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RadioParadise streaming FLAC

Any RadioParadise listeners on here?  RP recently announced lossless FLAC streaming through their  mobile apps and their Apple Desktop application.  There is no Lossless streaming URL at this time.

I normally stream it through the RP 320acc URL to a Wyred4Sound 96K moded SONOS Connect then coax to an external DAC.    I just connected up an old AppleTV and redirected the desktop RP application to the AppleTV for some A/B testing, also set the app to lossless.  But the desktop app is not the same track as the URL and I have been sick the last few days and my head feels like a balloon so A/B testing is suboptimal to say the least. 

Anyone else messing around with this?

 
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tomic601
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No support thru ROON
and so far... to best of my knowledge, NAIM and RP somehow think 320 KB is special for NAIM owner.....

argh
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jbuhl OP
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@hgeifman
No FLAC stream URL that I know of. I think there is an API as I saw this on GitHub. https://github.com/marco79cgn/radio-paradise/releases/tag/v1.0-beta
Not sure that will work for what your need. I sent an email to one of the developers who works on the iOS app maybe he can shed some light.
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jbuhl OP
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Just verified.  It appears that Github link is to an old API for Ac320
hgeifman
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@jbuhl, Thanks.   Unfortunately, Radio Paradise FLAC Streaming is not available on my Aurender N10 Music Server.   As I understand it, RP needs to make an API available to Aurender so they can build an interface to stream RP FLAC.  I emailed RB yesterday and asked for the status of an API Aurender can use to provide RP FLAC.    Thanks.

Or, maybe, another option is for RB to provide an URL for RP FLAC Streaming.  Thanks.  

lg1
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I’ve streamed RP in the FLAC setting over the RP app on my iPhone > Airport Express > my main system for a couple of 2 hour-ish stretches now over the past 48 hrs..  Sounds very good to me...the high freq. seems ever so slightly rolled off compared with 16 bit AIFF vinyl conversions from my computer via the same AE...same with CD files ripped to the same computer.  I’m not “digital audio savvy” enough to know whether this might be some sort of Airport Express bottleneck though (or, indeed, whether it might be improved Sonics — it sounds more euphonic in a “balanced” sort of fashion the longer I listen.)
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