Yes, I am using Qobuz Connect now. Qobuz Connect was announced to me as now officially available via an email I received on on the morning of May 15, 2025. We music streamers have been waiting for this for a couple of years. By late that evening, Lyngdorf had updated its firmware from version 3.5.0 to version 3.6.0 to allow use of Qobuz Connect with Lyngdorf models like my TDAI-3400 units. I also saw an announcement from PS Audio about its Qobuz Connect firmware update as now being available.
The new 3.6.0 firmware also corrects an issue with many airable FLAC radio stations which were not playable via airable with version 3.5.0. These now play fine via airable, as they have long been playable via Roon's Live Radio function through the Lyngdorf.
My preliminary use indicates that Qobuz Connect works very smoothly without any glitches that I've noticed. The volume control within Qobuz Connect also works smoothly, much more so than the one in Tidal Connect. The volume control within Qobuz Connect offers smooth changes in one dB increments. The Lyngdorf also automatically creates a new separate input for Qobuz Connect.
The primary need for Qobuz Connect with the Lyngdorf is for folks who don't have a Roon server and thus could not directly stream Qobuz content via the Lyngdorf without using AirPlay or some non-free third-party service like MConnect or JPlay. AirPlay is free, but limits streaming to CD Redbook resolution of 44.1/16. Many other streamers have proprietary software which has previously allowed native high-resolution streaming of both Qobuz and Tidal. Examples include the BluOS software used by several companies including BlueSound and NAD, and the Lumin App. The Lyngdorf firmware did not allow this native connection to Qobuz before the 3.6.0 release.
Qobuz Connect also may have the potential to sound a bit better than listening to Qobuz tracks via Roon. As with JPlay and MConnect, with Qobuz Connect you don't stream Qobuz music through your Roon server or AirPlay. You thus don't need Roon or a Roon Core at all to use Qobuz Connect. And you also don't need to use whatever proprietary streaming app your streamer uses--e.g., BluOS, Lumin App, etc. As Qobuz touts, with Qobuz Connect, no third party service (e.g., no JPlay, no MConnect, no AirPlay) is needed to stream music straight from Qobuz servers via the Qobuz app on your iPad or other control device.
Of course, it has always been possible to stream Qobuz directly to the Lyngdorf from the Qobuz app on a computer. You just needed a USB, other digital, or even and analog connection. This could be done, perhaps with the aid of adaptors. You could also use an iPad Pro to your Lyngdorf via USB cabling and some adapters. See my discussion at this thread. Either one of these methods can be regarded as a bit or more clunky and perhaps sonically sub-optimal. The iPad Pro connection is especially unwieldy because for a long-term connection it requires both wired USB and power connections to your iPad via adaptors. With Qobuz Connect, your iPad, iPhone, or other control device is untethered and the connection between Qobuz servers and your Lyngdorf streamer becomes direct and native.
As far as the Graphic User Interface, Qobuz Connect is, I think, better looking and more informative than the standard Qobuz interface which was already quite attractive and informative. The Qobuz Connect GUI is also, in my opinion, more attractive looking than Roon's GUI. However, I'm sure most everyone will agree that Roon's metadata and the degree of interconnectedness of that metadata is still unmatched. In addition, only Roon smoothly integrates Qobuz, Tidal, and your own local music files into one consolidated library.
Whether Qobuz Connect actually sounds any better in your system than Roon, JPlay, MConnect, or any other method of playing back Qobuz content, I will let you decide. Preliminary comparisons indicate that in my systems Qobuz Connect sounds at least as good as any other method I have of playing Qobuz music.
The new 3.6.0 firmware also corrects an issue with many airable FLAC radio stations which were not playable via airable with version 3.5.0. These now play fine via airable, as they have long been playable via Roon's Live Radio function through the Lyngdorf.
My preliminary use indicates that Qobuz Connect works very smoothly without any glitches that I've noticed. The volume control within Qobuz Connect also works smoothly, much more so than the one in Tidal Connect. The volume control within Qobuz Connect offers smooth changes in one dB increments. The Lyngdorf also automatically creates a new separate input for Qobuz Connect.
The primary need for Qobuz Connect with the Lyngdorf is for folks who don't have a Roon server and thus could not directly stream Qobuz content via the Lyngdorf without using AirPlay or some non-free third-party service like MConnect or JPlay. AirPlay is free, but limits streaming to CD Redbook resolution of 44.1/16. Many other streamers have proprietary software which has previously allowed native high-resolution streaming of both Qobuz and Tidal. Examples include the BluOS software used by several companies including BlueSound and NAD, and the Lumin App. The Lyngdorf firmware did not allow this native connection to Qobuz before the 3.6.0 release.
Qobuz Connect also may have the potential to sound a bit better than listening to Qobuz tracks via Roon. As with JPlay and MConnect, with Qobuz Connect you don't stream Qobuz music through your Roon server or AirPlay. You thus don't need Roon or a Roon Core at all to use Qobuz Connect. And you also don't need to use whatever proprietary streaming app your streamer uses--e.g., BluOS, Lumin App, etc. As Qobuz touts, with Qobuz Connect, no third party service (e.g., no JPlay, no MConnect, no AirPlay) is needed to stream music straight from Qobuz servers via the Qobuz app on your iPad or other control device.
Of course, it has always been possible to stream Qobuz directly to the Lyngdorf from the Qobuz app on a computer. You just needed a USB, other digital, or even and analog connection. This could be done, perhaps with the aid of adaptors. You could also use an iPad Pro to your Lyngdorf via USB cabling and some adapters. See my discussion at this thread. Either one of these methods can be regarded as a bit or more clunky and perhaps sonically sub-optimal. The iPad Pro connection is especially unwieldy because for a long-term connection it requires both wired USB and power connections to your iPad via adaptors. With Qobuz Connect, your iPad, iPhone, or other control device is untethered and the connection between Qobuz servers and your Lyngdorf streamer becomes direct and native.
As far as the Graphic User Interface, Qobuz Connect is, I think, better looking and more informative than the standard Qobuz interface which was already quite attractive and informative. The Qobuz Connect GUI is also, in my opinion, more attractive looking than Roon's GUI. However, I'm sure most everyone will agree that Roon's metadata and the degree of interconnectedness of that metadata is still unmatched. In addition, only Roon smoothly integrates Qobuz, Tidal, and your own local music files into one consolidated library.
Whether Qobuz Connect actually sounds any better in your system than Roon, JPlay, MConnect, or any other method of playing back Qobuz content, I will let you decide. Preliminary comparisons indicate that in my systems Qobuz Connect sounds at least as good as any other method I have of playing Qobuz music.
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