Amazon Launches Lossless "Hi-rez" HD Music Service

@uberwaltz , I'm not a fan of the Tidal ownership so as soon as I can find somewhere else to spend my money for an equal or better product I will.

Hk-fan
Me neither!
That's why I went to Qobuz... Lol.

Anybody have any usefull ideas around this problem?

Just signed up for the 90 day free trial for Amazon music hd.
Loaded the apps on both my android phone and ipad mini
On the phone the app sees my two chromecast audio pucks that are on my vintage systems and streams to them instantly. Which is perfect.
The ipad does not see them and reading the help files it should not and can only stream to an airplay device.
So problem is that neither app has any way to stream to my Ayre ex8 that I see right now as it uses the mconnect control app which does not support amazon music.
email to the devs for them and they say is Amazon fault as they do not release api to 3rd party developers so not likely to see that added any time soon.
So the options to get Amazon to the ayre are as follows imho
Buy another chromecast audio and connect to the ayre through analog or a mini toslink.
However Amazon help does say music resolution is limited to std on a chromecast so kinda pointless
Or buy an airport express, connect it via ethernet cable to my network then via 3.5mm to 2 rca into the ayre. According to Amazon help this MIGHT stream in hd.
Sounds like a crap shoot either way and both options leave the ayre actual built in streaming out in the cold.
Unless anyone here may know of some other way round it?

Uber, is your Ayre close to a TV? Also, have you considered output from an older video focused streamer which (generally) used to offer Optical Outputs? Current / latest units have moved to HDMI out only; some may offer USB (micro) out. 

David

A good friend (thx Robelvick) who has just got the Amazon on trial too has offered what seems to be at least a working solution for now.
He used a Lightning to Camera ( female USB) adapter right out of his iPad and then any decent USB audio cable.
This basically mimics using a MacBook as a USB audio source.
Says it streams 24/192 quite happily that way.
Of course this literally ties the iPad to the rack as now it is tethered by cable but if SQ is up there I can live with that for now.

Oh also he has an Audioquest Jitterbug inline too.