HD music

[moreira85]

i am trying to learn more about high res music. A buddy told me to download hd music to a pc from hdtracks. Then play it through a DAC via analogue to my reciever. Couple questions, do I need a DAC as I have a Yamaha rxv667 (FLAC, WAV 192 kHz / 24-bit, Apple® Lossless 96 kHz / 24-bit playback and gapless playback compatibility).

Second question, I have an Amazon Fire TV running Kodi. Is it possible to steam hi res music from my fire tv via Kodi to my receiver. If so how?

 

[lovinthehd]

What do you use now for music? Your avr's dac should be fine in any case. Don't expect cd's to all of a sudden sound bad. As usual it still the source/mixing/mastering that counts most. CD quality is excellent. Do you have any music on blu-ray?

Have no idea about Fire/Kodi.

 

[moreira85]

Believe it or not i dont have any cds or blu ray. I stream music mainly.

 

[lovinthehd]

What streaming services do you currently use?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I'd start by connecting your pc to AVR using hdmi

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

also this is great read about HD music:
https://xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html