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Apple Music HIFI edition

I left Spotify as it does not offer HIFI and went to Apple Music hifi. I then discovered that Apple Music does not offer connectivity to my streamer (NAD C658) (Blue sound app) or any streamer for that matter.  So I believe connecting via air play is the only option.  My question is whether I would be better off with Spotify connecting as a source inside my Streamer (non hifi) vs Apple hifi via air play?  
Also-not interested in Tidal or qobuz. Tidal’s shuffle feature plays the same 30 songs over and over again. Qobuz you cannot even create a station.  Good lord.  Terrible algorithms imo.  

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mahler123
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It’s probably half a loaf either way.  I use AirPlay sometimes but it’s definitely lossy.

Spotify sounds pretty good even though it’s lossy, but of course won’t match a High Rez recording as heard through Qobuz or Tidal.  AirPlay can be frustrating to use, so personally I would stick with Spotify 

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hilde45
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Apple airplay has been quite reliable and easy to use for me. No buffering, sounds equal to Amazon HD. Just launch Apple music app and connect.

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cleeds
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mahler123

It’s probably half a loaf either way. I use AirPlay sometimes but it’s definitely lossy

Are you sure?

I thought Airplay was 16/44.1. That’s bandwidth limited if you’re playing hi-res, but that’s not exactly "lossy."

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