The Computer Audiophile Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 View full article Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
Popular Post firedog Posted December 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2021 Another nail in the coffin of Tidal/MQA.... The Computer Audiophile, Mark Dirac and Huite 3 Main listening (small home office): Main setup: Surge protectors +>Isol-8 Mini sub Axis Power Strip/Protection>QuietPC Low Noise Server>Roon (Audiolense DRC)>Stack Audio Link II>Kii Control>Kii Three BXT (on their own electric circuit) >GIK Room Treatments. Secondary Path: Server with Audiolense RC>RPi4 or analog>Cayin iDAC6 MKII (tube mode) (XLR)>Kii Three BXT Bedroom: SBTouch to Cambridge Soundworks Desktop Setup. Living Room/Kitchen: Ropieee (RPi3b+ with touchscreen) + Schiit Modi3E to a pair of Morel Hogtalare. All absolute statements about audio are false Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 https://support.auralic.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000177053-Use-with-Other-Software Quote The ARIES G2 is compatible with other OpenHome-based control software (although not with UPnP-based software such as JRiver Media Center.) Some functionality may be limited when using 3rd party control software. https://hifiplus.com/articles/auralic-launches-amazon-music-unlimited-on-all-products/ Quote Owners of AURALiC products may now control and play Amazon Music from within Lightning DS, a feature-rich and intuitive control app designed in-house by the AURALiC engineering team. OMG, that could very well be a *HUGE* deal if they weren't doing anything to prevent any 3rd-party hardware / software from receiving those Amazon Music (Ultra) HD streams that came from their Lightning DS app. OpenHome ain't really a proprietary standard at all, we simply need to get both UPnP Media Server and BubbleUPnP Server to installed somewhere on the network. For instance, I don't have any products from Linn to begin with but BubbleDS for Linn DS / OpenHome would still work with streaming Qobuz to just about any renderers that are OpenHome compliant https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleds2 Quote - TIDAL/Qobuz handling improvements NVM, that door was already closed back in 2015 https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/20664-auralic-lightning-ds-app-software-impressions-and-information/page/52/#comment-443403 Quote All: I have been using the lightning ds app as my tv's music control point from my ipad. since updating to 2.0, the app no longer support non-auralic renderer. Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 53 minutes ago, seeteeyou said: OMG, that could very well be a *HUGE* deal if they weren't doing anything to prevent any 3rd-party hardware / software from receiving those Amazon Music (Ultra) HD streams that came from their Lightning DS app. OpenHome ain't really a proprietary standard at all, we simply need to get both UPnP Media Server and BubbleUPnP Server to installed somewhere on the network. For instance, I don't have any products from Linn to begin with but BubbleDS for Linn DS / OpenHome would still work with streaming Qobuz to just about any renderers that are OpenHome compliant I didn't even think about this! Testing now. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 Can't get Lightning DS to see anything other than an AURALiC device. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 My eyes literally lit right up once I saw that's actually implemented via their iOS app, then I really had to DAFS on Google and then realized that didn't work for any 3rd party devices since version 2.0 of Lightning DS. Why Amazon Music is not fully supported ? https://support.soundiiz.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009509314-Why-Amazon-Music-is-not-fully-supported- Quote Currently, Amazon Music not providing any public API to access to an user Amazon Music account data. While there's no public API and we didn't found a secure workaround to access to Amazon Music user datas, we are not able to move datas TO Amazon Music. But we are still able to transfer an Amazon Music playlist to other services by using the "share link" of a playlist. Sonos Adds Support for Ultra HD Audio, Dolby Atmos Music on Amazon Music https://restechtoday.com/sonos-adds-support-for-ultra-hd-audio-dolby-atmos-music-on-amazon-music/ In other words, I guess that maybe AURALiC could have paid Amazon in order to get access to their API or something? Pretty much like how Bluesound / Denon / Sonos etc. managed to support AM on their own devices. Though not sure about how these guys were able to get their stuff working in the first place? https://github.com/Jaffa/amazon-music https://github.com/mirkobrombin/Amusiz https://github.com/oja/amazon-music-linux Link to comment
feelingears Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 From how the software behaves and how the UI is set up, Lightning DS does seem to be tied to their hardware specifically. I actually found the connection to my Amazon account easy-peasy (surprise), and lo and behold, purchases of CDs and such over the years all now magically in Lightning DS. BUT, when I tried to play anything, the stream seemed to buffer for too long, and then largely failed. I got one song to play out of about a dozen tries, no idea why that one song played but others did not (and simply error messaged out with no useful additional help info, which unfortunately is typical for Auralic). Hopefully it will get better if such content is free. As for subscriptions, I don't think I will necessarily sign up for Amazon Unlimited as I and the rest of the world are still waiting for Spotify to not announce they're not going to do hi-res after all. Ha ha, sigh. Sum>Frankenstein: JPlay/Audirvana/iTunes, Uptone EtherRegen+LPS-1.2, Rivo Streamer+Uptone JS-2, Schiit Yggdrasil LiM+Shunyata Delta XC, Linn LP12/Hercules II/Ittok/Denon DL-103R, ModWright LS 100, Pass XA25, Tellurium Black II, Monitor Audio Silver 500 on IsoAcoustics Gaias, Shunyata Delta XC, Transparent Audio, P12 power regenerator, and positive room attributes. Link to comment
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