Thought so MM .

Cleared that up !

Hello MM,

I have a Chromecast dongle via HDMI connected to my V1. This Chromecast Dongle supports Spotify Connect. This is indeed very handy to stream from Spotify.

On the other hand, the V1 has a Spotify function by itself.

What I want to understand is which formats and bitrates are used for Spotify via the Chromecast Dongle, vs. Spotify via the V1 Native App.

Hope this clarifies

Jan

Hi Jan,

the built-in app on the V1 only works with the Premium version of Spotify, which is Ogg Vorbis lossy compression at 320kpbs.

I suppose that you (for comparison) also use the Premium version through your HDMI-Chromecast (?).

The Chromecast upsamples the stream (from 44.1 kHz) to 48 kHz - this is often the case when using HDMI connected devices.

Whether you (or anyone else) can hear this, is hard to tell - it is possible to measure it, though.

How these streams are treated internally (decoded to analog signals/sound etc) inside the V1, I don't know.

But again - it probably will be hard to hear a difference...if there is any.

IMO that shouldn't bother you too much - have a listen and pick whatever way serves you best.

P.S. there might even be differences in the setup of these sources on the tv (the internal Spotify and the port used for connecting the Chrome-dongle). There are a lot of different ways to tweak the sound in the V1 for each input individually (see the User Guide and the Technical Sound Guide).

MM

Millemissen wrote:

Whether you (or anyone else) can hear this, is hard to tell -

@Carolpa

What if 'one' can't hear it - does it matter then?

MM

Millemissen wrote:

@Carolpa

What if 'one' can't hear it - does it matter then?

MM

Reminds me of an old saying, and my corollary, that I learned from my mentor in college, an experimental physicist:

It's very hard to find a black cat in a dark room, even if he's there.

My corollary was:

But if you really want him to be there, you can convince yourself you hear him purr, even if he's not there.

Two items that I've used a lot in my career to guard against fooling yourself with testing results.

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It depend on which streaming music app you are using. If you are using the Spotify Music, then Spotify Connect is good for you to streaming Spotify with Spotify Connect. However, this way you need to subscribe to Premium membership, though there is still way to

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