http://forum.zidoo.tv/index.php?threads/dmp-a6-feature-request.95794/page-23#post-210902 I may have confused AP with Apple Music Lossless... I thought it was the lossless music you got via AirPlay
That chart comes from a John Darko video explaining this here However, from what he says it should be possible to airplay Qobuz losslessly to the A6. But I only see AAC displayed when using AirPlay. Having said that…I’ve no real interest in having AirPlay 1 on the A6. The only scenario where I’d want to use AirPlay is for multiroom and that requires AirPlay 2
When the standby screen with a clock is developed, which many people want - which is a great idea, how about integrating simple and graphically well-mastered weather data, temperature, graphic weather symbol and your city and the forecast forecast for 2 days ahead would be enough . It would be amazing.
Weather info would be nice but lets take this one step at a time, clock on is one thing adding weather information may create a "deer in headlights" scenario for the devs... Lets keep it simple
Weather data isn’t free (for companies who want access) but there are plenty ‘boxes’ out there that will give you something similar. I have several Ulanzi Pixel Clocks that show me time, date, Youtube followers and weather (but only for Chinese cities). https://www.ulanzi.com/products/ulanzi-pixel-smart-clock-2882
I’ll start with saying that these suggestions may be technically impossible but, not being a ‘Techy’, I’m happy to make a fool of myself. Also, it’s a credit to the Dev’s that all that I can now come up with are relatively ‘blingy’, superficial suggestions. Come at me, haters! 1. A method to alter the display brightness in order to accommodate different ambient light levels. Given that the display is the USP of this device, it would be really useful to have a bit more automated control. My circumstances are that I need the display at 90% during the day, but only 12% at night (yes, I know that I can turn it off!) I presume the A6 doesn’t possess an ambient light sensor, but just two adjustable options (dusk/dawn?) would be helpful. Or, perhaps a simple adjustable timer - brightness xx% 08:00-17:00, xy% 17:00-08:00? A light sensor for the next generation of A6’s? 2. Alexa enabled (similar to BluOS) - it’s more useful than you would initially imagine and a massive help for those with poor circulation who aren’t able to use a screen reliably. Wife suffers from Rheumatoid Arthritis and has poor circulation in her fingers - a screen often just doesn’t sense her touch and fine control is impossible. Alexa voice control, similar to a Bluesound, would mean that she could actually use the A6 properly! 3. I would still like the Amazon platform Dolby Atmos/360 Audio to return - this was available on the Ap (via Cast), prior to Amazon becoming native. 4. Tidy-up the menus - so many of the options are superfluous (for me, being able to remove Airplay, Roon, Tidal, DLNA etc., etc. would streamline things enormously). 5. A ‘jazzier’ clock. Yes, I know this should be the last thing on the Dev’s list and I agree entirely. That said, this is a thread for requests and, given that the screen is such a selling-point, someone could have some fun with this when all the important stuff is dealt with!
- Reading of metadata from CD transports that provide it via optical/coax. Maybe from there and this metadata we could pull more information like artwork etc.
What I really would like my DMP-A6 ME to be able to do is that its chassis on top can heat up so that I can use my EverSolo as a small stove and prepare my scrambled eggs on it. That way I do not need to leave my listening space when I prepare my breakfast or lunch. Nothing is more annoying than having to interrupt the listening to my music because I have to head to the kitchen. I am sure this feature is not very complicated to implement.
This could be indeed a good thing. Although I think it is already partly implemented - to retrieve metadata from online services such as MusicBrainz you basically need the disc-id, and since the A6 is already capable of getting such metadata, it seems to me that such disc-id is already being read and used, at least to some extent. Something different is the retrieval of the so-called CD-TEXT, that is metadata written on the CD itself, and not so many transports provide control to it over spdif (yes, some do, but the majority of them don't). IME the disc-id is more than enough to achieve correct CD identification and metadata/artwork retrieval from the web; so the only thing needed is, perhaps, Eversolo to consolidate/stabilize the use of it in their cd-rip code.
Why would you cripple the sound quality using compressed Spotify? Instead, use a lossless streaming source such as Apple Music (which has lossless and hi-res lossless).
A minor bug in the iPad app. I started with the A6 and now use A8. I have deleted the A6 from the app. When starting the iPad app it shows me this image for a few seconds…
There is a bug in both apps, in iOS, when you search on Ip-adress, you only can fill in a comma instead of a dot, time to correct that
I see that too, in the control app for my Z8... it is an Ad... and I honestly would prefer not to have it. It's annoying, and unprofessional IMO.
