+1 for an integration! 
+1 for Amazon Music HD.
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+1 for integration
+1 for integration
If Roon can work a deal with Amazon they would completely solidify their business model, integrating a music service with your music library which they do so superbly. No one does it better than Roon.
Alternatively ,if Amazon knocks Tidal and Qobuz out of business , it could be very bad for Roon. This could be a real possibility and would leave me searching for Amazon compatible streamers like Bluesound, etc.
I do feel Apple and Spotify are also now much more likely to get into the Hi Res business now.Both of these companies are highly unlikely to allow Roon integration with their music services.
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By the way, Amazon Hi res sounds better to me then Tidal MQA files.
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I’m happy with Roon/Tidal. I’m Linux only and have five zones set up with Raspberry Pi and laptops. Roon does this really well.
I’m sticking with what I’ve got. If Tidal and Qobuz go under, I’ll go back to JRiver and Spotify connect as I’m still on yearly Roon membership. I’d rather take the hit on streaming sound quality than lose the flexibility, so that rules out Amazon unless they agree an integration deal with Roon. I’m not confident that any deal will be made though.
But it’s +1 for integration from me.
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If Roon integrates with Sonos, and Sonos works with Amazon music, is that not a pathway to have Amazon on Roon?
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+1 for integration with Amazon. I have both Tidal and Qobuz. Half of my albums do not exist in Qobuz, I wish they were. I barely find anything that is in Qobuz and does not exist in Tidal. Amazon Music beats both by a long shot. They even offer some albums in HD that were only available on cassette.
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+1 for integration with Amazon
No, as it can’t feed back into Roon. It’s a one way street. It plays on the Sonos endpoint only and will be controlled by the Sonos app only.
As a Roon/Qobuz user, +1 for Amazon/Roon integration.
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Thanks Crystal Gipsy.
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Integration of Amazon HD music would alleviate any and all concern about Roon not having a streaming service as part of their software in the future. Amazon is not going away.
A big ++++1 for integration
So now Amazon is offering CD and HD streams is roon considering adding them alongside Tidal and Qobuz?
James
You have a 3 month free trial available so we should have an answer by then.
Count me in for Amazon HD integration!
+1 for amazon integration
Well, I guess we’re all hoping this will happen.
However, I’m not holding my breath.
There are two pathways, I’d think. The best for Roonies would be to have integration the same way Tidal and Qobuz are integrated. That is, Amazon would have to expose a service API to Roon so that Roon could integrate Amazon Music into its app.
Has Amazon done this for anyone else? I haven’t heard about it, if so.
The situation with Amazon is different than it was for Tidal or Qobuz. They needed users, and could see synergies with Roon’s affiliation with high-end audio companies. Amazon has oodles of users built right in, plenty of other revenue streams, and I can’t see why they would want to support Roon specially with a service API.
Another path would be to integrate RAAT support into Amazon Music, so that it could play directly to RAAT-capable endpoints. I don’t see why Roon would support this, as it would hijack their endpoints for the use of the Amazon Music app. Do you even need a Roon license to stream to a RAAT endpoint?
I think the best we could hope for is that RopieeeXL might grow the ability to support Amazon Music at some point, just as it has integrated Spotify. Or that Amazon decides at some point to support Chromecast endpoints with HD.
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