Has anyone seen any Kindle Fire audio specs? I'm planning to pick on up (mainly for web browsing purposes) and stream my entire library from Google Music. I am mostly interested in the output impedance but any information or links would be helpful.
Has anyone seen any Kindle Fire audio specs? I'm planning to pick on up (mainly for web browsing purposes) and stream my entire library from Google Music. I am mostly interested in the output impedance but any information or links would be helpful.
I have a new Fire and am quite pleased so far. It has a nice UI and the browser is quite fast.
The screen is gorgeous, with bright vivid colors.
Although it doesn't have a memory slot, I got 20gb of cloud storage with unlimited music storage for only $20/yr. You can upload your own music as well as what you buy from Amazon. SQ is excellent, but it only supports mp3 and AAC.
It is also easy to download books from my local library.
I don't know what the output impedance is. Video streaming via youtube and netflix is smooth and and free of glitches. A bargain for $199!.
What app do you use for library rentals? Overdrive?
I'm looking forward to picking one up. Google music lets you store 20k songs free and play from a web interface if Amazon doesn't get the app in their store.
I mainly listen to DD phones but will have the Merlin soon and don't want high impedance screwing with it.
I might get one soon too, was messing with one at best buy yesterday and thought it was good enough for $200. Hoping that the rumor of a black friday/cyber monday sale $99 is true.
I have a new Fire and am quite pleased so far. It has a nice UI and the browser is quite fast.
The screen is gorgeous, with bright vivid colors.
Although it doesn't have a memory slot, I got 20gb of cloud storage with unlimited music storage for only $20/yr. You can upload your own music as well as what you buy from Amazon. SQ is excellent, but it only supports mp3 and AAC.
It is also easy to download books from my local library.
I don't know what the output impedance is. Video streaming via youtube and netflix is smooth and and free of glitches. A bargain for $199!.
Got it today and the first thing I've discovered is Amazon seems to be blocking the Google Music web interface. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it b/c of this...
Got it today and the first thing I've discovered is Amazon seems to be blocking the Google Music web interface. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it b/c of this...
It's definitely the case. Whether or not it is intentional, I don't know. It could be a conflict with how google has the mobile site configured and how the amazon silk servers interact but it's definitely not accessable.
I returned mine today but I did like the UI. It was fast, responsive and simple. It also sounded good too. However I thought it was a little too heavy and thick for a 7" tablet. If Amazon fixes the access to the google music web site and releases a thinned down 8.9" next year, as rumored, I'll rebuy.
It's definitely the case. Whether or not it is intentional, I don't know. It could be a conflict with how google has the mobile site configured and how the amazon silk servers interact but it's definitely not accessable.
I returned mine today but I did like the UI. It was fast, responsive and simple. It also sounded good too. However I thought it was a little too heavy and thick for a 7" tablet. If Amazon fixes the access to the google music web site and releases a thinned down 8.9" next year, as rumored, I'll rebuy.
You get 5gb of free Amazon cloud storage for anything not bought from Amazon and everything bought from Amazon is free storage, so depending on their music collection and where they've bought most of their digital music, that's a decent alternative. I just spent 2 weeks uploading my entire collection to google music, and most songs were ripped from my cd collection, so it was kind of a deal breaker for me. Hopefully they resolve it.
Does anyone know if it will output digital via the usb port for use with an external DAC? I'm looking for the most portable solution for writing with my bluetooth keyboard and listening to quality audio via my FiiO Alpen, and wondering if the Kindle Fire might do the job.
Does anyone know if it will output digital via the usb port for use with an external DAC? I'm looking for the most portable solution for writing with my bluetooth keyboard and listening to quality audio via my FiiO Alpen, and wondering if the Kindle Fire might do the job.
People have found ways to make flash drives and keyboards work on the KF, but USB audio hasnt been developed, and probably wont. Now that the new Kindles came out, the devs have better things to be working on.
The newer HD kindles have HDMI out so Im assuming that can be used as an audio out. However, the audio chip has been upgraded to Dolby so If I had one the 3.5mm out would probably work fine.
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