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Why is an iPhone such a good streamer?

For streaming Qobuz I have been using my iPhone 12 via lightning cable and found it to be excellent.   It’s easy to carry around and use it in my garages or listening room.  I previously used a Pro-ject Stream box Ultra S2 but that now sounds closed in compared to the iPhone.   The Pro-ject was good when Roon wasn’t working I could switch to that for a local library and Qobuz

 Associated Equipment:  listening Room: T&A Dac 200 via USB cable Spectron amp vcap upgrade remote sense cables  Legacy Studio Monitors

Garage 1  Teac USB player and CD combo  Krell 400xI integrated  Revel Ultra floor standers

Garage 2  Bose Wave with Aux input USB cable  - will be replaced with a receiver Sansui 4000 B&W 605 bookshelf

can’t seem to get Roon ARC going yet since I moved and my listening room has no Ethernet connection and is a floor away.  I have a Nucleus to get going again

Other experiences or better streamers?

 

 

gasnsteering
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akg_ca
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Without prejudice to the merits of an iPhone as your streaming source, may I suggest that you toddle down to your local high-end bricks and mortar audio store and do a bake-off against a high-end audio streamer.

Think LUMIN, MOON and a bevy of other many quality-build options. 

ghdprentice
7,137 posts
 

iPhones... and MacBooks are great streamers considering the nature of what they are. I have spent decades using portable devices. However, it only holds up until you compare to a better source with appropriate amplification. I have used all sorts of devices from the iPhone to my Aurrender W20SE ($22K) streamer and each step up makes a big difference and is worth it on a system of equivalent quality.

mikhailark
310 posts
 

Because actually iPhone CPU is way, way more powerful than those puny ARM chippies in streamers. And remember - iPhone does not have AC power supply, it is battery powered and does not need any 'linear' power supplies.

deep_333
1,468 posts
 

My Sony Xperia 1 V Android phone is an amazing streamer...It has a very good dac implementation too... for a phone, that is.

 

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