Denon Supports Qobuz Streaming

[amper42]

After many years, Denon now offers Qobuz direct playback with AVR's.
Install the latest Denon AVR firmware update with Qobuz support. It's not straight forward so you might miss it if you go to HEOS looking for Qobuz support. However, if you simply open the Qobuz app and select the Denon AVR as the playback system you can start streaming your Qobuz playlists.

Pretty easy to do and it works without issue for me.
To make this work you need the Qobuz app as HEOS doesn't offer the ability for a connection to Qobuz.
Instead do it backwards, avoid the HEOS app and simply use the Qobuz app.

It's a step in the right direction!

 

[Oniiz86]

To make this work you need the Qobuz app as HEOS doesn't offer the ability for a connection to Qobuz.

@amper42 That is actually incorrect, what you're referring to is Qobuz Connect using the Qobuz app which has been supported for a few months now but the latest HEOS U37.02 firmware update released on the 7th of August has finally brought native HEOS support with Qobuz being integrated within the HEOS app, you simply have to add it as a music service then Qobuz can be controlled with the HEOS app.

 

[amper42]

I also found it nice that my music on RPi4/Moode was automatically recognized as a music source on the Denon AVR. Before I always used Audirvana through DLNA to play local music as inserting a USB drive into the AVR offered a clumsy interface by comparison. With a simple SamsungFit USB drive mounted on Moode all my local tunes are instantly available on the receiver. No Audirvana required and the RPi4 only uses 6W according to Kill-a-watt.

 

[amper42]

@amper42 That is actually incorrect, what you're referring to is Qobuz Connect using the Qobuz app which has been supported for a few months now but the latest HEOS U37.02 firmware update released on the 7th of August has finally brought native HEOS support with Qobuz being integrated within the HEOS app, you simply have to add it as a music service then Qobuz can be controlled with the HEOS app.

I loaded the HEOS app with my Qobuz account. It's the worst implementation I have ever used. I couldn't even get it to display my personal playlists on Qobuz. Instead, it would only display Qobuz playlists compiled by some 3rd party. What a piece of junk. Best to simply use the Qobuz app to control Denon.

Denon should just get rid of HEOS. It's not supported properly, has no documentation and it's not intuitive at all.

 

[Oniiz86]

I couldn't even get it to display my personal playlists on Qobuz. Instead, it would only display Qobuz playlists compiled by some 3rd party. What a piece of junk.

@amper42 I understand you couldn't care less about HEOS, well to be fair it is probably the most finicky & not very intuitive to use compared to other AVR/AVP manufacturers but it appears with the latest HEOS U37.1 firmware update that will be released between September 17th - October 1st has fixed this issue,

• Fixed: User-created playlists on native Qobuz app did not appear in the HEOS app.

 

[Haskil]

I loaded the HEOS app with my Qobuz account. It's the worst implementation I have ever used. I couldn't even get it to display my personal playlists on Qobuz. Instead, it would only display Qobuz playlists compiled by some 3rd party. What a piece of junk. Best to simply use the Qobuz app to control Denon.

Denon should just get rid of HEOS. It's not supported properly, has no documentation and it's not intuitive at all.

And to top it all off, it doesn't allow multichannel... even though it's included in AV integrated systems!

 

[OCA]

D&M’s recent firmware updates have been almost entirely centered on HEOS. The irony is that almost nobody actually uses HEOS — but this sort of misalignment is exactly what you expect from a private equity owned company. The board isn’t trying to serve customers; they’re trying to dress up the company for resale. To them, bolstering a proprietary streaming platform makes the business look more “future proof” and therefore more valuable on paper, even if it has little real world adoption. It’s a textbook financial play: prioritize cosmetic growth in a trendy area while neglecting the products and features that actually matter to loyal customers.

 

[Haskil]

D&M’s recent firmware updates have been almost entirely centered on HEOS. The irony is that almost nobody actually uses HEOS — but this sort of misalignment is exactly what you expect from a private equity owned company. The board isn’t trying to serve customers; they’re trying to dress up the company for resale. To them, bolstering a proprietary streaming platform makes the business look more “future proof” and therefore more valuable on paper, even if it has little real world adoption. It’s a textbook financial play: prioritize cosmetic growth in a trendy area while neglecting the products and features that actually matter to loyal customers.

To top it all off, Qobuz is so poorly implemented in Heos that I still haven't found the albums published as new releases every Friday... Only playlists... So unusable... Heos, although installed on AV integrated systems, does not allow multi-channel broadcasting... This application is a disaster

 

[JamJuice]

Is there a difference in audio quality if I use Qobuz connect app on iOS to stream on my Denon AVR or if I use the HEOS app with Qobuz on the Denon? Is it the same thing?

 

[masterhw]

in either case you should be able to see the quality in the Heos app. I would expect it to be the same.