JPLAY x HighResAudio

HighResAudio brings to JPLAY a catalogue built around verified Studio Master releases whose technical parameters are checked and confirmed by the service's editorial team. The intention is to ensure that users receive genuine high-resolution material rather than upsampled versions of lower-resolution sources. In addition to its core catalogue, the service includes curated playlists, album descriptions and artist biographies designed to support music discovery both within traditionally audiophile genres and beyond them. For JPLAY users, the addition of HighResAudio means that TIDAL, Qobuz and HighResAudio can now be accessed from a single interface alongside locally stored music and UPnP network libraries. High-resolution streaming up to 24-bit/192 kHz becomes available from a catalogue specifically oriented towards high-fidelity releases, while curated recommendations from HighResAudio appear directly on the JPLAY home screen.

Another important element of the integration is support for HighResAudio VirtualVault, a cloud-based storage space for purchased albums. This allows users to stream previously purchased titles without maintaining an active streaming subscription, and on devices running JPLAY those albums can also be downloaded to the local library and played in the same way as user-owned files. In practical terms, this extends JPLAY's role beyond a streaming controller into a unified environment for managing both subscription-based and purchased high-resolution content.

HighResAudio streaming is currently available across a wide range of European markets, including Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, Croatia, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the Czech Republic, Norway and Switzerland. Availability may vary depending on licensing conditions, so access to the catalogue can differ between regions. With the addition of HighResAudio, JPLAY further reinforces its position as a control and playback platform designed for listeners who want to combine multiple music services and playback devices into a single coherent ecosystem. The application supports a broad selection of network streamers and DACs without requiring a local server, simplifying system configuration while maintaining flexibility. Users can integrate Qobuz, TIDAL, HighResAudio, HQPlayer and UPnP libraries either as a unified collection or as separate sources, while contextual search and an intelligent radio function help with discovering new music and revisiting favourite tracks. To enable HighResAudio integration, users simply need to update JPLAY to the latest version and log in with their account credentials. Access to streaming content requires an active HighResAudio subscription, while VirtualVault remains available for streaming and downloading purchased albums regardless of subscription status.

JPLAY is a hi-fi playback application designed for music enthusiasts and audiophiles as a fast, responsive and natively developed streaming environment for iOS. It supports integration with a wide range of network streamers and DACs, alongside services such as TIDAL, Qobuz, HighResAudio and HQPlayer, as well as local UPnP libraries, allowing users either to combine multiple sources into a single collection or manage them independently. The app is available via the App Store and runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac. HighResAudio is a Germany-based download store and streaming service dedicated exclusively to high-resolution music, offering both ownership and streaming access to recordings in up to 24-bit quality across a catalogue of more than one million tracks. Info and photos by JPLAY.