Amazon High Definition Music Streaming Service

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6 hours ago, One and a half said:

BTW, the hires logo on Amazon is not the same adopted by Japan, ah must be faux hires. No doubting the audio industry, if there’s a way to confuse the public, their job will never end, very good at going in all directions.

 

2 hours ago, PAR said:

Yes, I mentioned this over on AA earlier.  Amazon does not use hi-res or high-resolution anywhere. They are calling it HD ( CD resolution) and Ultra HD ( up to 24/192). Those phrases are familiar to the majority of people as they are also used for television resolutions.  I actually think that Amazon are clarifying rather than confusing things for the great majority of ordinary people . Of course it strikes at the Hi-Res campaign with its logo etc. However , outside of audiophiles, how many people do you know who have any idea what Hi-Res is all about? Do they care?

 

2 hours ago, Patrick Cleasby said:

The Hi-Res logo is intended for hardware

 

Yes that's right, they're using the "Hi-Res Music" logo which is an American RIAA thing, but not prominently and few users will notice. (And even fewer will comment on how ugly that one is...)

 

 

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Yeah, the only suffering we're discussing here involves Amazon Music HD.

 

Ba-dum tschhh.

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On 10/22/2019 at 11:37 AM, PAP said:

 

Ok.

Just one suggestion;

Go and see if the band you like on Amazon, spotify deezer and so on is available on BandCamp, if so buy the download or the CD there.

The artists on BandCamp gets 80%.

 

NPR "All Songs Considered" podcast, 10/24/2019:
The 2010s: The Rise Of Bandcamp

42 minute listen, with music links and written summary

 

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4 hours ago, FredericV said:

I guess we need Amazon Music Unlimited for the ultra hd, and not Amazon Prime Music?

 

Amazon Music HD is a further upgrade from Amazon Music Unlimited, but it may not be available in your country. It launched in the US, UK, Japan, and Germany in September, and may not have expanded beyond those markets yet.

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2 hours ago, FredericV said:

I have family in Germany, so let's see if we can get an account via them.

 

Good luck! Oh and one of the links in your interesting signature requires a small update: digitalaudioreview.net is now darko.audio and apparently he's not paying to maintain and forward from the old domain.

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1 hour ago, 57gold said:

Signed up for free trial of HD version as a Prime member.  Been streaming on my iPhone with wireless earbuds, $35 from Amazon, big selection.

 

Tried it this weekend, my wife and daughters dig Elton John and I have only two CDs ripped, the live one from 1971 which rocks and YBR.  So I selected his first album and Tumbleweed, both idefified as Deluxe Edition and played them on my WiFi connected Mini, which is 6 feet (through a plaster board wall) from a new Netgear hub and Speedtest shows I'm getting 100mbps over WiFi. 

 

Mytek B+ displayed that it was playing a HD 24/192 file...but it sounded crappy, kind of harsh???  

 

So, do I need to drill a hole in the wall and connect the Mini to the router with an ethernet cable to get decent sound?

 

 

I answered your duplicate post here: