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I'm currently using Spotify which I think casts at 44khz/16 bit. I'm taking a look at Tidal which will stream at 96/24.
Found a thread here which talks about the performance of chromecast with external DAC if anyone's interested. Looks like a goer to me.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/chromecast-and-external-dac
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spotify says:
Music quality details
Check out a side-by-side comparison below.Free PremiumWeb player AAC 128kbit/s AAC 256kbit/s
Desktop, mobile and tablet
Automatic - Dependent on your network connection
Low* – Equivalent to approximately 24kbit/sNormal – Equivalent to approximately 96kbit/s
High – Equivalent to approximately 160kbit/s
Automatic - Dependent on your network connection
Low* – Equivalent to approximately 24kbit/s
Normal – Equivalent to approximately 96kbit/s
High – Equivalent to approximately 160kbit/s
Very high (Premium only) - Equivalent to approximately 320kbit/s
Edit - formatting has got lost but essentially, normal spotify is 96kbs which I would suggest is below the level where hardware upgrades are going to help that much.
https://support.spotify.com/us/using_spotify/system_settings/high-quality-streaming/
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ChasnotRobert
freddo
that's (theoretically) "high res" audio. I've not looked at chromecast, however it seems unlikely that you are getting this resolution on the majority output.
FLAC is compressed CD quality so 16bit/64khz.