz via Roon Ready. I could easily switch between the Qobuz and Roon Apps on the iPad with one staged to play the same tune after the other. It was just a matter of switching between Apps and pressing Play for immediate A/B comparison. There was no need for Volume level matching as both played at the exact same loudness.

I did not hear any sonic difference between Qobuz via Qobuz Connect and Qobuz via Roon Ready playing through my Eversolo DMP-A8 streamer/DAC.

Eversolo DMP-A8 streamer/DAC touchscreen below. Notice Qobuz Connect or Roon Ready in the upper left of the screen.

Eversolo DMP-A8 streamer/DAC touchscreen display. Qobuz Connect above. Roon Ready below

There you go. No difference in sound quality from my perspective during casual listening or 'critical listening'. Same ole. YMMV.

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Recap of the setup from my previous post:

To create a level playing field I disabled Roon features like headroom management, volume leveling, sample rate conversions, EQ settings etc. In other words all audio related feature tweaks in Roon were disabled. I was playing unadulterated bit-perfect via Roon and bit-perfect vs Qobuz Connect.

The setup:

[#1]: iPad running Qobuz App as Qobuz Connect 'controller'
Eversolo DMP-A8 as Qobuz Connect capable network streamer

[#2]: iPad running Roon App as Roon 'controller'
Eversolo DMP-A8 as Roon Ready network streamer

The Eversolo is attached to my home network via hardwired Ethernet and the iPad 'controller' goes wireless over Wifi on the same home network.

Edits: 06/06/25 06/06/25

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