Once that’s done, to access Amazon high-res selections in the HEOS app, you select “Amazon Music” and thenĮnter “Ultra HD” in the search field. To get started, you’ll first need to sign up for an Amazon Music Individual Plan HD ($15/month). But as long as the AVR-X4300H’s firmware has been updated - something that should occur automatically when your Denon receiver is connected to the internet - the good news is that you will be able to stream high-res audio from Amazon Music HD. In the case of Tidal, you won’t be able to listen to tracks in high-res since it requires a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) compatible with MQA - a proprietary technology used by Tidal that “packs” high-resolution audio files into a standard PCM container for streaming and then “unpacks” them during decoding - and that’s a feature Denon's receiver doesn’t provide.
Your Denon AVR-X4300H is capable of directly streaming Tidal and Amazon Music HD via the Denon HEOS app. In this, they are joined by Apple Music, Google Play Music, and YouTube music. Spotify and Pandora - your go-to music sources - both stream audio using lossy compressed formats, and do not offer a high-res option.
Streaming services that offer music in high-res format include Tidal, Amazon Music HD, and Qobuz. For audio, the term “high-res” is generally taken to mean digital music files with a higher than 16-bit audio bit depth and a greater than 44.1 kHz audio sample rate - typically 24-bit/96kHz or 24-bit/192kHz. What options do I have, if any? - Mark Levesque, via emailĪ First up, let’s clarify what high-resolution audio is. Although I mainly listen to music on Spotify and Pandora, I tried Tidal and Amazon Music HD but couldn’t figure out how to stream the tracks in high resolution.
Got a tech question for Sound & Vision? Email us at I’ve always been interested in streaming high-resolution audio through my Denon AVR-4300H receiver, but don’t know if that’s possible.
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