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1. Audirvana plus airport express stream full#
2. Audirvana plus airport express stream portable#
3. Audirvana plus airport express stream tv#

1st gen CD players only decoded the top 14 bits, but that is ANCIENT history, and there is no reason why iPod DACs should do anything like that.

Audirvana plus airport express stream full#

(2) iPod DACs are surely not the best in the world, but I seriously doubt that "Apple provides a DAC in each device that does not deliver the full 16/44 resolution", at least if you mean that the DAC throws away bits or downsamples prior to conversion to analog. I regularly downsample hires vinyl rips to 48khz for inclusion in iTunes for this reason. (1) iPods (and presumably phones) can accept Apple Lossless files at up to 24bit,48khz resolution. But maybe I am missing something here - having just bought one of those plugins I would certainly hope so.īump - I am curious too, thinking of getting a Marantz NA7004 myself.Ī correction and a caution to what CypherLabs wrote first: Their claim is just that - deliver high resolution iTunes music to the USB port. My DAC is showing the input signal's frequency, that's why I can tell.Īre you sure that iTunes is able to output high resolution audio? I'm asking because that would render plugins like Channel D's Pure Music or Sonic Studio's Amarra rather superfluous, I guess. No matter what music iTunes is streaming from my Mac, the output signal of the ATV's Toslink is 48 kHz.

Audirvana plus airport express stream tv#

I have doubts, as I have to admit and here's why: my observation with the new Apple TV 2G is a limitation to 48 kHz. However, how do you know? Are there any tech sheets available on that matter? I've been researching on this question for weeks now and you came up with the only clear and precise answer so far. Theoretically you have answered it all with the above. Try Zumocast for that, but again, limited to 16/44 and you would need the digital dock as well to get that resolution. You can also use a streaming system over wifi from you iTunes library directly to your iPhone or iPad. are still going to restrict you to 16/44 maximum.

Some of the docks available can process up to 24/192, but the iPhone, etc. If you want that quality from your iPhone, iPod or iPad then you need an external digital dock that decrypts the USB output and converts it at 16/44. 16/44 is equivalent to CD quality and the Apple Lossless format. Apple provides a DAC in each device that does not deliver the full 16/44 resolution. You can use your iPhone or iPad to control the content streaming from the computer to the receiver.Īlso, when you listen to music on an iPhone or iPod, the music is not at the 16/44 resolution, it is lower.

Audirvana plus airport express stream portable#

Those portable devices, like the iPhone and iPad are internally limited to 16/44. Question: "Will AirPlay stream up to 96/24 or 192/24 or will it downsample everything to 44/16 even if the receiving device is caple of higher resolution playback?"Īnswer: Airplay will stream the 24/96 content to receiving devices like the Marantz NA7004, but only from your computer, not from one of the portable Apple devices. So, will Itunes downsample my 96/24 music when I stream via Airplay to a airplay certified device? My question is, if Airplay also is limited to CD quality music (like Airtunes is). So then I will be able to stream my Itunes music via Airplay directly to the Marantz NA7004 thereby replacing my Airport Express. Next month, this player will be Airplay certified (Airplay is the successor to Airtunes). This player can handle high res music, up to 192 khz 24 bit.

Now I have a new media player: the Marantz NA7004. So the downsampling only occurs when streaming my music via Airtunes. Itunes itself however is perfectly able to play 96/24 music without downsampling: through the digital output of the Imac, Itunes outputs 96/24 music. Because the Airport Express architecture can only handle 44.1/16, this is logical and no issue. Currently, when I play this music through Airtunes to my Airport Express, the music is downsampled to CD quality (44,1 khz 16 bit). My Itunes library contains a lot of 96khz 24bit apple lossless tracks.