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Jon L

In Reply to: RE: Amazon Music rocks! posted by Dynamite Ham on August 30, 2024 at 10:11:06

Since Amazon Music does NOT support automatic sample rate switching to match the source song, except for a very few setup exceptions, one needs to manually change the playback sample rate to match the source song sample rate (any song, even Ultra HD).

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RE: How are you streaming - MaggiesAndCats 06:37:30 08/31/24 (3)
I thought that was mostly a problem when using Windows? When I was using my laptop to stream I looked at foobar2000. I ended up getting a streamer that works fine with Amazon Music.

Regards,

Steve
- Very few streamers "work fine" with Amazon Music - Jon L 10:17:02 09/06/24 (2)
  Pretty much one is left with Wiim stuff. Which one are you using?
  
  Even Amazon's own streaming products don't do automatic sample rate switching even though the Amazon music interface says it is. For example, on Amazon Firestick 4K, although it will say "Playing at 96kHz," when you actually verify it by connecting to an outboard digital processor, EVERYTHING is playing at 48kHz..
  - RE: Very few streamers "work fine" with Amazon Music - MaggiesAndCats 13:47:45 09/06/24 (1)
    I use a Bluesound Node, with the output going to a Schiit Bifrost 2/64 DAC. The DAC clicks when the bitrate changes. The DAC doesn't show the bitrate, but it clicks when the recording bitrate changes.
    
    Regards,
    
    Steve
    - yes Bluesound - Jon L 22:54:48 09/07/24 (0)
      Bluesound and Wiim are the two companies that offers automatic sample rate switching..
      It is my understanding Wiim has closer business relationship with Amazon and has deeper access to Amazon music API, whereas one has to use Bluesound app to access Amazon music content. I wish Amazon would share their API with a wider range of developers, but we know that's not going to happen.
      
      Edits: 09/08/24

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