When opening Tidal, no pop-up ask for bitperfect audio connection between Tidal and the DAC, and the sample rate on the DAC display doesnt match the source. The Chromeast Audio is just $35, and delivers either a good analogue signal through its internal DAC (OK for 16/44, not quite as impressive at higher resolutions, but who streams those?) or a bitperfect optical digital output up to 24/96. Im using Tidal to stream from an Nvidia Shield TV pro, sending audio through USB to a Cambridge 100 DAC. With TIDAL Connect it goes from Pi to DAC via USB. Chromecast resamples the datastream and in my case goes thru my TV (HDMI) back out via TOSLINK into my DAC. Do a google search (Or other search) on connecting a midi instrument to android and you may find your answer. These are by such big companies that no streaming service provider can ignore them. timmy1980 It may be expectation bias but Chromecast doesnt sound as good to me as when I use Connect. Midi (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) has nothing to do with audio however a lot of midi instruments include audio so it probably switched something else on (Related to audio) as well. Here using a small (fanless) computer has definite advantages, and so do streamers like Apple Aiport Express or the Chromecast Audio (my personal favourite). They nearly always lock you into their dedicated applications, and if there is a service you want and they do not have an app for it, your are out of luck. I recently connected my Chromecast Audio to my DAC using the optical input. Voice control with Alexa, Google, and Siri Voice Assistants. Bluesound only passes bit perfect data to the DAC. Supports 192k/24-bit Hi-Res audio, AirPlay 2, Chromecast Audio, Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect, and more. Wired and wireless network connection & rich audio interfaces. Personally I do not like the fancy dedicated streamers by audio companies. The Versatile Audiophile Grade Music Streamer. That is the thing with digital, a bitperfect copy is a bitperfect copy, and you can copy it a thousand times, send it to the other side of the world and back, and it will still be identical. If I am wrong, I would like for people to explain this to me. As long as what they deliver is bitperfect digital output (they should and they nearly always do) there is no sonic impact (nor is there with computers). Full disclosure: That guy on Audiostream is me.
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