Help me stream High Res audio - Am I hearing High res?

[lovinthehd]

Could be. Ive gone through the menu multiple times and thought I had the settings right but its a possibility.

It honestly sounds like a different receiver and gave more depth and clarity just going to direct mode from stereo. Not all sources do this, for streaming roku it doesn't sound that great in direct, or atleast I didn't notice. Sure woke up my speakers streaming from my phone though, coming from Stereo.

Does your Denon allow you to continue using your sub in direct mode?

 

[Nick425]

HD is just cd quality (16/44.1), Ultra is the tier that brings hi-res. Personally I use Spotify....SQ is just fine and they're going "HD" soon too apparently....

Ya it seems like they have a few Ultra HD offerings but usually its only 1 or 2 albums per artist, the rest are just cd quality. The Amazon app is nice and I like using it, but not sure If I will keep it or not. I have Apple Music that I primarily use. Not sure if streaming HD is worth it vs. keeping up my collection on hard drives/discs.

 

[Nick425]

Does your Denon allow you to continue using your sub in direct mode?

Im not sure, I ended up selling my subwoofer a month ago. I got a complaint from neighbors. I will be moving and getting a bigger subwoofer soon so I will test then. I set speakers to large, sounds pretty decent without sub.

 

[Nick425]

OP, let's keep this test simple. 1. Download iTunes, Apple Music or Foobar 2000 player. 2. Go to HDtracks and download a 24/192 FLAC or ALAC file of something dynamic. 3. Download a 256k file of same material. 4. Compare and contrast files. This will give you a very, very clear understanding for the value of a streaming service which delivers hi-res vs one which delivers 256k. In my case, extensive experiments suggested I was wasting my money on hi-res and now I subscribe to Apple Music which satisfies in all manner for stereo presentations. I recently downloaded Classic Hauser from Apple Music and compared it to 24/96 FLAC, CD, and LP of same via every means I have to play the music, i.e. various DACS, and analog gear, concluding the Apple Music download was on par to the CD and LP; yet, it was so much more convenient that I prefer it over the other media. SACD is still preferred for multi-channel, since downloading multi-channel and storing it to play gaplessly is a task I do not enjoy undertaking.

Thanks, Ill give this a try this week so I can put my mind at ease. Time to listen to some music!

 

[Eppie]

Im not sure, I ended up selling my subwoofer a month ago. I got a complaint from neighbors. I will be moving and getting a bigger subwoofer soon so I will test then. I set speakers to large, sounds pretty decent without sub.

I downloaded the owners manual and you can enable the subwoofer during 2 ch Direct/Stereo. With no sub and speakers set to large I guess it's a mute point. I would make sure that the sub channel is disabled though in the speaker setup if it was enabled at one time and you removed it.