Had to change something in the settings to get the playback rate correct, but now it all seems good.
The BubbleUPnP app supports the Android share mechanism, which should actually allow you to use the official TIDAL & Qobuz apps to search for the music you want to play on the HEOS by sharing the tracks on the official app to the BubbleUPnP app.Īdmittedly the procedure is a bit awkward given that you're not using the official app's own play function, you have to select the share menu option on the official app, the official app to/from BubbleUPnP app swapping, etc, but you might feel it's worth the extra effort in order to use the official app's interface.įind in Qobuz, menu->share into Bubble app.
Yes it's odd that Denon/Marantz don't make it public that their HEOS devices contain a built-in UPnP/DLNA renderer, meaning that they can also be used with any standard UPnP/DLNA controller app - just like their older non-HEOS models, which were officially advertised as being UPnP/DLNA streamers.īTW, the other well known Qobuz & TIDAL supporting UPnP/DLNA controller app is the ad-free £5.99 mconnect Player (available on iOS as well as Android also comes in a free ad-supported Lite version plus a £5.99 ad-free landscape oriented & so ideal for tablets/iPads HD version). The BubbleUPnP app has an interface I really like a lot, perhaps not quite as good as the native Tidal/Qobuz apps for general use, but a huge improvement over Heos. It's also better for Tidal than Heos, but I think really this is going to mean that I will probably cancel my Tidal subscription as the native playback on my phone is actually better than the Qobuz app too.
In general I prefer to simply pay my monthly subs and have access to a big online library, as there are very few situations where I can imagine not being internet connected for my music playback.Īfter falling down various rabbit holes looking for good room correction software, I discovered that people who are using some high-end gear (in terms of measurements not necessarily purchase cost) are often also less than 100% happy with the streaming platform that it comes with and a recommendation for Android BubbleUPnP.įree (ad-supported) or a very reasonable £3.99 for ad-free, it gives me really good access to my Qobuz sub, allows high-res streaming (though you do have to figure out where to set it - the default is 16/44). So until now if I wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Marantz supports high-res music up to 24bit/192Khz you had to buy the music and rip it to a device and then stream it over the network. Pretty good mobile app - better than the Qobuz one, which sometimes gets itself in a twist and requires a phone restart.Good for podcasts, playlists, music discovery, track radio, artist radio, etc.Tidal new releases is just a torrent of stuff I hate. New releases and discovery is much better than Tidal because I can set permanent filters to never show me genres that I don't want to see.High res streaming (with options available to buy).Heos has decent support for Tidal, and with Soundiiz I can copy playlists around. So I have a Tidal subscription and a Qobuz subscription and a Spotify subscription (for the rest of the family). The Amazon API makes the feature set very restricted, but at least you can do it. It's mostly functional and has perhaps a few features other platforms might not - support for Amazon HD streaming for example.
I doubt anyone thinks Heos is fantastic or state-of-the-art as a streaming software platform. No doubt many people know this already, but for those that might not. Just thought I'd share something which has made me a very happy boy.
TLDR: Fantastic Android app => BubbleUPnPĪllows Qobuz streaming direct to devices without using the manufacturer's streaming software platform.