Audio quality of Amazon Music

[samgurung]

I stream music from my echo to my alexa enabled marantz. The setup works great but the screen shows AAC 48kbps. Am i to understand that music is being steamed only at that bit rate? Thought amazon prime music was streaming at 256kbps? The sound quality seems ok but i do find spotify to be clearer

 

[Ashenden]

Please enable 'highest quality' in settings and also try downloading on phone before playing. Mobile internet connection might be throttling the speed. Spotify uses OGG at 320kbps and GPM uses AAC at 320kbps, both are superior compared to Amazon music

 

[samgurung]

Please enable 'highest quality' in settings and also try downloading on phone before playing. Mobile internet connection might be throttling the speed. Spotify uses OGG at 320kbps and GPM uses AAC at 320kbps, both are superior compared to Amazon music

The intention is to play from my voice controlled echo. Not from the phone. Downloading on the phone kind of defeats the purpose. And I have enabled highest quality