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As I understand it; if I order a 992 with the Burmester system, it has a built-in Tidal app... is this correct?
Does the Bose system also have built-in Tidal?
Assuming the above is correct, and the Burmester system has built-in Tidal; then does it also have a hard drive to download songs onto?
If so, then what size is the hard drive?
On the same note (just for interest); does the Bose system also have a built-in hard drive for setting-up a digital jukebox?
If so, what is the size of the hard drive?
Seen a few different posts that refer to 25GB and others that say 40GB... but none of them were for the 992 (they were Macan and Panamara forums)
... and before anyone posts about just using Tidal from their phone; don't bother. I don't want to be fumbling around with my (Android) phone or Fiio, searching for songs.
There is only one SD card slot. You can download the 992 owner's manual from this post and can discover how many slots and USB ports there are. It's on pages 180-181.
I assume you’re referring to what can be managed here:
It would be lame if Tidal required Burmeister. In any case, I recently tried out Tidal and it’s noticeably better on Bose than Spotify with CarPlay.
That would indeed be lame - since ‘Burmeister’ means (loosely) a master of drill bits. Although, I don’t speak German. Perhaps a native speaker will help ? However; Burmester is a German audio company.
If more people learned to stop using junk inputs (Apple, Spotify etc.), and actually plugged their devices into the system using a high res app, they might get close to using the full potential of the audio in the car. Until then, owners will flail around wondering why satellite radio sounds bad.
High res music sources reside on your phone. Plug it in.
Last edited by Benedict14; 10-03-2020 at 03:20 AM.
That would indeed be lame - since ‘Burmeister’ means (loosely) a master of drill bits. Although, I don’t speak German. Perhaps a native speaker will help ? However; Burmester is a German audio company.
If more people learned to stop using junk inputs (Apple, Spotify etc.), and actually plugged their devices into the system using a high res app, they might get close to using the full potential of the audio in the car. Until then, owners will flail around wondering why satellite radio sounds bad.
High res music sources reside on your phone. Plug it in.
That would indeed be lame - since ‘Burmeister’ means (loosely) a master of drill bits. Although, I don’t speak German. Perhaps a native speaker will help ? However; Burmester is a German audio company.
If more people learned to stop using junk inputs (Apple, Spotify etc.), and actually plugged their devices into the system using a high res app, they might get close to using the full potential of the audio in the car. Until then, owners will flail around wondering why satellite radio sounds bad.
High res music sources reside on your phone. Plug it in.
The issue for me is that; I don't want to be fumbling around, selecting songs off my phone screen, while driving.
I do agree that Spotify or Apple Music is a crappy source... just exploring options.
Tidal and Qobuz both work on the 992 with a UI very similar to what is used by the Apple Music (iTunes) app... nothing super powerful but it works.. Now if they can just get the PCM to be Roon ready, we'd be in business.
The issue for me is that; I don't want to be fumbling around, selecting songs off my phone screen, while driving.
I do agree that Spotify or Apple Music is a crappy source... just exploring options.
Agree. I find the SD card is a good way to store and playback music (I assume a USB drive would work as well). Fast access too, unlike with a hard drive in the car and having to upload music to it (I don't think the 992 has one). However, I am not a high fidelity music user so don't know the differences between playing back lossless music files vs. Tidal.
10-02-2020, 11:20 PM
Tidal Music App...
