When will 150B play Spotify Lossless?
Will this involve an update?
Look forward to your response accordingly
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Dear HiFi Rose users
According to the link below, Spotify appears to have changed its policy so that eSDK support is only available through System Integrators (such as LinkPlay, Frontier Smart, Libre Wireless, Stream Unlimited, etc.).
Because eSDK updates are currently not possible, lossless playback support is difficult at this time.
However, if Spotify later provides official support or policy for lossless audio, we will immediately work to implement it.
https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/commercial-hardware
Dear HiFi Rose team,
Thank you for your reply regarding Spotify Lossless support.
While I understand the situation with Spotify’s eSDK policy, I’m still quite surprised that a world-class streamer such as the RS130 does not yet have a clear plan to address this.
Considering that Spotify has been preparing its Lossless feature for several years, many users — myself included — had expected HiFi Rose to take a more proactive approach to ensure compatibility.
Could you please share if there is any roadmap or estimated timeline for when Spotify Lossless might be supported on the RS130? I truly hope this will be prioritized, as the RS130 deserves full functionality with today’s major streaming services.
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Maybe it’s a dumb question, but if you have a high end piece of gear like the RS150 B, why would you subscribe to Spotify which has inferior sound quality compared to Tidal or Qobuz?
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If Spotify later provides official support or policy for lossless audio, we will immediately work to implement it.
We will also make every effort to support Spotify Lossless as soon as it becomes officially available.
We completely understand your point — Spotify’s sound quality (currently up to 320 kbps) is indeed lower than that of TIDAL or Qobuz, which provide lossless and high-resolution audio.
However, many users still choose Spotify for its excellent user interface, algorithmic playlists, convenience, and vast music library.
Because of this, HiFi ROSE supports Spotify Connect so users can easily enjoy their playlists even if Spotify is not lossless yet.
And now, I’m frustrated with this situation, knowing my cheap Bluesound Node 2i supports Spotify Lossless.
I really would love my RS150B could offer this feature.
No plan?
We will also make every effort to support Spotify Lossless as soon as it becomes officially available.
When I send from my iPhone Spotify via AIRPLAY, some tracks sayAIRPLAY Lossless, others only AIRPLAY.
Is it a way to have full Lossless or not?
At this moment, enabling Spotify Lossless through the current SDK is very challenging.
We cannot directly update or modify Spotify’s SDK, and therefore cannot support Spotify Lossless on existing models right now.
Thank you for your answer. Do you mean it will be a long time before it happens, if not never?
That’s very very sad news , which could be a case of resell my 150B for buying from other brands.
Please answer honestly
Best regards
The answer by Rose is clear. NO NO NOooooooo
If you want spotify lossless the best option is to sell your rose equipment. They want to turn this into a commercially profitable solution by selling special hardware for this. Shamefull attitude if you ask me.
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Let’s see what they charge for the add on box. I believe them when they say that can’t make Spotify Lossless work in the existing equipment. If they could through a software update they would. I don’t use Spotify or Tidal, but if I did, I would probably buy the add on and tuck it somewhere out of the way. For the sake of those who do use Tidal and Spotify, I hope the add on actually does what they need it to do.
In a sense that they do not have anyone competent enough to do it, yes, they can’t. In the meanwhile even my PowerNodes which cost what… 1/5th the price of the 520 and have definitely lower-end hardware, have had Tidal Connect for years, and have been upgraded to Spotify Lossless months ago.
Not that I needed either of those, but if I did this really looks like Rose trying to do a rather shameless cash grab, covering it up by their own incompetence.
I bought a Spotify subscription because I’d previously had a trial subscription and checked it on my 3400.
Spotify was displayed on my 3400 via the desktop app for macOS. It’s also known that it has to be enabled in the Spotify settings for each device. My 3400 was recognized, then I switched to lossless audio in the Spotify settings for the 3400, and that was it.
I canceled the subscription again…it was just a trial, and it was worth the €12.99.
Of course. I have no interest in it so I am not going to try, but it is not that difficult to implement if you go through the proper channels to do it. Of course if you take the simplest hacky way to do it, as Rose does, then it becomes more of a challenge when something changes.
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@BorisM — I could not agree more, and the RS130 launch is the perfect example of why so many users are frustrated. Just look at how the Roon implementation was handled. Roon themselves explicitly stated—in writing—that the six-month delay between the RS130’s launch and Roon actually being enabled was entirely due to HiFi Rose failing to follow the published Roon Ready certification protocol.
This isn’t some obscure or ambiguous process. These are well-established, widely published guidelines that every other HiFi manufacturer seems to follow without incident. Companies across the industry submit their devices, follow the steps, and receive certification. It’s routine. It’s predictable. It’s reliable.
Except, apparently, for HiFi Rose.
Despite not completing the certification process, HiFi Rose still advertised the RS130 as “Roon Ready” right out of the box on launch day—a claim that was simply not true. Users bought the device based on that promise. And instead of transparency or accountability, we got vague timelines, shifting explanations, and months of waiting. Just like we are getting with Spotify Lossless.
The failure to implement Spotify Lossless isn’t just a small oversight. It reflects a pattern: promises made publicly, but not backed by the execution, communication, or support we should be able to expect from a company positioning itself as a premium brand.
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Well, the end consumers don’t know that, and whether they ever will…
