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Hi Res from iPhone vs AppleTV sound

Not well versed in digital music.
 

I’m retiring my iPhone 7+ and thought I’d get a camera connection kit and usb cable and run the phone as a high res playback direct to my DAC.

 

it’s running into a Schiit Modeus.

 

My AppleTV doesn’t do hi res, but the signal goes via HDMI to my tv which passes the audio to Optical out and into the optical input on the Modeus.

 

I was A/B’ing then and the hi res via usb is noticeably thinner whereas the ATV. Is full.

 

Maybe there’s more to it? 

gochurchgo
gochurchgo OP
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@mahler123  AppleTV caps at 24/48 and only has HDMI out. Which is a bummer.

 

@lalitk  I’ve never seen Masonna, Controlled Bleeding, Trepaneringsritualen and early Swedish black metal in high res. Some of them barely do vinyl as it is.

gochurchgo OP
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Also @lalitk  I wanted to thank k you for turning me on to Audio Envy cables.

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lalitk
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@gochurchgo

While I recognize that not every album is currently available but there is still plenty of music to browse that one could possibly dream of owning. This is one of the prime reason for me to jump into streaming. I have not abandoned buying music but I’m definitely more selective. A quick search on your artists in Qobuz,

Masonna - 4 albums, two of those in high resolution

Controlled Bleeding - 30 Tracks spread over different albums

Trepaneringsritualen - 4 albums (cd res)

I wasn’t trying to persuade you to give up on Vinyl, my intent was to offer you a more stable streaming platform. 10/4 on AE cables, great price and solid performance.

gochurchgo OP
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@lalitk  it’s all good. I prefer vinyl. I only did this with my old phone because my DAC was capable.  I like to learn. 🙂

soix
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Well, I followed a similar progression, and what I ended up learning was that in streaming EVERYTHING matters, and matters A LOT.  First, the Apple Camera Adapter is absolute crap.  Upgrade to this and you’ll hear much better sound quality.

https://www.lavricables.com/cables/reference-silver-lightning-interconnect-cable-for-oppo-ha-2-centrance-mini-m8/
But, what was next-level sound quality was when I got an iFi Zen Stream streamer with their upgraded XStream power supply and fed my DAC with this USB cable that uses silver wire and separate runs for data and power…

https://www.lavricables.com/cables/ultimate-silver-dual-usb-a-b-interconnect-cable/
You can try to polish the turd, or you can just suck it up and go right to the separate streamer option.  And oh yeah, you need to subscribe to Qobuz.  Great selection of music and sound quality and lots of music available in hi res.  Just my experience FWIW. 

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