Qobuz Announces Integration with Control4 Home Automation and Smart Home Control System
We’re excited to announce that Qobuz is now available on Control4 Home Automation Systems, making Hi-Res audio capabilities available for the first time to hundreds of thousands of smart homes across the US.
Qobuz has partnered with Control4 to bring certified, 24-bit/192kHz Hi-Res music streaming to high-end home automation for the first time ever.
The partnership will allow all Control4 users (OS 2.10.2 or higher) to easily upgrade to Hi-Res sound, and, alongside Control4's acquisition of high-end speaker company Triad, furthers the company's commitment to bringing users the highest quality experience and the ability to tap into their system's fullest potentials.
Qobuz Chief Hi-Res Evangelist David Solomon said of the partnership: "We’re thrilled that Control4 is the first automation company putting an emphasis on full Hi-Res music streaming and we at Qobuz are thrilled to provide the largest HiRes library in the world. Together, we now can offer the ultimate music experience in any room on any Control4 system. Be on the lookout for a HiRes Control4 playlist on Qobuz that will show you just how good audio can sound.”
David Acton, Director of Product Management at Control4 said "We support high resolution audio from 'the source to the speaker' with our line of high quality streamers, switchers and amplifiers. Qobuz enables us to fully realize the capabilities of our high-res electronics."
Qobuz will stream on Control4's EA series (entertainment and automation) controllers and Triad One streaming Amplifier, and, on OS3, users will also be able to see the quality of the tracks they are listening to. Details on Qobuz below.
Qobuz on Control4
The available quality of an album will be indicated by the Hi-Res logo within the Control4 app
By tapping "Track Details" you can find more detailed information about the quality of streaming
The Control4 app also includes detailed metadata from Qobuz
About Control4
Control4, a leading provider of personalized automation and control solutions, allows you to control virtually any device in a home or business, automatically. Founded in 2003, the company mission is to deliver an elegant and more affordable way to control and automate lighting, music, video, security, and energy in a single room or throughout the entire home. Today, Control4® certified custom integrators work with home and business owners to deliver the transformative benefits of the smart and connected home: convenience, peace of mind and an efficient environment that’s comfortable and safe.
At Control4, we believe life’s better when everything works together. Control4 solutions interoperate with over 12,000 third-party consumer electronics devices—and that number is rapidly growing. By partnering with the biggest brands in consumer electronics, appliances, energy, lighting and home security, Control4 leads the industry in interoperability, ensuring an ever-expanding eco-system of devices will work together in the home or business.
Leveraging a distribution channel that includes over 5,700 custom integrators, retailers, and distributors in 100 countries authorized to sell the full-line of Control4 products, we're delivering intelligent solutions for consumers, major consumer electronics companies, hotels, and businesses around the world. The company is based in Salt Lake City, with offices in York, England; Shanghai, China; Bangalore, India; Belgrade, Serbia; Melbourne, Australia; Huntington Beach and San Jose, California. Control4 is publicly held and traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the stock symbol CTRL.
About Qobuz
Founded in 2007, Qobuz is a Paris-based commercial online music streaming and downloading service that addresses the needs of curious and discerning music lovers across the globe. Live in eleven European markets and now available in the US as of early 2019, Qobuz offers an exceptional range of music genres as well as exclusive editorial content independently curated by a team of experts. Qobuz offers subscription to streaming plans with genuine CD quality audio of more than 40-million tracks and over 2 million Hi-Res tracks up to 24-bit/192k resolution from all genres. For more information or to start your free trial: www.qobuz.com
