Hey Peter, what’s under that big heat sink? Inquiring minds want to know. It’s sure not an Atmega 169.![]()
We use a brand of processor that is very little known nowadays. We also use a FPGA on most models.
Hey Peter, what’s under that big heat sink? Inquiring minds want to know. It’s sure not an Atmega 169.![]()
Not sure if that is supposed good or bad.
They sure love Qobuz. They hate MQA and dismiss Tidal out of hand. They do not understand how Windows audio works and are spreading misinformation about it. They sound like owners of an independent bookstore circa 10 years ago predicting Amazon’s demise because of lack of customer service.
Not per my undrstanding using latest versions of 10 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/audio/usb-2-0-audio-driversEven then, you have to use Windows’ upsampler, which does not automatically rate switch, meaning you don’t get bit perfect unless you are playing a file that matches the rate already set. Is this correct?
Not per my undrstanding using latest versions of 10 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/audio/usb-2-0-audio-drivers
Perhaps I misunderstood your question. Are you talking about Windows upsampling? What is "auto-rate switching"? Maintaining native sample rates?Unless I missed it (quite possible), I didn't see on that page where Windows allows for auto-rate switching.
Perhaps I misunderstood your question. Are you talking about Windows upsampling? What is "auto-rate switching"? Maintaining native sample rates?
For playing music on Windows, when the software in Exclusive Mode, WASAPI / ASIO driver, and configuration are done correctly it is usually possible to bypass the OS mixer (which degrade sound quality) and have auto rate switching. I think this is what AJ is talking about.
For Amazon Music, however, according to some forum discussions people found that its Windows software currently lacks the required Exclusive Mode - which is standard on the Tidal and Qobuz desktop apps and Roon. Without this feature SQ is affected. To workaround this limitation the current forum recommendation seems to be to configure Windows to upsample everything to the highest rate a DAC accepts. I think this is the problem Anthony is saying. This is such a fundamental mandatory feature for high quality music playback I expect Amazon to add it sooner or later. After all if people are not demanding the highest quality they're better off using Spotify which is less expensive.
Worked perfect as you know music through the Lumin player sounds really good!!
Yeah a proper solution would be good as Amazon music is only going to get bigger. I’ve just cancelled my Tidal family subscription for Amazon and saved myself almost £200.
$19.95 a month US for Hi-Fi gets up there to $239I wonder how the sum of 200 is calculated.