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What player to stream Amazon HD with?

Hello all,
My Oppo 105 can stream my Tidal account, but I recently downgraded that account from its top of the line to its mediocre quality tier as I picked up Amazon's lossless service - which sounds phenomenal.

Is there a $1K or so unit out there I can stream Amazon with?
Many thanks
simao
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classdstreamer
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@iluvsansui, ear training takes work. I don't think you're actually hearing CD quality or better because Amazon only streams MP3 to Chromecast. If you still have free trials with Tidal or Qobuz, compare some songs over Amazon and one of these other services. With a sufficiently resolving setup, you won't want to go back to MP3. I first heard the difference between MP3 and CD quality when I moved my speakers from the desk to monoprice monolith speaker stands. 
iluvsansui
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Yes, I stand corrected. I was confusing my computer's Amazon streaming with CCA. 

To my ears, the HD that Amazon does stream to CCA (albeit not lossless) streams is MARKEDLY better than the 320kb/s stream that Spotify Premium does.

I also had true lossless from Tidal, and I could not tell a difference between Tidal to CCA and Amazon music to CCA.  That may be either a limitation in my pipeline or my ears or both :)

Hope that helps.

Kind regards


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larry5729
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I tried Amazon and canceled my subscription I like how Tidal displays on my Bluesound Node 2i much better.  I also, despite what others think, like how MQA sounds.  It is nice to know what you are listening to and the way the artists wants people to listen to their recordings.
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classdstreamer
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Cool. Maybe Amazon is streaming CD quality to CC then. 
volsfan846
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Since my home theater is also my best music system, I can stream it through my Sony TV or through my Roku into my Marantz Pre-amp. Sound is fantastic. I wish they would release an app to my Astell&Kern player like Tidal did for mobile listening but so far, no joy. 
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