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Maybe it would have been better if I had introduced myself.
I am not a technician but just a lover of good music faithfully reproduced on my home system composed by Naim UnitiQute 1 + ProAC D18.
This seems to me to be the most suitable site to address some "technical" doubts I have about the new Apple Music Lossless.
Premise: I tried to compare the tracks I extracted from CD with those I receive from Apple servers and even with Apple TV 4K + AirPlay 1 I can't find audible differences between the two with my system (perhaps because Apple uses a good resampler as mdsimon wrote).
Question for mdsimon regarding what is written "I've done some simple measurements of shairport-sync as well as true Airplay 1/2 on Apple TVs":
Does AppleTV4K send in realtime to AirPlay 2 devices?
On the other hand, as regards the USB output, it seems to me that it is not completely clear after the tests with RME whether with macOS or iOS via USB it is possible to obtain bit perfect.
Only 16 bits or even 24 bits?
Is it possible to test the entire track and not just a part?
On Audiophile Style, the tests were performed on the entire track and it was found that the track is bit perfect at some times and not at others.
Why does this happen? What does Apple do to the music it sends us?
I am not a technician but just a lover of good music faithfully reproduced on my home system composed by Naim UnitiQute 1 + ProAC D18.
This seems to me to be the most suitable site to address some "technical" doubts I have about the new Apple Music Lossless.
Premise: I tried to compare the tracks I extracted from CD with those I receive from Apple servers and even with Apple TV 4K + AirPlay 1 I can't find audible differences between the two with my system (perhaps because Apple uses a good resampler as mdsimon wrote).
Question for mdsimon regarding what is written "I've done some simple measurements of shairport-sync as well as true Airplay 1/2 on Apple TVs":
Does AppleTV4K send in realtime to AirPlay 2 devices?
On the other hand, as regards the USB output, it seems to me that it is not completely clear after the tests with RME whether with macOS or iOS via USB it is possible to obtain bit perfect.
Only 16 bits or even 24 bits?
Is it possible to test the entire track and not just a part?
On Audiophile Style, the tests were performed on the entire track and it was found that the track is bit perfect at some times and not at others.
Why does this happen? What does Apple do to the music it sends us?