I also listen to vinyl and CD so when streaming provenance isn’t so important to me.īut AirPlay needs a lot of work for Apple Music streaming from iOS. I don’t really do hi res so Apple lossless is fine for me and I’m accustomed to the interface. I’m also an Apple Music user and I stream through airport express to two different systems in my home It's easier, and the Airplay input on the Hegel really does sound great. But, mostly I just stream to the Hegel at CD quality. When I really want hi-res, the direct wire method to my Hegel works great. This leads me to believe that was a factor when Hegel chose to use the older Airplay 1 codec in their streaming module.Īnyways, this is all crazy and a typical Apple head scratcher! I pretty much drove myself nuts to come these conclusions.
The DAC on my Hegel supports Airplay 1 and reports proper 44/16 when streaming from Apple Music. I've gotten to work on some DACs and streamers, with some still reporting the lossy AAC. The strange thing is, if you are streaming to an Airplay 1 (their old streaming codec) device from Apple Music, you SOMETIMES get CD quality via Apple's ALAC (lossless codec).
When streaming to an Airplay 2 device from Apple Music, the stream is downsampled to a lossy AAC codec! Why? Nobody at Apple has shed light on that nonsense. You would think this would be the same for Apple Music, right? Well, no (sort of). with airplay, it will downsample the stream to CD quality. So, even if you are streaming hi-res via Qobuz, Tidal, etc. As I mentioned earlier, Airplay 1 and 2 are capped at CD quality (44/16). Like I said, use your iPhone or iPad and you are off to the races with good hi-res streaming.įor streaming, this gets even more convoluted. There are some 3rd party workarounds for this, but it is a total pain and makes zero sense. In MacOS, you must manually adjust the sample and bitrate FOR EACH TRACK! The internal midi clock will divert to a downsampled codec after each track unless you manually switch it. For some idiotic reason, this is NOT the case when using MacOS. This works best on an iOS device, as iOS automatically switches the sample and bitrate to match what is streaming. This works very well, sounds great, and the Hegel displays the proper bitrate.
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The only way I have been able to get full Hi-Res streaming from Apple Music (without headaches) is to directly wire my iPad Pro to the DAC in my Hegel H390. No manufacturer, with the exception of Sonos, has integrated Apple Music - so no way to stream Hi-Res. A complete lossless music library + hi-res support for $4.99? Sold! But wait, there's a big catch, as is the case with most things related to Apple!įirst, in order to stream Apple Music in Hi-Res, you need to go wired to an external DAC. I use the service mostly because I get a deal where it is $4.99 per month and includes their TV+ streaming. MP3 streaming and downloading is still available on the platform as an option for saving storage space or using less bandwidth.I am an Apple Music user and have gone completely down the rabbit hole of their ridiculous streaming process.
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