Amazon Remastering Music With Universal and Warner Music

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FYI - here's a link to access the original article without having to mess around

 

https://archive.is/sc75Z

 

They could have all that remastering in the world but unfortunately getting proper access to their offerings might seem to be a futile attempt of some sort

 

https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360037587193-Amazon-music-support-roadmap

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Thanks for your feedback. We have had discussions with Amazon about the limited experience in their service due to their Application Programming Interface (API) they provide to us and other third party services.

 

https://community.roonlabs.com/t/integration-of-amazon-music-high-resolution/68649/833

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Given that Amazon can’t/won’t do bit perfect, at least on Windows, I would venture to suggest that anything Roon did would be a meaningful improvement on that OS.

 

For Android devices, we definitely need either DTA (Direct Transport Audio) or AGLO "Android Global Lossless Output" or else it ain't gonna bypass the "automagic" audio sampling. Both features could only be found on selected few portable DAPs from China.

 

Not sure if their Amazon Music HD apps were allowed to access any USB DACs / DDCs connected to Windows PCs through this "Your Phone Companion" thingy, while bit-perfect audio could be delivered accordingly?

 

Your Phone Companion - Link to Windows

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.appmanager&hl=en

 

Supported devices for Your Phone app experiences

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4551890/supported-devices-for-your-phone-experiences

 

How to use Microsoft Your Phone Companion on your Galaxy smartphone

https://insights.samsung.com/2020/08/14/how-to-use-microsoft-your-phone-companion-on-your-galaxy-smartphone/

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Note that when placing calls from the Your Phone app on your PC, the call is really being made by your phone, but the audio will come through your PC.

 

And then we're pretty much left with this Lightning to USB 3 Camera Adapter for iOS devices, far from audiophile quality

 

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK0W2AM/A/lightning-to-usb-3-camera-adapter

 

Marantz and Sonos should be doing their own things but none of us would like to see anything like this

 

https://en.community.sonos.com/music-services-and-sources-228994/will-any-sonos-product-support-ultrahd-from-amazon-6830209

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Nope. Sonos supports up to 16/48.

 

Gosh, what a joke and a half.

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I just tried this and it still doesn’t work correctly. I have a DAC with a sample rate indicator, and it sends to your audio device at what you set it at. For example I was playing a 48khz song, but the indicator on my DAC shows 384khz input.

 

Maybe it might not be THAT easy then? Does it mean that the only way to confirm the TRUE sampling rate is something that's actually shown on the DAC itself?

 

 

As always their staff simply brushed a customer off just like this

 

https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D54P00007SWdU3/amazon-music-hd-important-exclusive-mode-issue

 

Older discussions below

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmazonMusic/comments/fi3j0r/new_exclusive_mode_on_amazon_music_hd/

https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D54P00006zSwiASAS/hd-and-ultra-hd-lack-of-exclusive-control-of-the-dac

 

Finally I don't really think this is getting anywhere close to a genuine solution for Mac either

 

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-bytes/amazon-music-hd-with-ios-macos-windows-10-bluos-and-a-sonos-port-r848/

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The b bottom line with Amazon Music HD on macOS is that it's bit perfect, as long as the user sets the correct sample rate for the music. If one just streams 16/44.1, it won't be an issue. But, for those of us into true high resolution, this is a big pain and it's what spurred  the development of iTunes add-ons like Amarra, Pure Music, and Bit Perfect way back in the day. I have no desire to go back to the manual sample rate switching days.