Administrator Marc Posted January 7, 2021 Administrator Share Posted January 7, 2021 I can't answer for Singapore sorry. Only aware of what is happening in AUS and its imminent launch (which has been delayed only slightly). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkinClassAudio Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) I suspect Qobuz will be available in Australia soon. Their Aussie catalogue was poor but over the last 12mths the Aussie music catalogue has been building up and is now as good as Tidal. Edited January 8, 2021 by GroovyGuru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niktech Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I'm using one of the best VPN's available, and on trying to sign up for a trial I get the following message: "Whoops proxies and VPN's Not Allowed" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spizz Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Looking forward to the Australian launch and more so what the Australian pricing will be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerharry Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Any updates on a launch date, dragging out somewhat now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill125812 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I’ve been listening to Qobuz through Roon, using nord VPN for about 8 months now. Much prefer the sound quality over Tidal. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownMagic Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Bill125812 said: using nord VPN for about 8 months now. You only need VPN to sign up. Rest of the time you don’t need to be connected to VPN. And Just noticed you have the Primare. I was told by the primare tech that you can use the Qobuz app to stream to Primare via Chromecast at 24/192. Have you tried this? For those of us who don’t need roon, this is a blessing. Edited January 31, 2021 by BrownMagic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBurns84 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) On 31/01/2021 at 8:31 AM, Bill125812 said: I’ve been listening to Qobuz through Roon, using nord VPN for about 8 months now. Much prefer the sound quality over Tidal. @Bill125812 Interesting - me too, as i'm finding the SQ on Quboz pips over the tidal versions as well. Its there but its subtle. Edited February 1, 2021 by MrBurns84 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted February 1, 2021 Volunteer Share Posted February 1, 2021 So I tried signing up with a VPN and Qoboz gets upset because it says I'm using a VPN. Any tips/tricks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted February 1, 2021 Administrator Share Posted February 1, 2021 You can't do it. It's been tested and proven countless times in this thread, that is unless of course you have a US-issued credit card. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doogie44 Posted February 1, 2021 Author Share Posted February 1, 2021 As the OP all I can say is: Wot Marc says! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demondes Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 On 31/01/2021 at 8:03 AM, Marc said: It was hinted at January and then delayed. Nothing has changed to my knowledge. Be interesting to see when they do release qobuz here whether it will have any additional Australian Content. I found Oz rock/pop a bit light in the UK one I am signed too. Does anyone know if content between UK and US version varies or is it exactly the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrology Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 On 07/03/2020 at 9:22 PM, Hydrology said: You don’t even need to use a paid VPN service. It can be done very easily using both the Hoxx and webRTC extensions for Chrome. Both are free. Payment via CC is fine, but PayPal will be geoblocked when paying for Qobuz (it was for me) Hoxx allows you to choose your location, in this case, US. I just used a different email address to the one I signed up with last week to trial Qobuz. Once it was up and running, I deleted the extensions from the Chrome browser. This is how I did it last year with 100% success. Of course the goal posts may have changed since then. As @Marc has said numerous times, the official launch in Aus is imminent anyways 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill125812 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, Marc said: You can't do it. It's been tested and proven countless times in this thread, that is unless of course you have a US-issued credit card. I did it using nord. And I don’t have a US based CC I did use a debit card. Not a CC if that makes a difference 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill125812 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Screenshot of Qobuz running on roon through Nord VPN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugPowderDust Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 The question is “when” did you sign up Bill? Qobuz have been coming down tighter and tighter on geoblocking new users over the past year. Did you sign up before they dropped the hammer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill125812 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Mmmm. November last year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugPowderDust Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 They have been shutting down Australian PayPal and australian credit cards used to register and they been getting very effective at it of late it seems. I have yet to sign up so I might pilot a Nord VPN and see how far I get and report back. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikecrank Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 FWIW, you don't need a VPN to stream music - the VPN is only required to sign up. As indicated at https://help.qobuz.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010260660-Where-is-Qobuz-available- "Once connected to your account, you can use Qobuz anywhere in the world." I can confirm this, as I am currently making use of their trial, having created a US based account, and although I stream Qobuz via piCorePlayer mostly, I've also used their macOS app, and web player, none of which required the use of a VPN. I'll wait and see whether my account remains active in a couple of weeks when the trial ends and they are due to draw funds from my PayPal account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill125812 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, nbaker said: FWIW, you don't need a VPN to stream music - the VPN is only required to sign up. As indicated at https://help.qobuz.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010260660-Where-is-Qobuz-available- "Once connected to your account, you can use Qobuz anywhere in the world." I can confirm this, as I am currently making use of their trial, having created a US based account, and although I stream Qobuz via piCorePlayer mostly, I've also used their macOS app, and web player, none of which required the use of a VPN. I'll wait and see whether my account remains active in a couple of weeks when the trial ends and they are due to draw funds from my PayPal account. My experience is that when I have the VPN active on the roon server on my computer Qobuz works. Deactivate the VPN and Qubuz no longer works 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrology Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I only ran the VPN on signup. Haven’t run it in about 14 months and no issues with using Qobuz anywhere - even buying music. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownMagic Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Bill125812 said: Deactivate the VPN and Qubuz no longer works I signed up using VPN and a US credit card and never used VPN. It works like a charm. In fact we have a 6 person family plan so all 6 of us are using with no VPN. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niktech Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) The key here though is when you signed up. Qubuz has intensified it's crackdown on VPN use and of proxies. There are various methods for them to detect VPN's and proxies, such as Deep Packet Inspection, and monitoring server traffic assigned to suspect IP addresses. Whilst they can't see the encrypted traffic, they do know a VPN is being used. Edited February 1, 2021 by Niktech Grammar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugPowderDust Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 OK, so I managed to crack this just now after some lateral thinking. Things you will need: 1. A VPN with an exit node in the USA. I used Private Internet Access. 2. A phone number in the USA. I signed up with TextMe, picked an area code and signed up for a number for a week for $1.49 USD. (You might not need to pay, I just did to make life easier.) Steps To Success: Stage 1 get a Paypal US account): With your VPN connected to a USA exit node, to go to PayPal.com and create an account It will want a US number to send the confirmation SMS to Launch TextMe and get a number assigned to you. You will need to pick an area code. For example "615" Write this number down Enter this number in the Paypal page as requested Go into Textme app and collect the verification number Paypal sent you Enter validation number from Textme in Paypal You'll need a street address too, preferably with the same area code as your phone number so try something like this: https://www.bestrandoms.com/random-california-address (615 above is California) Well done. You now have a Paypal USA account. Attach your credit card (Australian is fine) to the new Paypal account. Stage 2: Get a Qobuz account With your VPN still connected to a US based exit node, go to Qobuz website Create an account and sign up for payment with Paypal Exit your VPN and you now have a Qobuz account that gets paid for with an Australian credit card via PayPal in the USA. I'm listening away happily to Qobuz on Roon with my VPN disconnected right now, pulling a 24/192 stream. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted February 1, 2021 Volunteer Share Posted February 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, BugPowderDust said: A VPN with an exit node in the USA. ok dumb question, when you say "exit node" in the USA does that simply mean that you tell the VPN to show your location as being in the USA (or does 'exit node" mean something else)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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