![]() I say 98% as there are some reports that a few devices can truly output higher via a USB to OTG cable and then fed into an external DAC but I have not seen a definite list and most likely your Android phone/tablet does not support it.Īnything with a Bluetooth connection - Bluetooth does not have the bandwidth to support HD/Ultra HD streams. Android devices by default are limited and resample everything to 24bit/48khz. Exclusive mode simply means that other system sounds won't be allowed to play over the music (like say a chime that you received a new email).Īndroid Devices - Or at least 98% of them. Also, "Exclusive mode" has nothing to do with this resampling or quality of the sound file. So if you set your output device in windows to say 16 bit 48khz, ALL songs playing in the Amazon desktop app will be resampled to that quality despite the fact that you are actually downloading different quality tracks (which is what the Amazon app reports). The problem is that the app (or more accurately windows) sets the output to a specific bit depth and sampling rate. The Windows Desktop app - This is often confusing to people as they see the HD/Ultra HD icon next to the song, and the app will also tell you that it's playing these songs. So the real question is, "how do I play lossless HD/Ultra HD content?" To answer this, it is easier to go through what DOES NOT play HD/Ultra HD first. Ultra HD is anything above HD, and up to lossless 24bit/192khz. HD is basically CD equivalent (lossless, 16bit, 44khz). To clarify what Amazon describes as "HD and Ultra HD" is important. This includes the source, player, DAC, speaker/headphones as well as all the connections in between. Second, all the links in your audio chain need to support HD/HD Ultra. You will only get access to lossy lower quality music with "Amazon Music Prime" and "Amazon Music Free". You will need to subscribe to "Amazon Music Unlimited." This is their pay service. Hopefully this will clear things up a little.įirst, there are 3 tiers of Amazon Music. There seems to be a lot of misconceptions about the quality of the music that you get while streaming Amazon Music. I wrote a big writeup about it but I will just repost below:Īmazon Music and how to get true lossless bitperfect HD/Ultra HD to play Quboz may be better for you if you plan to purchase a lot of the music or you use Roon as your front end. Not here to say which one is "better", but obviously Amazon is going to be much cheaper if you already have prime. Vox (opens in new tab) is a popular choice it’s free and enables FLAC playback, and you can upgrade to a Premium tier for $4.99 a month if you want unlimited Cloud storage for your songs.You need to output bitperfect to take advantage of amazon's HD/UHD audio. In addition to streaming apps like Deezer, Tidal and Qobuz, you can also install music player apps that let you play locally-stored Hi-Res Audio on your iPhone. ![]() The result will be a lot trickier to carry around than, say, a pair of wireless earbuds, but it will enable Hi-Res Audio playback on iPhones. Apple has an official USB3 adaptor (opens in new tab), but some DACs use USB-C instead, so make sure your Lightning adaptor has the right port.ģ. Connect the DAC, via USB, to the USB-to-Lightning adaptor. Check out our best headphones list for ideas.Ģ. This can be pretty much any pair, including usually-wireless headphones with a detachable 3.5mm cable, though naturally you’ll want a high-quality pair to enjoy the added detail of Hi-Res Audio. Plug your headphones into the 3.5mm jack on the DAC unit. Here’s how to setup a DAC on your iPhone:ġ. However, once everything is connected, the external DAC bypasses the iPhone’s own internal DAC and lets you enjoy Hi-Res Audio at the quality it was always meant for. This, too, is an imperfect solution as even highly portable DACs like the AudioQuest DragonFly Red (opens in new tab) or Cyrus soundKey (opens in new tab) will require a USB-to-Lightning adaptor to connect to the iPhone - so you’ll end up with two separate devices dangling from your phone in addition to a pair of wired headphones. It’s much safer, if more fiddly, to use a DAC (Digital to Analog Converter). One way of doing this is to simply buy a pair of headphones with a Lightning connector, though many of these limit the sample rate too, and usually aren’t forthcoming about doing so. The first step in knowing how to play Hi-Res music on iPhone, then, is getting your headphones connected in such a way that you can play Hi-Res music at its full bit rate and sample frequency.
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