Danrov2223
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Yup, Amazon is so huge, I doubt they are interested in their music app serving the niche market like quobuz, loon. Highly doubt Amazon will share their API so others can mold the Amazon platform to our needs.
What you don't mention is how you found the SQ through your various journey. I used to care a lot about things like bit-perfectivity, bit-depth, sampling rate, etc, but I have found that the master and mix quality WAY trumps over any of that by a mile, to the point I hunt for the well-done mix and not care so much about the numbers.
For example, I compared the Amazon Exclusive mode to default Win mixer, but in My system, I preferred the exclusive mode off. This is a personal preference, but Default sounded more alive and more "raw," which is what I usually lean towards.
Hello. I understand and accept your point. My line with this is that I like all kinds of music but my lean is toward rock music from the late 60's and onwards which I grew up with . Now that I have given away my age group, I have also been a hI-fi enthusiast since my early teens so I have a bit of experience with this subject and feel qualified to at least share my views.Yup, Amazon is so huge, I doubt they are interested in their music app serving the niche market like quobuz, loon. Highly doubt Amazon will share their API so others can mold the Amazon platform to our needs.
What you don't mention is how you found the SQ through your various journey. I used to care a lot about things like bit-perfectivity, bit-depth, sampling rate, etc, but I have found that the master and mix quality WAY trumps over any of that by a mile, to the point I hunt for the well-done mix and not care so much about the numbers.
For example, I compared the Amazon Exclusive mode to default Win mixer, but in My system, I preferred the exclusive mode off. This is a personal preference, but Default sounded more alive and more "raw," which is what I usually lean towards.
I have been asked "but what about your hearing, your ears are not what they used to be so how can you tell the difference ?"
My reply to that is I would say that one of thankfully a few things that I have been blessed with and still retain is my hearing. When listening to an album" that has been digitally remastered not only those encoded into 24 bits but also some 16/44 music that has been cleaned up etc with modern day digital sound engineering by a guy like Steven Wilson , I do experience a more pleasurable and involving listening experience myself .
What you enjoy and the next person enjoys listening to is all relative to each individual. Maybe I am convincing myself that 24 bit masters are better, but if that is the case, fine, as it works for my two ears!
We all have special things that we enjoy and for myself, listening to music that I first heard in the early 70's and finding that it sounds more evolving , defined and richer in a master 24 bit recording is my gig and I am not trying to convince anyone else otherwise.
I have played back Amazon music ultra hd tracks on my desktop system and yep, they are sweet to the ears. I find that I like the music best with "exclusive" mode, but that is to my taste. What gets to me though is that Amazon have advertised that they are 100% able to supply 24 bit ultra HD music which is not the case, either in my desktop setup or via their Firestick 4k, which I had only purchased because of Amazon's claim that it also would allow the Amazon music HD app to playback true 24 bit music in our the lounge Denon etc system.
In short, I want Amazon music hd ultra HD 24 bit music to work as they have advertised! I definitely like their way of displaying the artists available and the vast selection of ALL my favorite artists. All that I would hope and expect from Amazon is to just admit to the public that they do have bugs in their 24 bit playback in the Music app and get on with making it right because if Qobuz can do it, so can they but if they are like you said do not wish to " share their API so others can mold the Amazon platform to our needs" , then stop advertising otherwise.
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