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I tried it with Tidal and its built-in interface to Tidal music was atrocious. It works great with Spotify, but its MusicCast software/app is the pits for any other service. I have a Yamaha WXA-50 streaming music server amplifier. And what I really want, is hardware that I can remotely control. However, to play the 24bit 192kHz files will require having a DAC that’s Amazon Music HD aware. Still, I want to try the snake oil for myself. I know I could add a Dragonfly Cobalt DAC to my iPhone to get up to 24-bit 96kHz files, but what about those elusive 24-bit 192kHz files? Am I chasing a non-existant Holy Grail? I keep reading articles like this one that argues selling high-resolution music is a complete con. Could I really hear a difference? I don’t know, because I don’t have the equipment to play them. Amazon offers the super-high-resolution files that I’m anxious to try (24bit 96 or 192 kHz files). It’s my last wish that is so frustrating. So my collection is with their 50 million songs. I have 1,900 CDs uploaded to Amazon Music. Of course, I’m not sure I can tell the difference between 16bit 44.1kHz and 24-bit 48kHz music.Īmazon Music has always let me upload my files to their system, so I can put songs on my playlists that Amazon doesn’t offer. Actually, I’ve yet to find a 192kHz file. So Amazon HD music lets me check off one of my streaming music wishes.Īnother great aspect of Amazon Music HD is it always tells you about the quality of the streaming file. My iPhone and computer can play 24-bit 48 kHz songs, which is the low end of Ultra HD. My iPhone, Denon, and Yamaha systems can all handle the HD setting of CD-quality of 16-bit 44.1kHz.

To play Amazon Music HD or Ultra-HD tracks requires having the right equipment. I’m not sure I’m capable of hearing it, but so many audiophiles claim the difference is night and day and I’d hate to miss out. And for years I’ve been chasing the idea of high-resolution music. This also means I can forget about physical media (if streaming always offered what I want to hear). Audiophiles need to stop sneering at streaming music. With Amazon Music HD it’s now possible to stream music in CD quality. Streaming music has always been more convenient than listening to CDs or LPs, but audiophiles have bitterly complained that its sound quality was a compromise. Have playlists that work across all music services.