How do you know it's using it rather than the wi-fi?
Different MAC address.
How do you know it's using it rather than the wi-fi?
Yes, and there is no wifi network listed in the device settings page in the Home app.Different MAC address.
IT definitely works with the chromecast network adapter.How do you know it's using it rather than the wi-fi?
There should definitely not be any impact on the digital output. With analog there is always the theoretical possibility of noise, but WiFi is probably worse in that sense.Curious whether anyone has any thoughts on if an ethernet adapter like the below could impact the Chromecast Audio's digital and analog output for the worse.
It is.I have read the first 30 pages of this thread, and don't see that the following has been confirmed.
Using Tidal HiFi (FLAC at 16/44.1) and casting to a CC Audio via the Tidal Android app, is the digital output bit-perfect when set to 100% volume?
Seems like it should be bit-perfect (and exactly the same as a local FLAC 16/44.1 rip of the exact same track), but not sure if this has been confirmed, or whether there is even a good way to confirm this.
Given Tidal's fairly recent tier pricing changes with the "HiFi" tier with FLAC 16/44.1 at only $10/month, if this is bit-perfect with the CC Audio digital output, what a inexpensive and convenient way to stream Redbook quality from both a streaming service and hardware standpoint...assuming it works bit-perfectly!
Good to know.It is.
The issue though is Tidal is not lossless. There is a big thread about this but a lot of their songs are just the MQA versions without the necessary MQA unfolding. I’m sure some of their catalogue is true lossless red book, but not all of it. I think you’d be better off with Qobuz or Apple Music.Good to know.
Could you please point me to a test that shows this, if you have that handy?
I finished reading this thread and found no mention of specific data on this (Tidal FLAC 16/44.1 bit-perfect through CC Audio optical out).
He asked if tidal to CCA was bit perfect. As in does the casting protocol get affected in the digital. Not if the tidal content was lossless. No need for another mqa rehash.The issue though is Tidal is not lossless. There is a big thread about this but a lot of their songs are just the MQA versions without the necessary MQA unfolding. I’m sure some of their catalogue is true lossless red book, but not all of it. I think you’d be better off with Qobuz or Apple Music.
Best I can find. Make of it what you will. https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-bytes/Basic-Bit-Perfect-Testing-Of-The-35-Chromecast-Audio/Good to know.
Could you please point me to a test that shows this, if you have that handy?
I finished reading this thread and found no mention of specific data on this (Tidal FLAC 16/44.1 bit-perfect through CC Audio optical out).
If the FLAC file in each case is the same, then yes, it will be. If you're happy CCA is bit perfect, what's left to worry about?I was asking whether Tidal FLAC 16/44.1 (not MQA) was bit-perfect vs. the same FLAC 16/44.1 track streamed from a local CD rip.
I know that the CCA is capable of bit-perfect.
I certainly hope that a FLAC 16/44.1 stream pulled from Tidal routed to the CCA would be identical to the same FLAC 16/44.1 track ripped from a CD and played from a local server to the CCA.
That if is the if...If the FLAC file in each case is the same, then yes, it will be. If you're happy CCA is bit perfect, what's left to worry about?
Does it really matter? Could you tell them apart even if they could be discerned by equipment?That if is the if...
...if a Tidal FLAC stream is the same as a local FLAC rip of the same track in terms of what the CCA is receiving and subsequently outputting via optical. I'm defining bit perfect to mean that a local FLAC CD rip and Tidal FLAC stream of the same track would be bit-for-bit identical.
This is more of a question (not a worry) regarding the Tidal FLAC stream bitstream quality vs. a CD FLAC rip, not a question on the CCA's capabilities per se.
I don't know, but that would be a moot question if they were known to be bit-for-bit identical.Does it really matter? Could you tell them apart even if they could be discerned by equipment?