Evaluating ways how to use Apple Music including Hi-Res content AND remote control.
(I know I should possibly let this go, but now it is annoying me).
- Airplay -> it's AAC256 when streamed from Apple Music so I ruled this one out.
- Direct connection from an iPad with camera adapter - works great but no remote control is possible (good for my headphone setup in the office)
- Mac Mini and iTunes remote or control via the Apple Music app (with "airplay") - when you control the mac mini as an airplay device from Apple Music running on your iPad/iPhone it seems it doesn't stream to the Mac Mini instead it actually remote controls the Apple Music running on the Mac Mini (correct me if I'm wrong about this one, this is based on the fact that I if I use eqMac on the Mac Mini then I can hear the difference clearly on the speaker so it's not the same stream the iPhone/iPad streams) also the dac shows the 96/192 khz for hi-res tracks which is not possible with airplay unless being upscaled. This solution needs
https://github.com/vincentneo/LosslessSwitcher.
I have no mean to measure the difference of the signal between the Apple Music app on the iPad and the desktop app on Mac Mini, but based on a blind test, something is different in favour of the iPad.
The volume is set to 100% on the Mac Mini, the iPad's volume is not controllable as it's using exclusive mode but the desktop app doesn't.
Has anybody experienced or most importantly measured the difference between the MacOS Apple Music signal vs the iPad/iPhone Apple Music app?