This is Spotify app on the TV?
Does the TV have eARC? I am trying to figure out the advantage of the HDMI/ARC input in my basic system with TV/Wiim Pro and powered speakers.
The ARC input doesn't allow volume control from the TV? If the wife has to turn power off/on to get ARC to work wouldn't optical be better?
Optical seems to carry 24/192 with Tidal from my Wiim to DAC, TV always says 16/48 of course.
Yes, this is with the Spotify app on my TCL Roku TV. The TV does not have eARC. Just basic ARC.
I had been under the impression that using the ARC connection with the TV would allow the TV to control the volume and mute functions of the DAC directly, not just the TV adding another layer of volume and mute functions, which essentially creates two volume controls. There is basically no communication/control between the TV and the DAC from what I have experienced.
I don't have another TV with ARC to test the DAC out with so I have no idea if it may behave differently with different models. So far I haven't seen any reports of it behaving any differently though.
I ended up switching back to using optical because ARC wasn't providing any real benefit. I would rather not have the TV attenuate the volume level to the DAC, so I was always leaving the volume at 100 on the TV anyways, and just using the DAC remote to control the volume.
Having to perform the off/on procedure whenever the input is changed was also less than ideal.