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November 10, 2018

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

  • November 10, 2018
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Is there a time frame for Deezer HIFI Heos support?
Pinned Reply By UGatDeezer

I am also happy that finally this got implemented after so many years!

 

Since today there is a HEOS update which integrates Deezer HiFi and Tidal Connect. First you need to update the HEOS App and afterwards run a firmware update to version 3.34.240. More here: https://support-uk.denon.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3832/~/latest-heos-app-and-firmware-update-available

I will test it the coming days …

 

294 replies

Roadie
April 1, 2021

I am in the same situation.  Hoping this hifi feature will be available on HEOS soon.

Guitar Hero
April 7, 2021

Is there a time frame for Deezer HIFI Heos support?

Dit duurt nu al maanden, ik denk dat we nog eerder en nieuw kabinet hebben dat dat Deezer HiFi afgespeeld kan worden via Denon/Heos apparatuur. Zeer jammer allemaal. Voor het overige ben ik zeer tevreden met Deezer en de standaard kwaliteit van Mp3 320 mbs is natuurlijk ook niet zo slecht. Maar hoop dat Deezer HiFi nog eens beschikbaar komt voor Heos en ook voor Bose. !!!

Rudi
Ultimate Superstar
Ultimate Superstar
April 8, 2021

Not sure about Bose because we haven't had reports of it - however, we're working on our public API so that it supports HiFi for our integrations, in the future.

But for HEOS, we're waiting to see if they can develop this part for their app @blkstege and we'll let you know once we've got updates.

Guitar Hero
April 19, 2021

Add me to the list of people needing hifi to be playable on heos.

I have my whole house set up with a variety of the Denon wifi speakers..... 

Have used Tidal for a year now but is very expensive in Australia..... Was looking at alternatives... Amazon HD is not available here which is frustrating. But I have heard online that Deezer uses good sounding original recording that sound as good as Tidal so was wanting to give them a go (MQA is wasted on me with me as I don't really have anything that uses it to justify the extra subscription price) Tidal also has some artists not available in my region that is available.on others. (Very frustrating)

Very disappointed to discover after activating my free trial of Deezer that it was streaming in MP3 only.... Cancelled straight away and will only use until the free period lasts.

Hopefully of this changes in the very near future I may change my mind.

But not at this stage unfortunately.

Guitar Hero
April 20, 2021

Hopefully you can help me, I could not find an answer in the faq.

I have a subscription to Deezer HiFi.

I have a Marantz NA6006 network player and I stream to my audio system with Heos.

In Heos I have set my streamer for high quality (I can choose between normal and high).

The Marantz supports FLAC. Still I see that I am streaming Mp3 with 320k.

I don't understand this, what do I have to do to stream with FLAC.

 

Thanks in advance

Nico

Rudi
Ultimate Superstar
Ultimate Superstar
April 20, 2021

Hey @MitchG 

Please subscribe to this topic so that you get a notification for when I update it, hopefully with good news!

Hi, Nico @NickDundee moved your comment here for further info. This part of our integration on HEOS hasn't been developed by them yet. But we're hopeful it can be done at some point this year. Subscribe to the topic for updates and in the meantime, thank you for supporting Deezer :wink:

Guitar Hero
April 28, 2021

So Tidal has now also added a new tier of subscription for Hifi separates not (does not include their "masters" MQA) for the same monthly price of $17.99 AUD as Deezer. Their goes any price reason to keep waiting for Deezer. Since for the same price Tidal already works with HEOS.

So what now?

Guitar Hero
April 28, 2021

Dear All! I am new here, and would like to share with all Marantz and Denon users my experience of listening Deezer HiFi subscription in 16/44.1 (redbook) quality at home. I will not blame anybody here, I have read all the history, and can confirm only, that till now (28.04.2021) HEOS app, does not stream Deezer HiFi in lossless format to my Marantz PM7000n, at least it shows me “mp3 320 k.bit” in the app, when playing Deezer through the app, having HiFi subscription.

So, how to solve this issue and get to down sampled music streamed wirelessly to you home stereo setup? Here we currently have two options, and I have used them both with pleasure:

  1. For those who have relatively new models of Denon and Marantz items and IPhone or IPad, which support the Airplay 2 protocol via home wi-fi network - simply use this! Exactly 2nd version of Airplay protocol sends the audio via wi-fi to your devices without down sampling (it only converts flac to alac format of the data stream), so your device DAC will get if properly. I got only one problem here: IPhone cannot find my Marantz PM7000n via wi-fi connection due to poor home modem/router (many user face such issue around the world) but it works ideally if you connect your device to LAN with cable! Please check this out!
  2. Send solution is for those who are happy owners of Xbox One, One S, One X etc. whith optical (tosllink) digital audio out. You can install on your Xbox a relatively cheap app “Airserver” which support Airplay 2 protocol. You need to have Iphone or Ipad, so you can stream you music to Xbox (it receives it, and up sample it to 16/48 only). Than you need to select audio output option of Xbox “stereo pcm” and send it via toslink to external DAC or to you device if it has optical in.

Both option were perfectly fine to me. Moreover, I tried to play Deezer tracks in Heos app. and realized that the app itself is uncomfortable to use, so I do not like it at all, and therefore I do not wait for HiFi support there at all.

Cheers to all, and happy listening! Take cheap used Xbox, and be happy with a very useful media device, for many purposes, like video, audio, network, gaming, even CD playing ;-)

Roadie
April 29, 2021

Registering my interest in this as well. Currently waiting for HEOS Hi-Fi integration with my Denon before purchasing the Hi-Fi subscription of Deezer.

 

Hopefully it'll come before Spotify release their hi-fi mode. I don't really have any loyalty to either platform, just whichever is quickest to release and outputs the highest quality audio.

Rudi
Ultimate Superstar
Ultimate Superstar
April 29, 2021

Thanks for the feedback @Dekstar @MitchG 

And also, thank you for sharing your experience here with us @Yuriy Nazarov, that's absolutely brilliant!