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New Apple Music Hi-Res
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I am wondering whether and how it’s possible to stream the new Hi-Res 24 bit/192 kHz format of Apple Music content to my Devialet Expert Pro system (210 dual mono). According to Apple there is no easy-going wireless option but it should work via some old-fashioned USB cable connection (iPhone/iPad usb-c output => Devialet DAC usb-b input). Has anybody tried this successfully? What‘s the quality compared to Roon RAAT and Qobuz or Tidal Hi-Fi?
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#2
Related question. I have a D-Premier - not upgraded. Can AES/EBU or S/PDIF digital input be used with a converter to do Apples new hire audio from say ethernet?
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#3
No one??

I am also interested in this topic.
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#4
Qobuz provides the best quality - just try via Roon and you will be amazed.
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#5
But the theme here is Apple ;-)
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(12-Nov-2021, 10:37)Nightmare Wrote: But the theme here is Apple ;-)
Between the three perhaps the best is Tidal in terms of sound quality.
Mac mini with Roon, Devialet 220 Pro CI, Transparent Ultra G5 speaker cables, Sonus Faber Guarneri Tradition and a pair of ears.
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#7
Except for Spotify, any streaming source needs an external streamer- assuming you are eliminating Bluetooth from a phone or tablet. Spend a little or a lot. Personally, I think the latest generation of Bluesound streamers is very good. Anything with a digital output will be handled by the internal DAC, and that is 9/10ths of the battle.

You just need to find a streamer that gets Apple Music, various streamer brands and models are set up for various, but not all, streaming services.

EDIT/ Adddum; I'm not sure what numbers Apple Music does as Hi Res, or what the Bluesound products support, so my suggestion my be irrelevant. I'm only concerned about CD quality sources.

EDIT 2: Do the recent Darko UTube videos help at all? Second one was 31 Oct this year. He does talk about getting Apple Music into a Bluesound Node 2i via Airplay but I don't recall if he explicitly covered the hi-res part. Sorry. I'll stop now.
Damon
Powernode, NAD M32, Cambridge CD transport, Analysis Plus, Nordost, iFi Nova, CSS Criton 1TDX, Alta Audio Celesta FRM-2M, KEF C62
Vancouver, Canada
05 July 2025
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#8
You are talking about the Bluesound Node N130?
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#9
According to Devialet website, Devialet AIR accept 24bits / 192kHz, so you can easily stream from a Mac using Aìr Driver
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#10
The question in the OP was asking about using an iPhone or iPad to stream 24/192 to a Devialet, with a later post asking if this could be done via a DCC. (USB to S/PDIF)

I suspect this is entirely possible, using one of these:

https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MD...ra-adapter

I say suspect, because until someone actually tries this it is difficult to be 100% sure it will work.

24/192 apart, it might offer an interesting way to use an old iPhone or iPod, even if only as a nice web browser with touch screen for internet radio or something.

Has anyone got a Lightening USB camera adaptor to see if this works? Has anyone actually tried this?
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