Music Services: add Apple Music?
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Hi,
Just thought, let's drop the question again.
Does Bluesound expect (short term) to add Apple Music as a "Music Service" in the Node 2i?
NOT via Airplay2, but as a Music Service in the Node 2i.
Thanks!
Danny
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Hey Richard, I'm sorry it's not working for you. I hope your specific issues get fixed soon.
I have had no issues with 21ish or so devices in 8 zones in my house and on the property. When I did have an issue, it was usually fixed with the next update. The updates seem to be reasonably frequent lately, probably because they acknowledged that their testing was lacking with the major overhaul of the app. Most of my friends are also without issue. When it has come up, more often than not, it has been related to an older router or mesh system that is 10 or so years old. That's at least our observation.
Anyway, you may have moved on, but I believe they are getting it sorted for most use cases. Not excusing their ham-handed rollout at all.
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Hey Alehandro, I have a more modest number of Sonos devices (7 in total) and until the app was changed experienced no issues, at all. My network is stable and reliable, my router is fibre to the property and my music library is housed on a NAS drive. BluOS continues to work perfectly - Sonos screwed up their app and they continue to roll out fixes and workarounds, month on month, trying to get functionality back that was lost with the “improved app” - that’s not opinion or my experience, that’s Sonos themselves admitting that the app continues to be problematic. Music Library searching and updating in particular is woeful - compare to BluOS which updates seamlessly and quickly, dealing with my huge library without issues.
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Different customers have different needs and I hope Sonos is a better fit for me than Bluesound. My family and I make extensive use of the Apple ecosystem, which includes a subscription to Apple Music. I hardly have any music on the NAS that I am still listening to. Apple Music is by far my most important use case. AirPlay is not ideal for reasons of quality, reliability, and user-friendliness.
All that to say: I'd really like to have a device that natively supports Apple Music without the AirPlay crutch. It seems like Sonos is the most budget-friendly solution that can output a digital signal to my DAC while being controlled by a smartphone. Alternative suggestions are welcome.
P.S.: As a side note, my Node N130 encounters persistent AirPlay issues. I have to restart it almost daily due to the inability to establish an AirPlay connection. This is the only device in my network experiencing these problems.
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Hi Marco - will depend which Sonos devices you go for, bearing in mind the very limited number of speakers that will play Apple Music lossless. Not entirely sure I understand why you'd be sending a digital signal *from* Sonos to a DAC to presumably play that music on speakers elsewhere - seems a long work around.
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Hi Richard,
I also have a use case for sending a signal to a DAC via their Port (which is also what my blue sound node does). The DAC is connected to a high-fidelity/high-end Pre-amp, which connects to separate amps, and then on to the high-end tower speakers.
Essentially the BluSound node and Sonos Port are the streamers (not speakers). I have two of those use cases which play on my high end system (vs Bluesound or Sonos speakers). BS support of Apple Music availability would be nice in this type of setup. Truly more of an Audiophile system.
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Alehandro - I had forgotten the Port. As I don’t stream content, preferring to use my NAS to store hi-res music for my own high end system (or SACD player for that matter) my Sonos connect sits gathering dust.
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Alehandro, same use case here. I just need a Apple Music streaming device connected to a DAC connected to a stereo amp. In my current setup (no optimized room), 48/24 would be plenty.
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A Sonos Connect will do you then, Marco. Just plugged mine back into my system to check and it is still going strong
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Wow - this thread just won't die. There are a few folks that mentioned Eversolo. I am using the Eversolo now as well as Bluesound Node 130 (different rooms). Something that nobody mentions regarding Apple music in the Eversolo is this. Eversolo uses Android - this is why they can offer Apple Music in a way that Bluesound cannot - Perhaps Bluesound needs to consider an android-based player to respond to 4 years of requests. It's a real gap because getting hires Apple Music to your sound system - remains as a gap compared to other streaming services like Tidal.
Eversolo has two Apple Music apps. One appears to be integrated as a native app within the Eversolo. It tops out at CD quality and cannot go above that. Here is a photo of a 192kHz song played through this native app. It shows album art, song title, album title, artist.
It also has a second app that you can download from the Google app store (I use android). This app is the exact same apple music app that you have on your phone - designed for portrait playback. So it looks a bit awkward on the landscape Eversolo screen and tiny too - but it delivers bitperfect hires lossless. Here is the same song as above played through the second app
You can also see the quality data in this screen of the Eversolo. Shows only bitrate - pretty much.
A bit messy but it works. I think Bluesound needs to stop complaining about APIs and switch to android and offer what customers are asking for. Maybe you love the BluOS software and are quite attached to it - but if it cannot deliver what customers want, and there is something out there that can, that is able to bypass Apple restrictions - why not use it? What do you have to lose? Offer a player that is android-based alongside your current lineup and see if it does better. Anyway - it's a suggestion because it's just a matter of time until Apple releases a new version of Apple TV that does bit perfect hires audio.
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Wonder if there's any chance of this ever happening natively?!
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