Thank you! Now I understand…the UpBoard has a special port which allows for USB input. Thank you again.
Is the difference between the UpBoard method and running Amazon HD, Virtual Cable and HQPlayer Desktop on a Windows 10 pc that the latter setup will not have automatic sample rate adjustment?
If so, are there any plans to add that feature to HQPlayer Desktop or this that technically not possible?
One can Remote Desktop onto the desktop application to control. Yes, a little clunky, but more economical if one already have a pc for that purpose or mostly listen from a local library and only stream on occasion.
“One can Remote Desktop onto the desktop application to control. Yes, a little clunky, but more economical if one already have a pc for that purpose or mostly listen from a local library and only stream on occasion.”
Sure you can. But how do you want to feed HQPlayer with automatic sample rate switching? Remote desktop does not help you with that eiter. Seems you really need hardware to get this automatic switching…arrrgggg (Amazon Music has a switch for “exclusive” mode, trying differen virtual cables in that mode. non of those switch sample rate automatically. and still if one virtual cable would switch, you are not in HQPlayer with switching samplerates too…that would be the next challenge…so, i fear hardware…++ maybe you get Amazon to switch samplerate on Windows or Linux?
Honestly, feeding audio equipment most prob worth thousands of USD for DAC, amplifiers, speakers, headphones and using great software like HQP BUT having cheap Apple China stuff for maybe 2 USD, CCC, in the chain?? Those are fun chains imo. Not really useable for hires at all. Upsampling Apple Music 44.1/16 via a correct chain has prob. better SQ. If you want Hires go with streaming services supporting this via a reasonable way.
Actually this question about Amazon Music HD is a funny one.
Amazon’s apps are notoriously funny for not supporting any type of ‘exclusive mode’.
Even on iOS their app just outputs a fixed sample rate, no matter what the album’s sample rate is. Same with their Windows app, even though the app has an ‘exclusive mode’ option in settings, it hasn’t worked for years.
So specifically with Amazon HD, there would be no advantage with having the Up Gateway.
Spotify outputs a fixed rate, so does Deezer, Soundcloud, most podcasts (music).
Up Gateway is really useful for me with Apple Music HiRes, Tidal app and Qobuz app.
The latter two is really useful when there’s a big new album release on a Friday and it won’t show in Roon till Monday So I can just use the official Tidal and Qobuz apps directly. There’s other ways to do this obviously but since I have the Up Gateway, it’s quick n easy and no need for a 3rd party app.
But for me I bought the Up Gateway to mostly to use Apple Music Hi Res . But i also use it for Spotify, Soundcloud, Amazon, Deezer, music podcasts - all for music discovery.
You are correct! But my internal DAC of iPad mini can not do 192. I picked the version with headphone jack. So what is Amazon playing to that headphone jack?? Using services that allow to access their hires streaming it is much simpler. So for Roon: Qobuz or Tidal. Amazon or Apple for Hires is “Gefrickel” right now. In regards to running on mobile phones see my post above.
You can use Apple’s “camera connection kit” to connect any USB DAC to iPad or iPhone. These have Lightning-to-USB interface. So you get regular USB 2.0 and it works with regular USB Audio Class 2.0 compliant devices. And depending on cases, it is more clever than macOS CoreAudio on selecting matching output sample rates… (I guess it wants to avoid running rate conversions and mixers when not necessary to save power)
Thank you Jussi, I know. about this 2 USD China Camera Connection Kit. Would never put such a device into my serious chain. For fun chain it is nice. Amazon uses everytime 192 like @dabassgoesboomboom pointed out. So, Amazon and Apple are not really interesting for Hires. Apple on iPhone a tick more, but you see what issues you are running into when you want to route it to e.g. HQPlayer with automatic bitrate switching. And you have to use this 2 USD China Kit…
(Amazon Music has a switch for “exclusive” mode, trying differen virtual cables in that mode. non of those switch sample rate automatically. and still if one virtual cable would switch, you are not in HQPlayer with switching samplerates too…that would be the next challenge…so, i fear hardware…++ maybe you get Amazon to switch samplerate on Windows or Linux?
for an album, i would not mind, but for a playlist from apple music or amazon music?
So I can just use the official Tidal and Qobuz apps directly. There’s other ways to do this obviously but since I have the Up Gateway, it’s quick n easy and no need for a 3rd party app.
