![]() ![]() ![]() Overnight I got to thinking and remembered a few years ago I found a website that touted HDR processing for music. To each his own for sure - and certainly system synergy plays a big part too - but. The ON position sounds nearly as good the digital output. This is true even when compensating with the amp volume control. There is a very definite difference with the ON being open sounding and dynamic and the OFF being veiled and compressed in comparison. And I'm using some very high dynamic range recordings.īeing curious, I reconnected the Chromecast using analog cable and switched the HDR ON and OFF. I have been using the digital output of the Chromecast (meaning the HDR is active) and the resulting sound is indistinguishable from the digital output of my Squeezebox Touch, which I believe performs bit-perfectly. Google says the goal is the highest quality sound output, not more loudness. Setting the High Dynamic Range to OFF won't have an effect. When Chromecast Audio is connected through an optical interface (see here for compatible cables), it will always use High Dynamic Range. Please avoid turning this setting on in those cases. Note: Many common speaker systems such as desktop computer speakers, docking speakers, portable and Bluetooth speakers are not built to support such a high dynamic range, causing the volume level to be very loud and sound to be somewhat distorted. Look for High Dynamic Range, and toggle the setting On. In the top right corner of the device card, touch the settings gear . Scroll to find the device card for your Chromecast Audio. From your Android or iOS device, open the Chromecast app . When connecting your Chromecast Audio to such sound systems using 3.5mm or RCA analog cable (see here for compatible cables), you can enable Chromecast Audio’s High Dynamic option: This provides premium and professional audio equipment such as HiFi audio systems, AV receivers, and monitor style speakers with the highest quality sound output. They say:Ĭhromecast Audio supports high dynamic range output. The Chromecast Audio instructions make High Dynamic Range sound like something very different from what's described in your link. But overall it sounds pretty good and I think most would find it acceptable, especially considering the price. And the loud passages in Lilya Zilberstein's very dynamic Beethoven piano sonatas started to get a little harsh. It did sound good, actually great on most material, but it choked a bit on real high dynamic range files like Reference Recordings orchestral stuff where the loud tympani sound somewhat muddy. This Chromecast really works!Īfter reading about the "high dynamic range" option (thanks kundica) I enabled it and reconnected to the Burson with an analog cable. FLAC and WAV files up to 192/24 play fine and again sound the same as the streams through the Squeezebox. This app connected to my DLNA server and read my music library. So I next found an app called LocalCast on the Android Play Store. As yay101 said it should.īut this was using 320 kbps Spotify. ![]() I was able to directly compare to my regular streamer, a Squeezebox Touch connect to the USB input, and it sounded the same. Connected to the Burson's optical input the sound quality was real good. (At this point I had not read this thread and did not know about the "high dynamic range" option, so that was not set.) I didn't listen for long because what really intrigued me was the optical digital output. I then connected it to the analog input of my Burson DAC/amp and it indeed still sounded pretty good. Might make a decent "desktop" headphone DAC/amp. First thing I tried was my phone's Spotify app and I was stunned at how good it sounded. Also purchased an $8 adapter so my regular optical cable could be used.įor initial setup I plugged my HD 555s directly into the Chromecast. ![]() Got my Chomecast Audio yesterday at Best Buy. ![]()
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