Has anyone asked them (Amazon)? They are awfully good at so many things - this really shouldn’t be an overwhelming problem. I just left them feedback asking if they’ve ever thought about Roon. Wonder if anyone has ever done that before? I had a chat with an Amazon customer service agent who told me to use the feedback form - someone will look at it. I also found that Roonlabs is a vendor on Amazon. The product being sold comes with a free Tidal subscription! When I said to the customer service agent that I wished that could be Amazon HD instead of Tidal, he agreed with me.
How about a Roon “skill” for echo (Alexa) products. The skill, if developed, could do two things - allow the Roon library to be played on echo devices and (more importantly) allow the Roon library (and the audio system to which it is attached) to be controlled by the echo device.
Yes - but that’s completely irrelevant. I guess what QuinnT is saying is that Amazon is not interested in giving any 3rd party the type of access to Amazon’s systems and data that would be required to allow integration of Amazan streaming services with the likes of Roon. This would partly be because of the perceived or real risk (to Amazon) of allowing 3rd party systems to have access to their systems and data, but also because Roon will almost certainly not even be on the Radar of Amazon because of the disparity in size and customer bases of the two organisations.
Most likely, the only way Roon will be able to provide integration with Amazon music is if Amazon concludes that Roon is better than their own front end offering and decides to buy them out.
Yes! As an Amazon Prime member, I have responded several times to Amazon’s frequent emails suggesting that I try out their streaming services by stating that I will not consider moving to an Amazon streaming service unless I am able to use it in conjunction with Roon. I just don’t think it’s going to happen unless Amazon decides to buy out Roon - and I wouldn’t want that to happen for a whole host of reasons.
We have two perfectly good streaming services that need our support, I don’t want to see the streaming world swallowed up by Amazon and Spotify and neither do you. You won’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
I fully agree with you: “We have two perfectly good streaming services that need our support”. I don’t see any advantages in using Amazon Music HR (and the service is not available in Canada - from the last time I checked, it’s only available in U.S., UK, Germany, and Japan). Let’s focus on things that matter: SQ, streaming improvements (if applicable - that works fine for me), usability, etc.
Unfortunately Qobuz also is only available in a limited number of countries .
I have mentioned it before in this forum, but in order to survice in the long run, a number of Streaming companies should start working together (and eventually fusion into 1 company ).
I think about Qobuz, Tidal, Deezer, and probably 1 or 2 more.
That’s the only way they can bring down costs, and have enough subscribers to support cd-quality (and higher) streaming to compete with the Amazon’s and Spotify of this world.
Dirk
I generally agree with this sentiment, however, in my specific case I walked away from Tidal because of their poor streaming technology in the Bay Area on cellular networks and poor customer service.
I am now with both Amazon and Qobuz, who has much better caching so there is no issue anywhere in the Bay Area. Also, their customer service is great!
The problem with Qobuz, however, is that their catalog is lacking and at times even what they do have that I listen to suddenly goes away.
Amazon has none of the issues above, but the problem is that there is no Roon integration.
So, I would generally support and root for the ‘little guy’. But, my motivation is to have a service that has a full catalog and good streaming tech.
Well, if the gaps are that important, it may be worth buying them as I don’t believe amazon is coming to Roon anytime soon. (No inside knowledge here)
Personally, I have access to more music than I can listen to in my lifetime and more new stuff pops up all the time, so gaps are a non issue to me as I will never be with some music I like and enjoy. I have let the completist in me go, and life is better for it.
What’s that song? love the one your with
Why do people want a service that claims to be HD (hires) yet has no way or looks like the inclination to actually deliver it to you as hires or bit perfect at the rate it’s supposed to be. It’s been out some time and yet still you can’t have it output variable bit depths and sample rates.
This is a global company with huge resources and very deep pockets, yet they can’t pull off what Roon and lots of other software with small teams can. Don’t give them you money for a half baked half arse service, they don’t care about the quality of the music in any way, this service is purely there as a tick box feature to attract more customers into the Amazon ecosystem not appease music enthusiasts or Audiophiles.
Why would they want a 3rd Party involved they want your data, much like Spotify so they can market other products to you and sell it on.
