For example, the Icy Box IB-MP401 Air streamer. Audirvana now integrates the UPnP/DLNA functionality, which allows Qobuz to be streamed in Hi-Res towards any UPnP/DLNA streamer or any device equipped with a UPnP/DLNA streamer.įor smartphones and tablets running on Android, you can use the BubbleUPnP application, compatible with Qobuz Hi-Res up to 24-Bit/192 kHz, that can be used with any UPnP/DLNA streamer or any device equipped with a UPnP/DLNA streamer.
#Play qobuz for mac#
There’s also AirPlay on Apple devices, smartphones, tablets and computers, but streaming Qobuz towards devices compatible with AirPlay remains limited to CD quality (16-Bit/44.1 kHz).Ī recent solution has been offered by Audirvana, a high-end software player for Mac computers that includes Qobuz in Hi-Res. It's also worth mentioning the brand Naim, which belongs to Focal, as well as the German brand Raumfeld. Some devices from the electronics giant LG are also compatible with GoogleCast, as well as some sold by Sony.
#Play qobuz android#
There is also the Danish brand Bang & Olufsen (Hi-Res), considered as the reference for design in High Fidelity devices, whose B&O Play app for iOS and Android is compatible with GoogleCast.
The use of a simple Chromecast Audio-a very flexible and cheap (under 40 €) solution-is possible with every device, Hi-Fi or not, that possesses a 3.5mm Jack or RCA stereo line input, or even a Toslink or 3.5mm Jack optical input, with the appropriate cord. GoogleCast, which is a protocol developed by the ChromeCast Audio streamer, is integrated into Qobuz and allows it to be streamed in Hi-Res up to 24-Bit/96 kHz with all the devices compatible with GoogleCast (ChromeCast built-in), and there are several of them, and more are coming, that will allow you to enjoy the Qobuz apps natively. In this article, we give you some explanation of the protocols compatible with Qobuz, and list the articles and testing grounds relating to these protocols or devices from compatible brands, in order to guide you.ġ- It’s probably more interesting to start with the protocols compatible with Qobuz, as they offer more universality than the integration of Qobuz into a manufacturer’s application. It all started with Sonos, the pioneer of multiroom systems that opened its application to Qobuz, the pioneer of CD quality online music! It was therefore the start of the integration adventure for Qobuz, which has since continued successfully. Over the last six years, since the arrival of the first member of our team in charge of promoting Qobuz to Hi-Fi equipment and sound reproduction manufacturers, as well as software developers, our brand has mixed with other players of the digital music sphere thanks to the multiple applications of known and lesser known manufacturers, and by integrating or being integrated into some streaming protocols.