I’ve recently added a Project S2 in to my study so I can listen to MQA music away from my music room whilst working on my PC so thought this would be an ideal opportunity to briefly compare the new Amazon HD to my Roon/Tidal set up.
I played the first 2 tracks off the new Abbey Road mix and Roon/Tidal won hands down. Amazon’s Ultra HD is supposed to be 24/96 but only played 24/48 through the Project DAC but the Roon/Tidal MQA played at 24/96 and sounded so much better.
Bowie’s Young Americans played at 24/192 via the Roon/Tidal MQA source and yet again will only play 24/48 via Amazon Ultra and sounded much thinner than the MQA version.
Of course this is just a comparison of a few tracks and Amazon may win via other systems. Will be interesting to compare other albums over the coming weeks.