HighResAudio.Com Launches HiRez LOSSLESS Streaming

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• Aimed at the conscious listener, music lover and HiFi Enthusiast
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• Listen to music cost-effectively with the HRA Streaming music-flat rate
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• 7-day free trial subscription
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• Offer: HRA-Streaming 12 months subscription for only 179,99 GBP
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• Option: HRA-Streaming + Downloads* 12 months subscription for 229,99 GBP
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• Hear every note, subtle details, nuance and impressive dynamics
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• HRA Streaming exceeds the CD quality by seven times and 29 times higher than that of MP3
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• We guarantee 100% fully tested, native and true 24bit Studio Masters
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• Access to over 30,000 handpicked and selected albums in 24-bit quality
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• ads*
• Access to over 30,000 handpicked and selected albums in 24-bit quality
• We provide curated, editorially maintained playlists
• As a HRA Streaming subscriber you can save up to 30% on HiRes Downloads*

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they are in Europe only for now..but on the bright side, no Master Quack Audio...actual 24 bit, unprocessed albums..

no special software or hardware required..the only unfolding is your pants in the morning..

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38 minutes ago, manisandher said:

 

Haha...

 

 

Mani.

they are not streaming MQA...they have 351 MQA downloads...out of 35,000. I need a basket for my unicorns..

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2 minutes ago, Rt66indierock said:

 

I always like the fully tested part. Do you think it will create any buzz in Munich this week? 

yes, i do. 

 

btw, when do MQA’s 2018 financials post?

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1 hour ago, Musicophile said:

So I just signed up for the one week trial. 

 

It's a bit confusing during setup, you have to search around a bit for the site to find the player software. Then the software isn't done by a Mac certified developer so you have to get to some minor security changes. 

 

Now it's playing (starting randomly with Sophie Pacini "In Between"), and my DAC confirms receiving 96khz. 

 

So far so good. I'll see a bit more how convenient the streaming app is, it looks fine so far. 

 

However, my big downside is that HRA streaming doesn't integrate with Audirvana yet, unlike Qobuz and Tidal, so far I still can only access my HRA purchased titles through the separate HRA file vault in A+, but nothing else of the streaming catalog. Therefore, no Iphone remote either. That's a bummer. 

 

Tomorrow I'll have some more time and will do some critical listening of the same highres album streamed from Qobuz/Audirvana plus vs. HRA with their own app, and see how much catalog is out there at HRA. 

Thanks a lot for detailing your experience. Very much appreciated. I believe Audirvana integration is forthcoming..?

 

Look forward to your reports.

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1 hour ago, Musicophile said:

I'd hope so, in a press release they stated their partnership with Audirvana is maintained. I presume Damien is quite busy with the Windows version, the bottleneck may well be on his side.

Could be.

 

Since the service has been live for literally days, I would say you can hope to expect improvements in user experience, search,

and integration sooner than later.

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12 minutes ago, GUTB said:

Okay guys. Had to use a VPN to sign up for the free trail, but the app appears to launch, login and stream fine without the VPN.

 

Initial impression seems to be very good SQ. Unscientific and possibly wrong reaction is that it's superior to Tidal. Might be because the albums seem to be curated, and generally HighResAudio deals with audiophile music.

 

Unfortunately it's buggy. It's crashed twice on me so far, it only supports Windows mixer or ASIO, and ASIO seems to sometimes fail to work between albums.

thanks for the feedback.