
Moreover, there are different quality tags on the WiiM App.

Please check the sample rate and bit depth of the played music on your native Amazon Music App or WiiM Home app and see if it matches with the output from WiiM device. Even though the SPDIF output resolution is set to 24 bit/192 kHz, it won't up-sample the audio to the fixed resolution of 24 bit/192k Hz. WiiM Mini supports the bit perfect output such that your audio output resolution will be the same as the one of your input source.

Please make sure the firmware version of your device is higher than ( 52) and update your apps to the latest version. Now WiiM Mini supports Amazon Music HD/UHD on WiiM Home app or from native Amazon Music via Alexa casting. Current Amazon Music HD subscribers will now be charged $5 less a month on their future billing cycles, according to Billboard.How to turn on Amazon Music HD/UHD in WiiM Home app 1Īmazon Music HD is already available to subscribers to Amazon Music Unlimited in the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. For the true audiophile, Apple Music also offers Hi-Resolution Lossless all the way up to 24 bit at 192 kHz. Apple Music is following a similar path, with its ALAC codec.Īpple Music’s Lossless tier starts at CD quality, which is 16 bit at 44.1 kHz (kilohertz), and goes up to 24 bit at 48 kHz and is playable natively on Apple devices. “When we launched, we already broke the mold by taking a service that had been $19.99 - and really just for the audiophile at that price point - and brought it down to something that was much more mass-market at $14.99.”Īmazon Music HD has more than 70 million lossless CD-quality songs in HD (16-bit/44.1 kHz) and over 7 million Ultra HD songs (24-bit/48kHz, 96 kHz, 192 kHz), which are effectively studio masters.

“It’s something we’ve all we’ve been wanting to do for a long time,” says Amazon Music VP Steve Boom to Billboard. On the other hand, Spotify recently raised its prices for regular streaming quality, and Deezer, for example, charges extra for its HiFi plan. Apple Music is also following the same path, introducing Apple Music HiFi at no extra cost for subscribers. With that, Amazon is the company offering a cheaper HiFi plan in the music streaming war. A few moments before Apple announced its HiFi plan, Amazon announced that its higher-quality music plan, Amazon Music HD, is now available to Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers at no extra cost.Īs first reported by Billboard, Amazon Music HD, which previously cost $14.99 a month and $12.99 for Prime Members, is now available to everyone with Amazon Music Unlimited, which costs $9.99 month and $7.99 for Prime members.
