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What price high-res streaming?

As previewed last issue, Qobuz has finally launched its music subscription and download service here in Australia. The French-born Qobuz (pronounced koh-buzz) is unique in offering both streaming and downloads at high resolution up to 24-bit/192kHz, and it claims the “richest choice of catalogue in Hi-Res quality.”

Crucially its streaming arrives in uncompressed FLAC format, sounding impeccable in the month we’ve spent enjoying the desktop app (see reviews this issue), with

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