Deezer HiFi for Denon HEOS and Denon / Marantz HEOS built-in devices

Thanks for the example @Nodi77 

@lukkov if you're going to play via the HEOS app, at the moment this won't be streaming in FLAC. Our team of developers is currently looking into this.

But if you're streaming from a desktop PC/Mac via app or web, or our mobile app, connected to your HEOS, you'll be able to stream to the device in FLAC (HiFi) 

I have a Deezer HiFi plan: I switched from TIDAL to DEEZER thanks to the lower price and because Deezer supportrs Google Home. Yet although advertised as comptible, Deezer HiFi is not working through HEOS on my Marantz amplifier: all I get in Mp3.

So either Deezer is lying or my setup is wrong: is there a solution or do I need to go back to TIDAL?

Hi there @Giovanni Stoto 

Thanks for sharing your comments with us. We're looking into HiFi streaming via the HEOS app, our devs are working on this. Please see my reply above for more info 

I read this entire thread in one go, because I also made a mistake of upgrading to the HiFi subscription only to find it doesn’t work with HEOS. I was already subscribed with Premium for some time now, and the only reason I’ve upgraded was to be able to stream to my new Denon AVR. But as I’m not very keen to waste my money, I’m considering to cancel the subscription altogether and switch to some other service.

That being said, if this issue is now no longer buried somewhere in backlog as some “nice to have” feature that will never see the light of day (i know how that works :) ) but instead is now actively being worked on by the dev team that’s great news and I’m willing to wait a bit.

So if that’s the case @Rudi that means that you must have some ETA now.

I understand that development, testing and deployment is a process that takes time, but if it’s already (sic!) in development there must be some deadline set. Are you able to share it with us? If there is no deadline, please don’t take it against me if I stay suspicious that anything is actually happening on that front.

Hello @screaminbug, we don’t have an ETA yet unfortunately, Rudi and I are doing our best so that your expectations are met, and we won’t give up on this until we have concrete information to share with you all. I do however understand your doubts vis-à-vis this being solved in a timely fashion. Keep an eye on this thread for future announcements. I also forwarded your feedback to the teams.

Have a nice weekend

Too bad, I too subscribed to Deezer to take advantage of HIFI on the Marantz HEOS app. I will cancel my subscription and continue to use Prime Music until there is no news. :(

Sorry to hear that @Docock please subscribe to this topic so that you get notifications on future updates 

Hi Rudi,

                 I’m in the same boat as the rest here. Using a Marantz ND8006 to stream. So looking for a decent CD quality service after 5 years with Spotify. What exactly do you mean by the statement below? It sounds like you’re saying we can use the mobile Deezer app as the FLAC input to HEOS? If so that would be great, I really can’t figure out how to do it though? 

Kind Regards

Richard

But if you're streaming from a desktop PC/Mac via app or web, or our mobile app, connected to your HEOS, you'll be able to stream to the device in FLAC (HiFi)

Hello @Richard Newbold, he meant streaming from a computer or a mobile connected to the Marantz, in your case 

Thanks Kevin

                          I can’t figure how to stream Deezer from Android to Marantz directly. As everyone has mentioned HEOS only streams Deezer at 320kbs. Marantz doesn’t seem to work with Chromecast and Deezer doesn’t have a DNLA function.  

The only workaround I can see is Alexa but this doesn’t give access to playlists, you can get albums and flow to work. Not too keen to use a PC, have a 500gb phone to use as a server which is far handier.

Any alternative ideas welcome?

Kind Regards

Richard