spotify 24/96khz playback?

[admin_exported]

I am thinking about add a musical fidelity v-link as it will support 24 bit/96khz, i am using the usb connection on the dac which im told is only able to play music at 16/44khz, i use spotify as my source, does spotify support 24/96 playback? will adding the v-link be a good upgrade for use with spotify premium?

 

[The_Lhc]

No mate it doesn't, we're a long way off the sort of domestic bandwidth required to stream 24/96. 320kbps is the best spotify can offer I think.

 

[Anonymous]

Right, so adding the v-link will be a waste of money?

 

[The_Lhc]

If you only listen to spotify and you're only getting it for the hi-res support then probably yes. I couldn't comment on whether it'll sound better than your other dac in general though.

 

[noogle]

There's quite a bit of mainstream music available at 96/24 (e.g. HDTracks) but almost none at 192/24 - and that whch there is is pretty wacky/left-field. Having said that, the V-Link will do good stuff almost irrespective of source rate.

 

[Anonymous]

Thank's noogle, i am going to buy one, jitter free sound's good to me.

 

[CustomCable]

Possibly your best bet would be to get a V-DAC II as this will upsample spotify to 24/192 using the Asynchronous USB technology found in the V-Link.

Regards

Phil

 

[manicm]

Is the V-Dac II the new model? Nothing on the MF website.