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Amazon Music High Definition and Ultra High Definition Equipment Requirements

My goal is to use my late-model iPhone to stream music from Amazon HD/Ultra-HD through some sort of DAC and then on to my stereo (old McIntosh with Bozak speakers). I see that the upper transmission rate specified by Amazon is 24 bit/192 kHz. Am I correct in assuming that a DAC such as, for example, the Schiit Modi+ , will allow me to accomplish this goal?  For reference, here is. link to specs on this DAC:

 

Schiit DAC Specs

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danager
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Amazon Music is a little more difficult to stream than some of the other services.  They don't share the API and don't support Linux like some of the others. 

An Amazon Echo Link  is one solution.  it does have cozx and toslink out to connect to your dac or RCA out to bypass it

 

Personally I use an inexpensive i5 Fanless PC and USB to my DAC.  There are lots of RemotePC aps to control the computer from your phone.  This gave me the highest resolution for not much more than a Link

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volumio

Jan 23

We finally have been authorized by Amazon to have their SDK. So, the works to integrate Amazon Music can start.

This however is quite a long work, and it won’t be released until the second half of 2023.

We will keep you posted on the progress

Bringing Amazon to Volumio is going to make it a lot easier to integrate it into your stereo system.    I suspect it will be on the pay tier like Tidal and Qobuz but  the Amazon library is huge and will allow you access to LOTS of music.

 

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