Qobuz

Qobuz (, commonly mispronounced: ) is a French digital music store and streaming service, launched in 2007 by Alexandre Leforestier and Yves Riesel. Qobuz is now owned by Xandrie SA. Qobuz claims to offer more than 100 million tracks in CD and "Hi-Res" quality (24 bits up to 192 kHz). Purchased tracks are offered without any DRM restrictions. All music is available in MP3 at 320 kbit/s, CD-DA quality lossless (16-bit/44.1 kHz) as well as hi-resolution quality lossless (up to 24-bit/192 kHz) for certain music; downloads are offered in either WAV, AIFF, ALAC, and FLAC for hi-res quality, with lossless WMA also available for CD quality music only, and MP3, standard WMA, and AAC in 128 kbit/s or 320 kbit/s for lossy quality. Qobuz's name comes from the musical instrument kobyz/qobyz.