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Post by tim1750 on Jul 27, 2020 11:50:24 GMT
Hi everyone i'm in need of recommendation for a good quality streaming servis for my Chromecast Audio gismo.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I forgot to say that i'm now using Amazon free with prime servis steamer but it's not good quality.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 27, 2020 17:37:36 GMT
I would have thought that Spotify Premium would be plenty good enough.
To be honest, I think the Hi-Res services like Qobuz and Tidal would be overkill on a Chromecast.
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Post by tim1750 on Jul 27, 2020 17:47:34 GMT
Thanks for your input again Martin.
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Post by speedysteve on Jul 27, 2020 21:08:25 GMT
I would say it depends what equipment you are using CCA to stream into.
I tried a CCA ages ago with Spotify. Sounded so so.
I upgraded it to ethernet and linear PSU and it sounded better.
This week I was testing one I'm modding for a friend.
1st time I tried Qobuz Flac/hi-res on a CCA!
Much, much better than Spotify.
Going from standard CCA to ethernet and linear is a massive leap in SQ into my gear.
The Streamer in CCA is not world class, but it can easily play higher res stuff and show up the low res.
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Post by Chris on Jul 27, 2020 21:32:53 GMT
Tidal hifi on offer just now. That's good.
Dig into your Chromecast settings and ensure you have full dynamic range enabled too
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Post by speedysteve on Jul 28, 2020 9:01:52 GMT
Tidal hifi on offer just now. That's good. Dig into your Chromecast settings and ensure you have full dynamic range enabled too Should be auto set, once you plug the 3. 5mm optical jack in.1 |
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Post by tim1750 on Jul 28, 2020 10:27:20 GMT
I must be all set then mate.
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Post by speedysteve on Aug 17, 2020 20:20:07 GMT
I'm doing another CCA upgrade.
This time I was sent the CCA, a swank looking Optical cable and the boggo Ethernet adapter.
The crappy Switching mode PSU is now toast and I'm prepping a Linear PSU for it.
I'm trying the 3.5mm optical to Toslink cable in my system at the moment.
Def better than the cheapo I had been using.
CCA with Ethernet, linear PSU, swank Optical cable and Qobuz full fat is amazingly good!
After some longer listening tests and A/B playing I honestly can't tell the difference in sound quality between the modded CCA->optical, and RPI/Kali->I2S, into Najda!
I'm going to be using it as my main source until the cable goes back!
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Post by MartinT on Aug 17, 2020 21:11:58 GMT
Wow, that is a surprise.
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